Plan a fun fiesta at home with dried fig recipe ideas to pull together a Cinco de Mayo menu. We’ve got tacos, cocktail drinks, and desserts full of our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs Fig Mole Mushroom Tacos Keep your Cinco de Mayo meatless or add these naturally vegan tacos to your buffet. Mission dried figs cook down...

When it comes to bacon fig jam, you don’t have to wait to make it until November or December to give out as edible gifts. Our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Mission Dried Figs add depth, but using our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Golden Figs adds a delightful sweetness with the bacon. Here are four bacon jam uses to...

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...

by Melanie Flinn, RD Carbohydrates have a bad reputation and many people are confused on how much to consume, but it is more important to focus on the type of carbohydrates rather than the exact amount. The carbs in dried figs are a great choice—let’s find out why and how many carbs in figs are present. What are Carbohydrates? Carbohydrates...

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...

by Gal Cohen MS, RD Each year, we celebrate American Heart Month in February to help bring awareness to the leading cause of death in both men and women- heart disease. The American Heart Association dedicates a whole month to heart health in hopes of improving people’s overall health by motivating them to adopt healthy lifestyle changes and incorporate more heart healthy...

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,...

There’s something about eating fresh veggies and fruit that can make you feel vibrant but sometimes you don’t have the time to pull things together. Enter meal prep and two familiar bagged foods: Asiago Kale Salad Kits and our Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Dried Figs. We’ve teamed up with Taylor Farms to bring you a few tips for making...

Article and photos by Melanie Flinn, RD If eating healthier is one of your New Year’s resolutions, you’ll have more success if you break it down into smaller, mini-goals. When you set a big goal, it’s hard to know where to start and it’s easy to get discouraged. How much fiber do I need? Getting enough fiber and meal prepping...

We get excited every year when National Grilled Cheese Day arrives and this year, we teamed up with Rumiano Cheese for a cheesy giveaway. We love that both of our California companies are coming together on this collaboration: Rumiano is the oldest family-owned cheese company in California and Valley Fig Growers is a California Fig grower owned cooperative. Plus, YOU...

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...