Winter Menu
Aida has created a sumptuous winter menu filled with seasonal favorites including a spice-roasted squash and a unique walnut “cheese” appetizer—ideal for entertaining.
California Walnuts – walnuts.org
“I operate on the belief that food tastes better when it’s prepared by hand and made with healthy, whole ingredients,” says our featured chef and TV personality Aida Mollenkamp. Born and raised in California, the Food Network’s host of Ask Aida has a deep appreciation for the incredible bounty the Golden state offers.
Aida coins her cooking style as “west coast eclectic” which combines seasonal ingredients with ethnic flavors of contemporary California. “Though my food is rooted in European techniques and Mediterranean ingredients, I take artistic license to mix things up for recipes that are creative, reliable, easy, and healthy,” she explains. And that is why walnuts figure prominently in much of Aida’s cooking.
Aida has created a sumptuous winter menu filled with seasonal favorites including a spice-roasted squash and a unique walnut “cheese” appetizer—ideal for entertaining.
Aida offers her Spring inspired seasonal dishes including a refreshing walnut date smoothie and a chipotle wheat berry salad.
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.