I have started this totally nutty blog because I simply can’t help it! I am deeply enamored with nuts and am shamelessly compelled to admit my dedicated passion for them. I love them raw—I love them roasted—I love them all by themselves as a snack—and I love them tucked into all sorts of yummy dishes. I know I probably sound like a ditzy nutcase, but my admiration for the entire nut kingdom is not without good reason.

Yes, I love their wonderful flavors and have even noticed that each variety of nuts has its own unique sweetness and earthy savor. And each nut claims its own incomparable crunchy or buttery texture that makes them almost impossible to resist.

And, oh! What they contribute to our health! As you can clearly see, I am rather fond of nuts—so fond, in fact, that I’ve even written a cookbook called The Nut Gourmet: Nourishing Nuts for Every Occasion!

My true love for nuts is not a secret and how I became so enthralled with them was pure happenstance! I am co-publisher of Vegetarians in Paradise It’s a vegan online monthly magazine.

While I was writing food articles and delving into the health benefits of each food I was featuring, I came across a few health studies that described how researchers learned that people who eat nuts have lower cholesterol than those who don’t.  That was a WOW!

A new door opened and I began specifically researching the health benefits of nuts. The mountain of data that turned up nearly knocked me over. From that moment on, I knew my path would guide me to learning more about nuts.

While I tout the exceptional goodness of nuts, I do want to say that I truly believe there is no single miracle food. All of Mother Nature’s earthy food treasures are packed with great things like vitamins, minerals, and a ton of phyto-nutrients, some we know about and others that are yet to be discovered. But nuts are pretty high on the list of foods often called superfoods.