WALNUT TIPS
Include walnuts in your daily diet

• Sprinkle a handful of toasted walnuts on your cereal or yogourt.
• Add chopped walnuts into sandwich or wrap fillings.
• Add toasted walnuts to stir-fried or sautéed vegetables for added crunch, flavour and nutrients.
• Add chopped walnuts to your favourite salad, pasta or rice dish.
• Add chopped walnuts to enhance the flavour of muffins, cakes, cookies and breads.
• Add ground walnuts to graham cracker crumb crust when making cheesecakes or pies.
• Include walnuts in heart-healthy trail mixes.
• Purée walnuts with garbanzo beans for hummus dip.
• Liven up a sun-dried tomato tapenade with parsley, thyme and walnuts.
• Add finely chopped walnuts to sauces for texture and taste.
• Mix walnuts, raisins, raw oatmeal and bran for easy granola.
• Top bars, squares or icings with walnuts for a tasty decorative finish.
• Replace pine nuts with walnuts in pesto.
• Make a breakfast parfait with walnuts, berries and yogourt.
• Add walnut hummus to your grilled vegetable sandwich.
• Add seasoned walnuts to your spinach salad with oranges and yellow bell pepper.
• Add ground walnuts to thicken a turkey chili made with tomato sauce.
• Include seasoned walnuts as part of a cheese or appetizer platter.
• Mix ground walnuts and breadcrumbs to encrust salmon fillets, chicken breasts or pork chops.
• Top a small bowl of ice cream with sliced banana, walnuts and dark chocolate sauce.