Nutritional Data
Nutritional Data for 100g Cleapspring roasted organic cashew nuts. Calories: 547. Fat 40 (of which 8.8g is saturated, 2.5g monounsaturated, 3.1 polyunsaturated. Carbs: 229 of which sugar is Fibre 2.7g, protein 1,7g, salt 0.7g
(Divide by 100 and multiply by 30 to get 30g data)
For a comprehensive breakdown of the Nutritional benefits, vitamins and minerals in cashew nuts in general, click here.
Meal Suggestions
Cooking with Cashew Nuts:
General: Buy Organic wherever possible, especially avoid the conventional ‘dirty dozen’
Here are a few examples of ultra-nutritious food.
Steel-cut Oats (soaked overnight), sugarless Granola, Plain Greek-style Yoghurt (add Medjuica seeds and nuts) raw honey* blueberries (do not eat with the yoghurt), chopped apple, passion fruit, other fruits.
Raw vegetables cut into batons (cucumber, carrots, cauliflower, celery, spring onions) Hummus, Poached Eggs, Avocados, cottage cheese, cheddar, Gruyère. Vegetable Soups.
An array of fresh vegetables (rainbow colours) with garlic, sweet or purple potatoes. DID YOU KNOW: If you add extra virgin olive oil to a plate of vegetables that has some starch your uptake of the nutritious carotenoids is greatly enhanced because of the EVOO (carotenoids are the colour pigment in vegetables) This study was pioneered by Professor Mary Flynn from Browns University in the USA.
For added polyphenols, use spices & herbs.
Salads: Salad leaves, eggs, radishes, tinned or soaked legumes (beans), red onions, tomatoes, chicory, asparagus, grated carrots, red cabbage, peas. Consider adding: chopped orange, apple, figs, nuts, seeds, and olives.. Dressing: extra virgin olive oil with lemon juices or balsamic vinegar, Add Himalayan sea salt & black pepper which contain polyphenols (used glass not plastic containers). Wild sustainable oily fish (tinned is fine), brown rice or quinoa.
Probiotic Gut food: Kefir, Kombucha, Kimchi, Sauerkraut, Tenpah, Miso. Plain yoghurt
Prebiotic Gut food: Jerusalem artichoke, Chicory, onion, garlic, leeks, raspberries, beans, legumes, bananas, pears, watermelon.
*If pregnant avoid raw honey and unpasteurised cheese
