Despite their name, tiger nuts aren’t actually nuts. These wrinkly little foods are actually tubers like potatoes and yams. Tiger nuts are also known as yellow nutsedge, chufa, or earth almonds. This ...

Let's talk tiger nuts, although they're not nuts at all! These wonderful nuts have been hiding under the radar, but it's time they take the spotlight. Grown under the soil's surface, tiger nuts are a ...

Thanks to their combination of natural sugars, iron, and potassium, tiger nuts can give you a clean, sustained energy boost without the crash that comes from processed snacks. The fiber in tiger nuts ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you have never heard of a tiger nut, you are not alone. People in parts of Africa and Spain have been ...

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) is emerging as a crop of considerable interest, owing to its complex nutritional profile that includes lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fibre, vitamins and ...

Every once in a while, I'm introduced to a food that I've never heard of before. Most recently it was tiger nuts. Obviously, I assumed it was an actual nut -- who wouldn't? But I was wrong; a tiger ...