10 Amazing Nut Recipes

Peanuts, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, and pecans are just a few of some of our favorite nuts to use in the kitchen. From savory to sweet, nuts can be used in a variety of dishes to add crunch and toasty flavor.  We've rounded up some of our favorite things to make with nuts — so let's get crackin'.

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There are many amazing nut recipes and we decided it would be the ideal theme for this week's SWAT (Sharing With A Theme). We put the Culinary Content Network and our staff to the test to come up with nut recipes and here are some of the highlights:

• Christina Lakey of Food Apparel shared with us her recipe for almond pound cake topped with strawberries and lemon syrup. Lakey is a member of the Culinary Content Network.
• PJ Binns of Recipes I Live By combine pistachios and salmon to create a recipe for maple-pistachio crusted salmon. Binns is a member of the Culinary Content Network.
• The winner this week is Jess Novak, the Drink Editor at The Daily Meal. Novak created a Thai-inspired noddle dish with chicken, vegetables, and peanuts.

All of the recipes featured can be made at home for about $20 or less, excluding the cost of small amounts of basic ingredients such as butter, oil, flour, sugar, salt, pepper, and other dried herbs and spices.
 

This article was originally published on March 21, 2014.
Emily Jacobs is the Recipe editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyRecipes.