Thanksgiving: a Fig Deal Whether you’re celebrating with the whole crew, just a few, or switching things up this holiday, we have recipes to inspire your holiday table, featuring our Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid California Dried Figs including a Menu for Two....

Dried Fig Nutrition Notes: Potassium in Figs by Lorelle Del Matto, MS, RDN Why do you eat figs? If your answer is “They taste good!”, you’re not alone. There are many reasons we choose foods, but taste is number one, according to fifteen years of consumer research conducted by the International Food and Information Council (IFIC) (1). The potassium in...

20 Minute Meal: Sweet + Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry Cook up a tasty weeknight meal with shrimp and vegetables in our sweet and spicy shrimp stir fry with noodles. It’s even better than takeout and features our Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid California Dried Figs. They add fiber, calcium, and magnesium in a healthy 20 minute meal. Serve with noodles, veggies...

15% Off All Retail Orders in August Enjoy 15% off on all retail orders in August including our Orchard Choice Snack Bags. These pre-portioned bags are available in our webstore by the case—they are ready to go, whether you’re hitting the hiking trail, planning a road trip, or just looking for a healthy work from home snack bag for you...

Summer Snacks Start Here: Dried Fig Fruit Leather Camping. Road trips. Day trips. Backyard picnics. Field Days. There are plenty of ways to enjoy the summer and socially distance. Orchard Choice and Sun-Maid California Dried Figs are the perfect summer snack whether it’s figs right out of the bag or homemade fig fruit leather. Bake This: Black & White Fig...

Bake This: Almond Fig Coffee Cake Put a fresh pot of coffee on, our featured recipe is Almond Fig Coffee Cake. RD Mia Zarlengo created a morning coffee cake with our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs, adding chewy nuggets of nutrition into this healthier dessert that happens to be gluten-free too. Our California Dried Figs mean this recipe...

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Fig Mole Mushroom Tacos Mole is one of those traditional dishes that is passed down from generation to generation. It is a labor of love ground down on a metate and savored by the whole family.  This fig mole uses the earthiness and sweetness of Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs to enhance the...

Easter Baking: Traditional Hot Cross Buns Recipe with Dried Figs If you are not a big fan of raisins in a traditional hot cross buns recipe, then these Fig Hot Cross Buns are going to put a smile on your face. These slightly sweet buns are extremely soft, spiced with cinnamon and loaded with chopped Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California...

This Month’s Featured Recipe: Broccoli Fig Tofu Oyster Sauce Stir Fry Hearty vegetarian dishes can fill you up while keeping vegetables at the center of the plate, This Broccoli. Fig, Tofu Oyster Sauce Stir Fry will make you skip takeout. This vegetarian stir fry is naturally sweetened with figs and still has salty umami flavors. Make this tofu oyster sauce...

Mission Dried Fig & Berry No-Bake Cheesecake Dried figs are the perfect snack to incorporate into your diet for their nutritional benefits, but especially for their delectable sweet taste. Since it is National Heart Month, we decided to get a little fancy with our fig intake. We partnered with Registered Dietitian, Gal Cohen of Holy Health, to create a Fig...

Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats with Dried Figs Welcome the New Year with this easy and healthy no-cook breakfast recipe. Stir up old-fashioned oats, chia seeds, and your choice of milk right in a jar. Chill in the refrigerator overnight and the next morning you’ll have thick, creamy delicious oats. Serve warm or cold topped with diced apples, dried figs, walnuts,...

Panettone with California Dried Figs & Dark Chocolate Panettone, the tall, dramatic Christmas cake-like bread filled with dried fruit and almonds and wrapped in brightly colored packages, can be found in most grocery stores during the holidays. It’s made with a rich, slightly sweet, and eggy yeast dough, so it falls somewhere between a cake and a bread.  Once a...