It has been too easy to fill up time snacking on food like cookies, potato chips, cake, popcorn and other carbs. I call it “Corona Carbesity Syndrome!”
I convinced him that by cutting way back on carbohydrates (sugars, grains and starches) and eating a modified Mediterranean Style menu with lots of good fats like olive oil and fish – he’d lose weight in no time.
We’ve been weighing in weekly, and this week he lost six pounds! But he complained “But what can I snack on?”
I suggested home-made roasted almonds. When you make them roasted in Galilee Green Olive Oil, the extra fat makes them much more satisfying and filling (you only need 6 or 7 to satisfy your craving for a snack). This recipe is based on one from Rachel Cooks
Galilee Green Roasted Almonds with a Kick!
Ingredients
Watch us make these Almonds!
- 2 tbsp Galilee Green olive oil (GGOO)
- 3 cups of whole unsalted raw almonds
- 1 tsp (or less) Himalayan or Sea Salt
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until almonds are coated
- Spread in a single layer on baking paper on a roasting pan
- Roast for ten minutes and take them out and stir
- Put them back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes
- Keep an eye on them because they can go from well toasted to burnt quickly!
- Allow to completely cool and store in an airtight container
When you take them out of the oven they might seem a bit “oily” but most of that yumminess will get absorbed into the almonds as they cool.
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