Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.
Beef chunks, cut from less tender parts of the cow, are best cooked slowly with moist heat. Slow cooking in liquid keeps them moist while breaking down the tendons that make the meat chewy. If you don't need cubes of meat, you can get additional tenderness by pounding the meat before cooking.
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"Don't eat after 8 p.m." "Eat dinner by 7 p.m." "No snacking after 9 p.m." There are plenty of variations of the myth that eating at night is especially fattening; however, calories affect your body the same any time of day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point out.
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Ovaltine is a brand of drink mix, available in malt and chocolate flavors, that contains essential vitamins and minerals. Kids and adults drink Ovaltine as a warm or cold beverage. Consumed in moderation, it offers health benefits by providing considerable amounts of several vitamins and minerals.
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Pancake recipes usually call for milk. If you have someone in your house who can't or won't eat milk products or you are trying to eliminate dairy foods from your own diet, pancakes made with other liquids can be just as good as those with milk. Use your favorite pancake recipe with a number of options.
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Smothering your pancakes in syrup and butter adds excessive calories and sugar to your breakfast. Healthier pancake options add nutritional value to the meal without overloading your meal with fat, calories and sugar.
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White rice is a perfectly healthy food, especially when it is enriched with vitamins, which is commonly done in the 21st century. It is low in calories, low in fats, high in carbohydrates and supplies a good amount of protein. White rice gets a bad rap, and perhaps deservedly so.
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You can still bake a light, flavorful cake while reducing the fat and calories from your recipe. Butter, which is high is fat and calories, works together with leaveners such as baking powder, to give cake a delicate, light consistency while also giving it a rich, delicious flavor and a tender crumb.
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Buttermilk is available in almost every dairy case in every supermarket, but it remains tragically unappreciated. Too sour for use on cereal or in your morning coffee, buttermilk can take your baked goods from "good" to "great" or from "great" to "extraordinary," adding not just flavor but improving texture and color.
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Sloppy joes are barbecue-style sandwiches that consist of ground beef and sauce. The canned sauce contains ingredients such as sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives and thickening agents. The beef is also usually a high-fat variety that is quite greasy.
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There are several different low and slow cooking methods for a beef brisket. You can use a smoker, grill, oven or even a slow cooker large enough to hold the entire beef cut. The goal of low and slow cooking is to use low temperatures for longer periods of time to evenly cook the meat inside without drying it out.
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If you need help with a healthy diet, whether youโre overweight, underweight or just need more nutritious food, visit a registered dietitian. Before making an appointment, make sure the professional you have chosen is a registered dietitian, not a nutritionist. Anyone can call himself a nutritionist, but R.D.
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Multivitamins -- which contain up to the recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals -- are sold in combinations suitable for children, adults and senior citizens. Adult multivitamins are manufactured to contain the recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals suitable for adults up to age 50.
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Don't let your produce spoil your health or your budget. Fresh fruits and vegetables are full of nutrients, fiber and antioxidants. They are living, breathing organisms that will go to waste if not used in time, and their nutritional value diminishes as they begin to spoil.
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Canned pasta sauce can be an indispensable ingredient when making spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna and other pasta dishes. Unprocessed choices are typically healthier than processed foods, but canned pasta sauce can be a healthy option if you do not have time to make your own tomato sauce from scratch.
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Stews are well-known for their salty and savory flavors. Adding a little sugar can help balance out those flavors, but it is easy to add too much. Donโt panic if your stew becomes too sweet.
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If you become nauseated or lightheaded when you don't eat, you may be experiencing hypoglycemia, a condition characterized by abnormally low blood sugar. In mild cases, hypoglycemia is relatively benign and easy to treat.
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You might drink a protein shake to support lean muscle mass growth and weight gain. Protein shakes usually contain a combination of milk, protein powder and flavorings, such as fruit, nut butter or chocolate.
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Home-fried foods offer the crisp and gorgeous golden crust so appealing in commercially fried products -- but often without unnecessary salt, sugar and additives added in industrial kitchens.
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A beef loin New York strip roast is a good roast beef candidate because it is flavorful and tender with a fair amount of marbling. The Texas Beef Council recommends using a dry roasting method for this particular cut of beef roast. The USDA says to cook all beef products to at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Bisquick is an all-purpose, powdered baking and pancake mix. Made from enriched wheat flour, 1/3 cup of Bisquick contains 160 calories, 4.5 g of fat, 26 g of carbohydrate, 3 g of protein and 1 g of fiber.
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