People usually eat nuts on their own, by the handful, which can be a dangerous practice. You won’t feel deprived when you top your apple or celery slices with peanut butter. Keep portions small and avoid mindless eating.

Pre-portion nuts in small bags — a great snack to take on the go or to the office. Choose nuts in the shell; you will probably eat fewer since it takes time to crack them. Take a handful and put the package away before you start munching. Sprinkle nuts on a soup or salad instead of croutons or cheese. Snack on nuts instead of pretzels or chips. Top yogurt with nuts instead of granola.

Add the delicious flavor and crunch of nuts to all kinds of foods from sweet to savory. Toasting them first will bring out their flavor and enhance a simple dish.

Top hot or cold cereal with gourmet nuts for a nourishing breakfast. Sprinkle gourmet nuts on top of nonfat yogurt. Pasta comes alive when sprinkled with chopped nuts. Slivered almonds do wonders for everything from chicken to desserts. Add crunch and satiety to bread, pancakes, waffles, or muffins with nuts. Mix nuts with light cream cheese for a delicious spread. Add gourmet nuts to popcorn for a tasty snack. Enhance the flavor of steamed veggies with a handful of gourmet nuts. Don’t forget that peanuts are an excellent food source of vitamin E. They also provide approximately 2 grams of fiber per ounce, and have relatively high amounts of folic acid, thiamin, niacin, copper, manganese, phosphorous, magnesium, and zinc. They are high in plant protein and the fat content is primarily monounsaturated and polyunsaturated, both”good fats”.

Go nutty with 1 oz of nuts per day. You’ll reap all kinds of health benefits. You’ll find lots of healthy virginia peanuts at http://www.virginiagourmetpeanuts.com/.

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Although peanuts come in many varieties, there are four basic market types: Runner, Virginia, Spanish and Valencia. Each of the peanut types is distinctive in size, flavor, and nutritional composition. Within each four basic types of peanuts, there are several “varieties” for seed and production purposes. Each variety contains distinct characteristics which allows a producer to select the peanut that is best suited for its region and market.

Runner
Runners have become the dominant type due to the introduction in the early 1970’s of a new runner variety, the Florunner, which was responsible for a spectacular increase in peanut yields. Runners have rapidly gained wide acceptance because of the attractive, uniform kernel size. Fifty-four percent of the runners grown are used for peanut butter. Runners are grown mainly in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma.

Virginia
Virginias have the largest kernels and account for most of the peanuts roasted and processed in-the-shell. When shelled, the larger kernels are sold as snack peanuts. Virginias are grown mainly in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

Spanish
Spanish-type peanuts have smaller kernels covered with a reddish-brown skin. They are used predominantly in peanut candies, with significant quantities used for snack nuts and panut butter. They have a higher oil content than the other types of peanuts which is advantageous when crushing for oil. They are primarily grown in Oklahoma and Texas.

Valencia
Valencias usually have three or more small kernels to a pod and are covered in a bright-red skin. They are very sweet peanuts and are usually roasted and sold in-the-shell. They are also excellent for fresh use as boiled peanuts. New Mexico is the primary producer of Valencia peanuts.

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Our family has been growing the finest jumbo gourmet Virginia peanuts since the late 1800’s on our 3,000-acre farm in Southampton County, one of the largest peanut-producing counties in the United States.

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