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What’s Summer Without Smoothies?

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Smoothies are one of the hottest menu items for the summer season. During the summer, customers look for tasteful ways to beat the heat while enjoying quality nutrition and premium flavor. Smoothies are wonderful for any occasion and serve as a great opportunity to showcase signature fruit flavors. Wawona Frozen Foods has a full lineup of high-quality frozen fruits that make it easy to serve delicious smoothies this summer!

Smoothies are healthy options for breakfast, as they form a light morning meal that supports weight loss. They also help prevent hydration during the hot summer months and provide a great immune booster. Smoothies offer the opportunity to delight your customers with a variety of favorite flavors. Peach, strawberry, and mixed berry smoothies are consumer favorites that promise to be best-selling menu items in a hurry.

Contact us today to learn more about our products, such as 100% REAL fruit FRADDIES, that will support the hottest smoothie menu in town!

Enjoy Bite-Sized FRADDIES!

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Introducing… FRADDIES! Frozen FRADDIES are a convenient way to add fresh fruit flavors throughout the menu this summer. They are frozen, bite-sized pieces of 100% REAL fruit from the fertile San Joaquin Valley. Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) to preserve optimal freshness from our fields to your operation, FRADDIES deliver tremendous value, including:

  • Multiple Day Part Menu Applications
  • Zero Prep, Zero Waste
  • Superior Portion Control
  • Available in individual flavors or blends!

Although FRADDIES come frozen, they deliver fresh as they are frozen at their optimal ripeness. Use FRADDIES in smoothies, beverages, desserts, entrée sauces, cocktails and more. Contact Wawona today to learn more about the perfect fruit solution you have been searching for!

Scrumptious Fruity Appetizers!

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Try adding the following dishes to your menu this summer for satisfying, refreshing, and easy to make menu favorites!

1. Peach & Prosciutto Crostini
This summery toast can be cut up into small slices for an appetizer or served larger for a more luxurious meal. Top fresh rustic bread with delicious peaches and ricotta cream, with prosciutto, mint, honey and black pepper. 

2. Mexican Fruit Salad
The most wonderful thing about fruit salads is how versatile they are. Add all of your favorite fruit, whether that be mango, berries, peaches, or papaya, and marinate it in cilantro, lime juice, sugar, and ancho chile powder. This can be a refreshing appetizer that will feed a larger group of people.

3. Plum & Goat Cheese Carpaccio with Mint
Thinly slice juicy plums, and sprinkle cheese, shallot and mint over them. Drizzle EVOO and honey over the top. This is such a unique yet delicious dish that just screams “summer”!

4. Deviled Strawberries
Looking for a sweeter appetizer, or maybe even a healthier dessert? Look no more! Stuff halved strawberries with a sweet cream cheese filling, topped with crushed graham crackers. 

Wawona Frozen Foods is proud to offer the highest quality fruit products. We carry a collection of fresh and frozen fruits picked at peak ripeness to deliver premium flavor. Contact our team to learn more about how we can help your operation this summer!

Fruit Salsa — The Perfect Combo of Sweet & Spicy!

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When we all think of salsa, we often picture mostly spicy flavors with hints of lime and cilantro. However, adding a little sweetness to your salsa can be a great change in flavors, especially for your consumers. Spike your salsa with delicious fruits with the help of Wawona Frozen Foods. We have all of the highest quality frozen fruits available that will be the perfect addition to any salsa.

A peach salsa is perfectly appropriate for summertime peach season. Dice some tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, and jalapeños with your peaches, mincing some garlic and squeezing some lime juice to finish it off. This is a great alternative as it lessens the acidity of traditional salsa and gives a sweet and refreshing flavor. This recipe could easily be created with Wawona’s pears and plums, too. Doing a mixed fruit salsa would also be a great addition to any operation for the summer season.

Wawona Frozen Foods has all of the fruity solutions that your operation is looking for. See how we can sweeten up your spices today with our delicious product offerings!

Perfectly Peachy Ice Cream!

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Summer is the perfect time to incorporate new and refreshing items into your operation. Ice cream is always a crowd favorite, but businesses traditionally focus on classic flavors such as chocolate, vanilla, cookies and cream, and more. Why not step out of the box and offer something more unique, such as a delicious peach ice cream, utilizing Wawona’s Signature Peaches?

Peach ice cream is simple and easy to make, and will be sure to increase your customer satisfaction this summer. The instructions and ingredients are as follows:

  • 6 eggs, beaten 
  • 3 ½ cups white sugar 
  • 10 Wawona’s Signature Peaches
  • 4 cups heavy cream 
  • 2 cups half-and-half cream 
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
  • ¾ teaspoon salt

In large bowl, mix together eggs and sugar until smooth; puree peaches in blender or food processor and stir 5 cups of puree into egg mixture. Stir in cream, half-and-half, vanilla and salt and mix well. Pour mixture into freezer canister of ice cream maker and freeze accordingly.

Wawona Frozen Foods has all of the frozen fruit solutions for your operation. Contact us today to see how we can assist you in helping your business grow and succeed!

Maintaining Sustainability in Your Operation

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Even in the best of times, sustainability can be a challenging factor heaped onto the daily bustle of cafe and restaurant owners. When operators need to take inventory, source food, and budget expenses, it can seem like a lot to ensure all recycling and sustainability efforts are met.

Amidst COVID?

