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HOLIDAY SEASON

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SHOWCASE IDEAS FOR OPERATORS

  • Classics. Sharing traditional holiday foods creates nostalgia and memories that last. Consider your version of stuffing, cranberry relish, potato pancakes, stewed collards,
  • Modern Mashups. Update family favorites with a restaurant spin, for example green bean casserole with crispy fried shallots, matzo ball soup with fresh ginger, latkes made with carrots and beets, and candied yams with hot honey.
  • Beverages. Toasting to togetherness, health, and a prosperous new year are best done with vibrant, delicious cocktails, mocktails, and wellness drinks. Be sure to have plenty of fresh cranberry, grapefruit, and orange juice in stock as well as pomegranates, rosemary, blood oranges, pears, and apples
  • Desserts. Experiment with new takes on the Buche de Noel, gingerbread trifles, sticky toffee pudding, pavlovas, sufganiyot (fruit-filled donuts), and sweet potato pies.

SEASONAL PRODUCE CHECKLIST

  • Hanukkah: MFC Potatoes, MFC Apples, MFC Oranges, RSS Wild Arugula, MFC Fennel, beets, ginger, and RSS Italian Parsley.
  • Christmas: RSS Trimmed Green Beans, RSS Diced Celery, RSS Whole-Peeled Onions, cranberries, persimmons, and MFC Rosemary and Sage.
  • Kwanzaa: RSS Chopped Collard Greens, MFC Bell Peppers, plantains, bananas, corn, sweet potatoes, and okra.
  • New Year’s Eve: RSS Margarita Mix, RSS Juices, Baby Spinach, RSS Brussels Sprouts, and horseradish root.
  • New Year’s Day: RSS Shredded Kale, MFC Grapes, pomegranate seeds, RSS Orange Segments.

Diners are increasingly hyper-focused on high-protein and plant-based foods. Alongside all of the new-fangled, lab-based, cell-cultured options out there is the humble bean. A staple food for millenia, beans are being re-examined as a healthy, versatile ingredient worthy of menu inclusion.

  • Retro and heirloom recipes—like Southern succotash, French cassoulet, and Cajun red beans and rice—fit the bill for those in search of authenticity.
  • Most world cuisines incorporate some type of bean in their classic dishes. Think feijoada in Brazil, black beans and rice with plantains in Puerto Rico, and garbanzo beans in Israel. Modern interpretations of these recipes are packed with produce and herbs.
  • The creamy texture of mung beans is proving an ideal substitute for those that are eliminating soy from their diets.