Comments on: Rosemary Cashews

By: megan keatley

megan keatley — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:06:34 +0000

hahahaha…well DAMMN you’re welcome! so glad y’all enjoyed them!

By: SeattleBen

SeattleBen — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:05:59 +0000

Made this last night…… DAMN was it good. Killer replacement for popcorn and we didn’t need to eat much to feel “full” (from a snack at that!) . We snack-portioned the rest in sandwich bags and tossed in the fridge.. had some more today and they are just as awesome cold.

We added a little more salt and accidentally slightly over-roasted them.. but that accident turned out to be a great thing. The light undertone of smokiness just added to the sweet, hot, salty, savory flavor.

By: megan keatley

megan keatley — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:27:40 +0000

thanks bethany!!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:52:45 +0000

This is one of my favorite recipes ever — thank you! The only problem is that I can’t stop eating them . . .

By: megan keatley

megan keatley — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:56:29 +0000

glad you liked ‘em jennifer. thanks!

By: Jennifer W

Jennifer W — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:28:02 +0000

OH. MY. Gosh. These are incredible – thanks so much for the recipe!

By: Misty

Misty — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:49:19 +0000

I made these last night and someone told me they tasted like sausage balls. I don’t know if you were going for that flavor but I do have to agree. These are amazing! Can’t believe I haven’t tried them sooner.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:17:52 +0000

Ok, I read Bekah’s “cashews-bad-for-you” article and find it hard to swallow. Unless you enjoy dogma for the sake of dogma, which I do not, it makes no sense to avoid cashes. Just because cavemen didn’t have the capacity or technology to safely eat something raw (which would include most of their meat) and we do, why should we keep from utilizing good food? That being said…
These are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made some for a party and have gotten requests since. One of my favorite snacks!

By: Brandon Keatley

Brandon Keatley — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:39:43 +0000

i don’t know if you looked at any more of our site before posting this. our philosophy is not in eating only what was considered food 10,000+ years ago…but in cross referencing those ideas (paleolithic theory/ evolutionary biology/ anthropological evidence) with modern science. cashews can be classified though…and basically they’re a seed. it’s quite hard to whittle down foods into what “is” and “is not” paleo for several reasons. some revolve around the semantics of the word (which i have written about and won’t here). but more importantly it’s contradictory to label a cashew (in the non-toxic form it’s purchased in) “not paleo”…when by that definition, basically nothing would be (think: domesticated grass fed beef, olive oil). we have to use modern foods to approximate a hunter/gatherer, paleo metabolism. mat lalonde and other paleo advocates are not against cashews. so i guess it just depends on who you ask. most grains, abundant fructose, and abundant linoleic acid are generally agreed upon to be toxic even in the form we purchase and consume them…these other foods fall in the grey area.

please understand that there are alternate, reasonable explanations for what “is” and “is not” paleo. to deem something “not paleo” is dogma and mischaracterization, in my opinion.

but we are not out to tell anyone what to eat or what to believe, and i know what you’re saying about possible toxins with cashews. we offer our opinions and what we mindfully choose to eat, for them to be taken and used as each individual sees fit.

By: Bekah

Bekah — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:37:46 +0000

BUT, cashews aren’t paleo. they aren’t anything really. they can’t even be classified as a food/nut/legume/whatever-other-food-pyramid-category-you-want-to-plug-in.. they’re just cashews. they should be avoided.

http://cavewomanrunner.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/cashews-bad-for-you/