If you are trying to eat healthy, chances are high that you’ve heard of a popular eating style, based on the traditional Mediterranean diet. But, you don’t have to live around the Mediterranean to adhere to it. Reasons for following the Mediterranean diet vary, and often, part of trying to make healthier choices. Let’s dive into the foods that are part...

Memorable Ideas for Memorial Day Planning on gathering with friends and family this weekend? We’ve pulled together delicious dishes and categorized for you. Find ideas for appetizers, salads, burgers, and desserts with Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice Figs. Appetizers Burgers Side Dishes Sweet Things...

It’s never too late to start eating well and many turn to the Mediterranean Diet as a guide. But what do you know about Mediterranean diet foods? Healthy Mediterranean food is only part of the answer. One reason it’s a popular eating style is because of heart health and is recommended by the American Heart Association with many write-ups by...

Think practicing the Mediterranean Diet means bread is off the menu? Not so fast. Learn about what you need to look for in Mediterranean Diet bread and discover the best bread for Mediterranean Diet, including recipes to make your own. The Mediterranean Diet is year-over-year the number one diet. If you were to look at the Mediterranean Diet pyramid, you’ll...

Eating on the Mediterranean diet, snacks are welcome. Sometimes, they verge on mini-meals and other times, they tend to be a sweeter treat, made with refined sugar-free options. This is where dried figs come in. Naturally sweet, the sugar in dried figs mean you can use less alternate sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or coconut sugar. A healthy snack based...

Making Grilled Cheese Day Great Monday is a big deal in much of the U.S. where a lucky few (and the thousands who have traveled by bus, plane, train, and automobile) will be thrust into the totality of a solar eclipse for 3 minutes. Others will glimpse it partially. Another big deal day is happening next Friday: National Grilled Cheese...

Figs are an essential ingredient in so many cultures. Start the spring holidays, baking traditional breads with the twist of Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice Mission Figs and Golden Figs. You’ll find ideas for St. Patrick’s Day, Purim, Easter, and Ramadan below.  Sun-Maid + Orchard Choice Figs Ready-to-use fig ingredients for all your baking needs.___________...

It’s National Nutrition Month and we wanted to demystify your questions about foods with dried figs in them. Today, we’re tackling the question: are fig bars healthy and its cousin, are fig rolls healthy. Fig rolls and bars are the quintessential cookie from childhood. They’re made with cookie dough that bakes up soft and enfolds the figgy filling in the...

Bread Baking with Figs— Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice California Figs —_________________________ Is there anything better on the weekends than a baking project of fresh homemade bread, especially with Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice Figs. Mission Figs add the familiar fig taste while Golden Figs bring a more subtle fruit flavor and sweetness. Try them in loaves baked with a slight savory note...

You can usually count on a food trends report launching at the beginning of a new year. For those of us who exhibit at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, March 13-16, we see those trends and get to taste them firsthand. Here’s what we will be looking for (and how figs fit into a few of our favorite 2024...

Make Next Week Mediterranean with Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice Figs The Mediterranean Diet is yet again in the news and for good reason, it’s built around legumes and whole grains, vegetables, and fruits like Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice Figs. If eating healthier is one of your 2024 goals, consider the Mediterranean meal prep recipes for the week ahead. A Week...

If you consider all of the eating styles around the world, you’ve probably heard of or perhaps even participate in the Mediterranean diet. And, for good reason. This eating style is recommended by RDs and nutritionists and centers on whole foods. Learn more about it and find Mediterranean diet breakfast recipes and ideas for every meal of the day below....