Fisher Nuts~Product Review And Cookbook Giveaway

The holidays are approaching and it is time to think about your Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday menus.The weather is cooled and it is time to start all that great baking. I love baking and cooking this time of year. One of my favorite baking recipe is banana bread or muffins with pecans or walnuts. I love cooking and baking with nuts. My favorite is pecans. I use them in various recipes during the holiday season and throughout the year. So, to start off the holiday season I am working with the friendly folks from Fisher Nut Company for a product review and cookbook giveaway.For the review I received in the mail sample packets of the following: almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts and peanuts.Although I am not to fond of walnuts, I occasionally use them in brownies. But I really enjoyed the taste of the pecans, cashews, almonds, and peanuts. I would highly recommend the Fisher Nut Products for use in your recipes.One recipe in the cookbook that caught my eye was the Cashew Chicken Stir Fry. This recipe looks so good. I love stir-fry any time of year. You can find this recipe on page 13 of the Cooking & Baking With  Nuts Recipe Collection cookbook.

Did you know that nuts are packed with protein and essential nutrients? According to the U.S. Food  and Drug Administration,”diets containing one-ounce of nuts per day can reduce you chance of heart disease.

• Peanuts are actually not a nut at all but a legume related to beans and lentils. 
• Nuts also have a better balance of good versus bad fat than other snacks.
• Walnuts are the oldest tree food eaten by man originating in 7000 BC in ancient Persia.
• Pecans are high in fiber and low in carbohydrates.
• Cashews are actually a seed instead of a nut.
• One ounce of almonds gives you as much calcium as a quarter cup of milk.

What kind of nut are you? The original study, commissioned by Fisher Nuts asked more than 1,000 people to select there favorite nut and complete a battery of personality test. “Our quiz is an entertaining spin on the science of food preference,”says Julie Nargang, Director of Marketing-National Brands with John B. Sanfilippo& Son, Inc.,owner of the Fisher brand. “The quiz makes the nut connections easier to understand and more fun. Rather than just asking people to tell us what their favorite nut is, we’re asking them questions that also give clues to their personality.

Now for the best part, the giveaway. I will be giving away ten Fisher Cooking and Baking With Nuts Cookbooks to the first ten readers that perform the following tasks below. This giveaway is for US residents only please. I will be mailing the cookbooks to you myself.:

1.Grab my button and post it on your blog.