Shape Magazine offered up delicious and nutritious recipes featuring nuts, including Spiced Pistachio-crusted Chicken and Glazed Carrots. It also listed pistachios as one of the five healthiest nuts!

The protein and fiber in spiced pistachio-crusted chicken and glazed carrots make this meal extra-filling.

The five healthiest nuts

All nuts are rich in vitamin E, magnesium, protein, and fiber, but these picks go beyond that. Alternate the types you eat to get the maximum benefits.

Pistachios (1 oz/49 nuts)
158 Calories
13 g fat
3 g fiber

Pistachios are high in cholesterol-lowering plant sterols and have more potassium than most nuts (291 mg per ounce)