Walnuts find way into Spring Festival fare

With the Spring Festival approaching, the California Walnut Commission is offering innovative and healthy Spring Festival recipes, which combine walnuts with traditional Chinese cuisine.

The organization recently organized a cooking class in Beijing to show how walnuts can be incorporated into popular Chinese holiday dishes for a healthy and balanced diet, including a dish with pig's trotters, tomatoes and walnuts.

Walnuts a are good source of magnesium and phosphorus, which are important for energy metabolism and bone health and are responsible for helping regulate heart rhythm, the commission said.

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