Menu Ideas and Resources for Food Professionals - California Walnuts

Food Professionals

Meet Members of the California Walnuts Chefs Council: These acclaimed chefs are committed to using fresh, high quality ingredients in their dishes.
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Better Baked Beans: Mollie's remake of this classic comfort food adds crunch toasted walnuts as her secret ingredient.
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Chef Ken Frank: Ken Frank is the chef-proprietor of La Toque restaurant in the Napa, California. When Ken Frank learned there was an opportunity to build a new restaurant in The Westin Verasa, Napa, in the fall of 2008, he considered it a good omen.
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Food for Your Whole Life Recipe: Try Chef Jamie Lauren's Curry Chickpea Salad with Walnuts and Currants.
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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.