Good morning! Nothing too exciting about Tuesday except that I’m trying a new yoga class tonight. We’ll see how I like Hatha yoga! I just have to get through the work day first…
When I’m at work, I almost always need a mid-morning and a mid-afternoon snack to get me through the day. I always keep my purse stocked with Cliff Kid Zbars, so I often resort to having those. I quickly realized that I don’t want to be eating those twice a day, and even once a day, they were getting old.
A perfect excuse for creating a new snack in the kitchen!
I’ve never been a huge fan of nuts. I even strongly dislike peanut butter (I know, most of my readers will be shocked that I am a healthy living blogger who does not have a love affair with peanut butter! I think I may actually do a whole post about how much I dislike peanut butter one day!). There is one nut that I’ve found I do like, providing there is enough flavor on them: almonds.
However, finding good spiced almonds in the store can not only be difficult (usually there are only salted ones or flavors that I don’t like), but it can be expensive too. But, if you buy almonds plain and add your own flavor, they are not only incredibly delicious, but also a much cheaper snack!
And they are so easy to make!
Just preheat your oven and mix together all of the ingredients, except the almonds, in a mixing bowl.
Then add the almonds and toss them until they are well coated with the mixture.
Transfer them to a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
Let them cool for 30 minutes.
And enjoy!
Spicy Citrus Almonds
*This only makes a cup of almonds, so you may want to double it!
Adapted from Dinners Dishes and Desserts
Ingredients:
- 1 cup almonds
- 1.5 tbsp lime juice
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350.
- Mix together everything but the almonds in a mixing bowl.
- Add the almonds and toss to coat all of the almonds with the mixture.
- Transfer the coated almonds to a greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
- Let cool for 30 minutes and enjoy!
HLB, no PB addiction…does not compute.
They sound delicious though. I was addiced to the wasabi ones from Blue Diamond for a while until I ate so many I got sick of them…totally down to try a new combination!
these look delicious! and so easy to make!
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oh my gosh, these look great!
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these look awesome! I love love almonds….. can’t totally can’t believe you don’t like peanut butter?! haha
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I love all nuts–plain, lightly salted, covered in toffee AND spiced! I like that this recipe has the sweet/salty/sour (lime juice!) trifecta going on.
I definitely know what you mean about growing tired of bars; I used to eat up to three each day while I was in college. I hit the saturation point when I OD’d during my internship with Luna Bar. It took me a few years to enjoy nutrition bars again!
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There are worse things to OD on than Luna Bars
But variety is defintely the key!
These look great! Glad that you liked them!
I am definitely making these. I have a huge bag of almonds in the pantry. I am getting tired of them plain but don’t want to put any sugar into my snacks. You have a little bit of honey but all of the other ingredients with that look so enticing. Can’t wait to make them and have a different snack alternative. In our house…three peanut butter lovers…and one who can’t STAND the smell of it!
Good to know I’m not the only one who doesn’t love peanut butter
Hope you enjoy the almonds!