Woman's Day - Pasta with Walnut Pesto and Peas
This light spring pastas incorporates fresh green peas and omega-3-rich walnuts.
California Walnuts – walnuts.org
This light spring pastas incorporates fresh green peas and omega-3-rich walnuts.
Ever since the New England Journal of Medicine released new, positive findings on the Mediterranean diet this week, California's walnut and olive oil processors have been fielding calls.
February is American Heart Month, and there is no better time to start thinking about how your lifestyle might be impacting your risk for heart disease, America’s No. 1 killer. The good news is that many of the risk factors are within your control.
What are walnuts?
Walnuts are the edible seed of the Juglans tree varietals: English (Persian) walnut, Juglans regia; Black, Juglans nigra; White (butternut), Juglans cinerea.
Walnuts are packed with tryptophan, an amino acid your body needs to create the feel-great chemical serotonin.
This dish is inspired by the filling for the coiled Greek winter squash pie featured a few weeks ago.
(CBS News) This recipe comes courtesy of Saveur, an award-winning culinary and culinary-travel magazine that emphasizes the heritage and traditions of home cooking and real food from around the world.
"I love it when dishes have layers of flavor. Try this recipe; you won't regret it!" - Shauna7
Name the affliction—heart disease, Alzheimer's, arthritis, depression, asthma—and omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent it. Or not.
Copyright 2012 California Walnut Commission
Supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 ounces of walnuts per day, as part of a low saturated fat and low cholesterol diet, and not resulting in increased caloric intake may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, March 2004.
One ounce of walnuts provides 18g of total fat, 2.5g of monounsaturated fat, 13g of polyunsaturated fat, including 2.5g of alpha–linolenic acid — the plant-based omega–3.
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