{"id":8742,"date":"2014-05-29T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/?p=8742"},"modified":"2014-06-17T10:37:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T14:37:54","slug":"thursday-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/?p=8742","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Tidbits – Almonds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"thursday\" Welcome to  “Thursday Tidbits”<\/span>  I thought it would be nice to share some fun things each week.  They are going to be random items that I have come across during the week.  Some Cooking tips, some useful gadgets, other blog sites. Who knows – just going to see where it leads. I hope you enjoy “Thursday Tidbits”<\/span> and maybe learn something you didn’t know or find a new favorite blog site, besides Tidbits of Joy.   Hang in there Friday and the weekend are just around the corner.<\/p>\n

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I made a recipe this week, Paleo Granola, which I am still tweaking so I will share it later, that called for Almond Meal<\/span>.  Now what in the heck is that?  I did find a bag of almond meal which sometimes is also called almond flour and made the recipe. This got me to thinking about almonds. Almonds<\/span> are available in a variety of forms: Natural almonds, Slivered almonds, Blanched almonds,  and Sliced Almonds.   And then there is Almond Meal. Sounds like Forest Gump with fried shrimp, boiled shrimp, BB-Que shrimp, shrimp creole and on and on.   <\/p>\n

Natural Almonds<\/span><\/strong> are whole nuts with their brown skin intact.<\/p>\n

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Whole Almonds with brown skins intact<\/p><\/div>\n

Slivered Almonds,<\/span><\/strong> which are usually blanched, are small narrow sticks.<\/p>\n

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Usually Blanched small narrow sticks<\/p><\/div>\n

Blanched Almonds<\/span> <\/strong>are whole nuts with their skin removed.<\/p>\n

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Whole almonds with their skins removed<\/p><\/div>\n

Sliced Almonds<\/span>,<\/strong> available both blanched and natural, are thin oval chips.<\/p>\n

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Can be blanched or natural (with a ring of brown skin still attached), are thin oval chips.<\/p><\/div>\n

Almond Meal<\/span> <\/strong>also called almond flour is finely ground almonds.  You can make your own almond flour by grinding whole natural or whole blanched almonds on the fine blade of a food grinder or processor .  Easier just to buy it.  Almond Meal\/Flour is gluten free.<\/p>\n

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Almond Flour\/ Meal<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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  Check out this recipe at Recipe Girl,one of my favorite Blogs,  using sliced almonds.  Chocolate Almond Toffee <\/a> Recipe Girl’s son also has a Food Blog at Recipe Boy.com  <\/a>Inspiring to see kids learning and loving to cook.  Maybe have your kids check it out.   Please leave comments on “Thursday Tidbits”.  I love your feedback.   Remember “Make It Your Own”  no matter what you cook.     <\/span>Joy Always, Cissy      <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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