As if owners, operators, and managers didn’t have enough on their plate, COVID-19 has created the additional enormous tasks of overhauling take-out programs, dealing with restrictions, and facing occupancy issues. As daunting as it may seem, sustainability efforts are vital now more than ever for restaurants and cafes. COVID has led to the setback of many sustainability efforts as a renewed need for plastics such as bags and single-use PPE items take the front seat. It is incredibly important to keep your business sustainable to care for the Earth and your community by taking the steps below. 

Keeping sustainable

As a decision-maker of your business, the responsibility lies with you to revisit your sustainability efforts and do a once-over of your eco-friendly habits. 

  • Manage Waste by taking out anything that can be reused, recycled, or composted is a cost saver and an easy way to improve sustainability. 
  • Source food from the right places. Finding quality ingredients from community-minded companies will go a long way in building partnerships with the right people.
  • Keep your community and staff included and welcome new ideas. Being a part of your community’s efforts to become more environmentally friendly and people-oriented will make your company better equipped to handle anything. 
  • Make small changes when you can. Making small changes like switching to more energy-efficient lightbulbs sends the right message to your community and customers.

What are the benefits?

The benefits of keeping sustainable are simple — you put your brand in a positive light while showing your staff and community that your business cares. Taking care of the environment can decrease expenses and offers the best way forward as a business leader.

We can provide all of the highest quality frozen fruits out there. Contact Wawona Frozen Foods today to see how we can assist you in creating a successful and healthy operation for you to work in!

The Benefits of the IQF Process

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Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) foods use a flash-freezing process to preserve food at the height of ripeness to ensure fresh flavor in every bite. Produce such as peas, corn, berries, and peaches are common IQF foods.

Explaining IQF

The IQF process involves sending food pieces through a cold blast that flash freezes the food pieces individually. Packaging occurs after freezing, so they will remain individual pieces instead of freezing together. IQF works because it forms smaller ice crystals that are not damaging to the cells in the food product.

Benefits

There are several benefits to using IQF foods. Efficiency is one of the top benefits, and IQF provides a solution to maintain the shelf life of fresh-tasting produce. IQF is also a healthier alternative because flash-freezing produce at the peak of ripeness preserves nutrients typically lost by the time the food reaches the consumer.

Wawona’s IQF Offerings

Wawona Frozen Foods offers a full selection of IQF fruits, including peaches, berries, pears, plums, and mixes for year-round enjoyment. We are committed to offering the highest quality IQF fruits that deliver premium appearance, texture, and sweetness.

Contact us TODAY for more information about our high-quality IQF products!

Take Advantage of Delicious Summer Fruit with Wawona!

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If you happen to be on the search for some quality fruits that you can enjoy this summer, then you have quite a selection to choose from. Wawona Frozen Foods offers a vast range of delicious, healthy products that your customers are sure to love. Be sure to check out their top-quality selection of fresh summer fruits, including strawberries, peaches, and mixed fruit packages. Wawona serves only the highest quality frozen fruits to its customers, so you can be sure you’re getting the best of the best.

Related: Utilize Wawona’s Frozen Fruit for Delicious Appetizers

Tasty Fruity Treats

Once you find the fruits you love, you’re probably going to need some recipe ideas that you can use them in. There are countless that you can whip up with fresh fruit, from smoothies to tarts and delicious homemade fruit ice cream; there is no shortage of healthy and delectable treats that you can create.

Are you looking for some top-quality frozen fruits this summer? Look no further than Wawona Frozen Foods!

Delicious Strawberry Shortcake!

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Strawberry shortcake is a delicious and refreshing dessert that everyone loves. It tastes scrumptious any time of day and has minimal ingredients, making it simple to make. Wawona Frozen Foods has the delicious strawberries needed to create this masterpiece of a treat.

For the filling, all that is needed are strawberries and sugar. Wawona Frozen Foods has scrumptious IQF strawberries available to use. Chopping up the strawberries and mixing with sugar helps the strawberries release all of their delicious juices, which will seep into the biscuits and cream. The cake is easy and simple to make, too.

The final ingredient of strawberry shortcake, the whipped cream, is simply made with heavy cream, sugar and vanilla extract. Buchmann’s promotion on Azumex granulated sugar will help keep your prices low for this wonderful creation.

The opportunities for tasty treats are endless with Wawona Frozen Foods. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help your operation succeed!

Utilize Wawona’s Frozen Fruit for Delicious Appetizers

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The health benefits of fruit can’t be understated. They’re an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, fiber, and antioxidants.

Diets high in fruit reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, inflammation, and heart disease.

Additionally, with Spring and Summer upon us, customers are craving the delicious taste of in-season fruit. Here are some fruit appetizer ideas:

Looking for even more appetizer ideas? Check out our fruity appetizers article.

If you want to create your own appetizers, here is a list of fruit that’s in season for spring and summer:

  • Cherries
  • Lemons
  • Strawberries
  • Apples
  • Plums
  • Peaches
  • Bananas
  • Blueberries
  • Blackberries 

Wawona Frozen Foods is proud to offer extremely high-quality fresh frozen fruit products, including plums, peaches, pears, strawberries, and more. We’ve been family-owned and operated for over 55 years and are committed to being an industry leader in supplying America’s fruity favorites.

Learn more about us today!

Related: Quick and Easy Recipes with Fruit!

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