Shrubs, for those of you who aren’t familiar with them, are vinegar-based syrups.  They’re made by mashing fruit with sugar and then soaking the fruit in vinegar for a week.  The resulting vinegar shrub is a slightly acidic, sweet, and fruity liquid that can be added to a cocktail to give it a little zip. This fig shrub includes our...

California Fig and Peach Slab Pie Summer brings out the best—California Figs and peaches. Both are delicious whole fruits full of fiber, vitamins, minerals and health promoting antioxidants. In addition, both are great enjoyed in summer desserts, salads, entrees and on their own as snacks. Together in our California Fig and Peach Slab Pie, they offer the perfect combination of...

Is there anything more essential to summer than cool, crisp slices of watermelon? They’re juicy and just what you want to eat for a healthy dessert… but if you’ve ever tried a sprinkle of salt on watermelon, you know how it amplifies the sweet fruity flavor. We’ve got a fun way to bring a whole watermelon to the table differently...

Do you remember how sweltering summers, you cooled off with ice cream cake as a kid? Our chocolate ice cream cake brings together chocolate fudge cake, topped with a vanilla no-churn ice cream swirled with jam made of Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs and the final layer of white chocolate. This is a cake for chocolate lovers and a...

Summers are meant for ice cream. We love dark chocolate with mission figs, but have you ever tried white chocolate with golden figs? The idea of a rich chocolatey fig ice cream was too irresistible not to pursue, so we enlisted the expertise of Alice Medrich for a white chocolate ice cream recipe with spiced candied figs studding each spoonful....

A chopped Israeli salad will be your new favorite kind of salad to eat during the summer and beyond. Dressed simply and tossed with a tumble of fresh herbs, we love how plump Orchard Choice California Mission Figs add a touch of sweetness to this salad with snappy flavors. The salad is a bit like a Greek salad but with...

At this time of year, our orchards are abuzz with activity because fresh figs are coming into season. If you’ve never had a fresh fig that’s sun-warmed right off the branch, you’re missing out! But, we don’t mean to tease because when you taste one of our dried California figs, you’re getting all the sun-drenched flavor in figs that dry...

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This chicken biryani rice is an aromatic, spice-filled, one pot rice and meat dish with a healthy-ish spin. It is light on the rice and heavy on the spices, nuts and Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Figs! Pair it with a raita or salad and enjoy it with family and friends on those special occasions. When I make biryani, I...

The wedge salad reinvented. During the summer, we can’t get enough salads, and we have a hunch you’ll love this cabbage wedge salad recipe. Pull out the grill and skip the iceberg. With some heat and char from the grill, this cabbage wedge salad is one you will crave. Whisk together a fig and herb dressing, featuring our Orchard Choice...

Summer’s official treat is the s’more and chocolate s’mores will be your new favorite grilled dessert. What is it about two graham crackers sandwiching a slightly charred, soft marshmallow and square of melty chocolate that makes most of us swoon? We always want some more of chocolate smores! Whether eating outdoors on balmy summer nights or camping in the woods,...