Prairie Fare: Nuts are a healthy addition to your food

I added a mixture of walnuts and dried fruit to a mixed green salad I was making in my home. I smiled as I thought about my changing eating habits.

As a kid, I would have eaten the salad greens and dried fruit, but nuts were off limits on my personal menu.

I was not allergic to nuts. I just did not like their taste. I did not appreciate their texture, either.

My mother added nuts to nearly every b...