Sesame.

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!!!   If you suffer from a sesame or nut allergy, please substitute the sesame oil, seeds and tahini from my recipes.  I do «only» suffer from cross—reactions with nuts and are allowed to eat sesame.

Sesame I use and eat quite often. Luckily I don’t have allergie or intolerance symptoms from it. I eat sesame always cooked or roasted, never raw. Native sesame oil is my go to cooking oil. It is what I use the most and which is in my case the best tolerated one.
 Tahini
There are plenty of different producers available in the stores and all should be tested. Because every tahini tastes different. There is the fine ground one, the roasted one, the steamed, the husked one, the salted one. And there can differences in taste be observed – depending on the various producers. Look for organic, it tastes better. For me tahini is the hidden land of milk and honey – in the vegan sense.

Tahini is a great ingredient, whenever you need something creamy in your kitchen. Mix it with water and it turns into a dip or a sauce.

Tahini is my sweet treat for in-between meals. Mixed with maple sirup, it can be licked straight from the spoon. Very satisfying – indeed.

It is a great source of iron and other minerals, proteins, etc. very good for women.
 Oil
Sesame oil is well known and recommended in ayurvedic kitchen. They say it has good qualities for all (constitution-) types. I usually never feel heavy after eating sesame oil and it has the least bad effects on my skin.

I recommend to test out different brands until you find a mild nutty one which does not smell sour. Make sure it is unroasted sesame oil.

Roasted sesame oil (popular in Japanese cuisine) also tastes good, but should be used sparingly, more as a spice than as a cooking oil. The flavor is very strong, and I usually get skin irritations afterward.
But it's very tasty and sometimes I allow myself to walk around with pimples ;)