SALINAS, Calif. – Demand for versatile menu items continues to grow as foodservice operators strive to meet the needs of consumers seeking healthy and flavorful fare, and Markon’s newest product – Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw – fits the bill.
Ready-Set-Serve (RSS) Heart-Y Slaw is a vibrant and nutrient-dense blend containing cruciferous super foods and colorful root vegetables that can be used in a variety of creative ways across the menu. Made of julienned broccoli, shredded cabbage and kale, cauliflower pearls, sliced radishes, and shredded carrots, this fresh blend can be used as a salad, sauté, slaw, topping, or garnish, and is ready to serve right out of the bag.
RSS Heart-Y Slaw is available to operators through Markon’s foodservice members: Ben E. Keith Foods, Gordon Food Service, Maines Paper & Food Service, Nicholas & Company, Reinhart Foodservice and Shamrock Foods Company.
“The National Restaurant Association highlighted fresh produce’s position as the star of the dish as one of its top menu trends for this year,” said Nicholas & Company Executive Chef Vic Vegas. “With its crunchy texture and nutrient-dense popular vegetables, such as broccoli and radishes, RSS Heart-Y Slaw holds up in both hot and cold applications and makes adding produce to menus nearly effortless.”
The new RSS Heart-Y Slaw was created specifically for Markon by its foodservice member chefs at the third annual Chef Summit held in September 2017. Member chefs gathered at the Markon-hosted event to create healthy and ready-to-serve options that meet the increased demand for unique flavor choices in foodservice establishments. Learn more about how the RSS Heart-Y Slaw was created and get usage ideas from Markon’s product use video.
“After spending a day in the produce fields, getting trend insights, and interacting with growers, last year’s Chef Summit attendees were energized to create a new blend that focused on raw material utilization, on-trend ingredients, and menu versatility,” said Eric Cronert, Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising for Reinhart Foodservice. “It was great to see the Markon vision of cultivating fresh ideas come to life with the new Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw.”
RSS Heart-Y Slaw usage ideas include:
- Tossing the mixture with a creamy avocado dressing and using it to top burgers and sandwiches.
- Mixing slaw with Thai peanut sauce and topping with grilled chicken, shrimp, or seitan satay skewers.
- Combining with sesame-ginger dressing and topping with grilled fish or steak.
- Adding RSS Chopped Romaine to RSS Heart-Y Slaw; tossing with Caesar dressing and house-made croutons for a more nutrient-dense Caesar salad.
- Hand-mixing RSS Heart-Y Slaw with buttermilk Ranch dressing and piling on top of fried chicken sandwiches.
Like all of Markon’s produce, the new RSS Hearty-Y Slaw is backed by Markon’s unparalleled 5-Star Food Safety® program which tracks products at five key points: fields, facilities, transportation, distributor warehouses and operators’ kitchens, along with providing full traceability back to the field. Both salad blends are available now. For more information, visit Markon.com.
Recipes:
- Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw with Beets: https://www.markon.com/recipes/ready-set-serve-heart-y-slaw-beets
- Hot Dogs Topped with Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw: https://www.markon.com/recipes/hot-dogs-topped-ready-set-serve-heart-y-slaw
- Buffalo Chicken Salad with Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw: https://www.markon.com/recipes/buffalo-chicken-salad-ready-set-serve-heart-y-slaw
- Jackfruit Tacos with Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw: https://www.markon.com/recipes/jackfruit-tacos-ready-set-serve-heart-y-slaw
Product Use Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp3l_vrh2uo&feature=youtu.be
About Markon
From its headquarters in Salinas, California, Markon Cooperative Inc. provides fresh produce purchasing, logistics, information, and marketing services exclusively to its member distributors (Ben E. Keith Foods, Gordon Food Service, Maines Paper & Food Service, Nicholas & Company, Reinhart Foodservice and Shamrock Foods Company) and their foodservice customers. A leader in food safety, quality control and innovation, Markon is also mindful of the produce industry's impact on people – from field workers to consumers. Read more about Markon at Markon.com.
Source: Markon
