The superfood dates, nuts, and seeds are known to be packed with nutrients like fibre, protein, vitamins, and minerals. They not only fulfil your nutrient needs but also add multiple layers to your platter with their versatility.
So, let’s check out interesting ways to include these delicious and nutritious superfoods in your diet.
Smoothies: Use nuts like almonds and cashews with seeds such as sunflower, flax, etc., and grind them with almond milk, honey, and bananas, to make a super delicious treat that is also healthy.
Date smoothie: Make the date version of the smoothie with milk, your favourite fruit, and yoghurt, and enjoy the healthy and tasty drink.
Salads: Adding a burst of colour, flavour, and vitamins, make this healthy salad with nuts and seeds, cooked or raw veggies, and chia seeds and enjoy the interesting tasty treat.
Cakes & Muffins: You can use dates as the natural sweetener for cakes, breads, pancakes, muffins, etc. Also, you can add your favourite nuts and seeds to the batter of bakery goods for a tasty and crunchy twist.
Rice: Rice dishes like Persian-style Adas Polo, made with lentils, rice, minced meat, dates, raisins etc., is a hearty meal that is both healthy and delicious.
Deserts: Add dried fruits like cashews, almonds, dates, figs, etc., to any desert to enjoy a tasteful and healthful variation.
Energy bars: Grab your favourite dried fruits and cook them in a pan. Now, press them into the pan, refrigerate them, cut them into various pieces, and enjoy your snack.
Laddus: Dried fruit laddus can be made in the same way as energy bars. Here, you have to give them a circular shape.
Stuffed dates: Cut the dates vertically, remove the seeds and stuff nuts like almonds, cashews, and peanuts for a crunchy, healthy, and delightful treat.