California Walnuts | Essential Food for Health

Chefs and menu decision makers around the country are using California walnuts in exciting and innovative ways throughout their menus. Walnuts are appearing on the menus of a wide variety of restaurants, showcasing walnuts’ versatility and appeal.

Breakfast

• Banana walnut stuffed French toast
• Grilled vegetable omelet with walnut pesto

Pizza

• Whole wheat pizza crust with ground walnuts
• Apple, brie and walnut topped pizza

Fast Food

• McDonald’s Fruit & Walnut Salad – a new twist on a classic, the Waldorf Salad

Asian

• Sushi rolls with crab, mango and walnuts
• Honey walnut shrimp with brown rice

Appetizers

• Spiced walnuts as bar snacks
• Wild mushroom, sweet onion and walnut crostini with shaved parmesan

Salads

• Fig, gorgonzola and walnut salad with arugula
• Candied walnut “croutons” on strawberry and spinach salads
• Three bean salad with walnut pesto served in Romaine lettuce leaves
• Pasta salad with walnut parsley pesto

Sauces

• Romesco sauce with roasted peppers, tomatoes and ancho chilies used as a spread on sandwiches
• Creamy walnut sauce on fettucini

School Foodservice

• Fruit and walnut salads with yogurt dressing
• Walnut trail mixes
• Walnuts on salad bars as a vegetarian protein source

Entrees

• Walnut crusted salmon bites with apricot ginger dipping sauce
• Walnut and apricot stuffed pork tenderloin
• Walnut, Black Pepper and Cumin-Crusted Monkfish

Tapas

• Savory potato walnut cakes
• Wild mushroom and walnut tartlets
• Roasted eggplant & walnut tomato caps
• Smoked salmon & walnut deviled eggs

Desserts

• Maple walnut ice cream
• Carmel walnut cheesecake
• Peach crisp with a walnut crumb topping

Cheese Course

• Blue cheese with toasted walnuts and honey
• Assorted artisan cheeses with dried figs and walnut crisps