Menu Ideas and Resources for Food Professionals - California Walnuts

Food Professionals

To Understand Walnut Flavor, Get Under the Skin: Read more to gain a better understanding of the multidimensional flavor of walnuts!
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Looking for new ideas?: California walnuts are a versatile ingredient that will add value and crunch to your products. Browse formulations developed to inspire food professionals.
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Meet Chef Cindy Pawlcyn!: Chef Pawlcyn is the founder of three of Napa Valley’s most beloved restaurants: Mustards Grill, the popular Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen, and Brassica Mediterranean Restaurant & Wine Bar.
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Menu Development with Walnuts: Walnuts add crunch, healthy fat and great flavor to menu items for any occasion or audience.
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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.