According to scientists from Pennsylvania in the US "Walnuts are the healthiest nut ..... because they contain the highest level of antioxidants compared to other nuts...The antioxidants found in walnuts are also two to 15 times as powerful as vitamin E, which is known to protect the body against damaging natural chemicals involved in causing disease."

Walnuts can be also fun if you don't know what to do on a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon! After cracking them and picking of the nutmeats with my two little boys, we baked a delicious walnut and coffee cake from the BBC Good Food website.