ORANGE SPICED CASHEWS

We all know that I love to throw a party. One of the reasons I love to throw parties is because of the foods I get to make. I love all the cute and delicious party foods and appetizers you can make for a party. Does anyone else think of “Mermaids” when Cher would feed her kids party foods for dinner?? I always think back to that when I think about coming up with yummy ideas for showers, Christmas parties, and open houses. Back in the summer I opened my home for an open house for my dear friends’ online clothing boutique, Eli James. Side note: She has great clothes and great prices and you should definitely check her out. Anyway, I took this as an opportunity to try out some new recipes, as well as make some of my favs to share here.

I love to put together a cheese board for every party, because, well, who doesn’t love cheese. I expect cheese at every party I go to and I just want to give the people what they want. Besides that, it’s one thing I don’t have to make. Side note: I’ve gotten so much better at not overwhelming myself with so many homemade items that I get overwhelmed and don’t have fun putting events together. I just have always gotten so excited about trying new recipes and tend to overdo it, but I have really learned to edit and know my limits. With that said, I tried a lot of easy semi-homemade recipes that many you can make days ahead of time.

With a cheese board, you should definitely have some great accompaniments such as nuts, olives and fruit. I decided to make an easy spiced nut to go along with the cheese board. This was one of those recipes that I had in a pile to try for a while. I love nuts and love trying different recipes to take them up a notch. These turned out so yummy and couldn’t be easier. Hope you enjoy.

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2: Line baking sheets with parchment.
Step 3: Mix together cashews and corn syrup in a bowl until coated.Step 4: In another small bowl, mix together salt, orange zest, ginger, coriander, cumin and cayenne pepper.Step 5: Sprinkle this mixture over the nuts and stir.Step 6: Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes.

Step 7: When you take out of the oven, immediately pour the nuts onto a new sheet with parchment and separate the nuts. Let cool.

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ORANGE SPICED CASHEWS

adapted from Martha Stewart

Course Appetizer

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups cashews
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
• 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line baking sheets with parchment.
3. Mix together cashews and corn syrup in a bowl until coated.
4. In another small bowl, mix together salt, orange zest, ginger, coriander, cumin and cayenne pepper.
5. Sprinkle this mixture over the nuts and stir.
6. Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes.
7. When you take out of the oven, immediately pour the nuts onto a new sheet with parchment and separate the nuts. Let cool.

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