Walnut

Sometimes we shun them because they’re so calorie-rich… except that their calories always turn into energy (what’s called « useful » calories). When you hear that walnuts help immune cells develop, that they fight cholesterol and support the heart, that their B vitamins are good for energy and the brain, and that their high vitamin E content is a friend to the skin — well, suddenly you want to eat more of them ^^.
Lucky, then, that I’ve got plenty of recipes using them, and my dressings are often made with walnut oil (from November to April; after that I switch to olive oil). It’s dearer than others, but at one or two spoonfuls per meal, a litre lasts a long time.
I buy it, along with my walnut halves, from a walnut grower in Sainte-Mondane near Sarlat (in the Dordogne). Motorhome owners who are France Passion members (a network of farm stopovers) can plan a stop at hers. You’ll love her welcome and her good produce, I’m sure of it. If you’re lucky (and you often are with her), you can buy her excellent walnut cake. For everyone else, she ships her products — except the walnut cake (oil, walnut halves, or walnut paste to spread on crêpes and waffles).
Do get back to me if you’d like more information, or call her on 05 53 29 82 28.
If I champion short supply chains and local producers, it’s because I meet passionate people like her who make top-quality products to delight us, day in, day out…