Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

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.

Tasty lasagna

How to Freeze Lasagna After Baking It

Lasagna is a convenient meal to make before the start of a busy week because you can prepare a large amount and sock away individual portions in the freezer for later cooking.

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Homemade Organic Apple Pie Dessert

What Can I Replace Cornstarch With When I Bake an Apple Pie?

Just about the only thing better than a ripe, fresh, juicy apple is that same apple and a few of its friends baked into a pie. Of course, much of that fresh juice will cook out of the apples as your pie bakes and will need to be thickened to prevent the pie from boiling over or developing a soggy crust.

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Ham Steak

How to Cook an Uncooked Ham Steak in a Pan

A ham steak is a cut of ham purchased uncooked or smoked. They're generally between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. Ham steaks make a convenient meal, especially for one or two people, being smaller, quicker and less complicated to prepare than an entire ham roast or other pork dish.

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How to Barbecue a Brisket With Coca-Cola

A cut of beef taken specifically from the animal’s breast and shank, brisket is a relatively tough piece of meat. But with a good marinade and a slow-and-steady cooking process, the once-tough meat becomes tender, juicy and full of flavor.

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Gas Grill

How to Roast Beef on a Gas Grill

Roasting beef on the gas grill adds a wonderful smoky flavor to roast. Searing the outside of the roast with high heat to create a tasty crust, then slowly cooking it using indirect heat, ensures a delicious, tender and juicy result, everytime.

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minced meat

How to Cook Ground Beef With Water

Freezer cooking is when you prepare several meals – even a month’s worth – at one time. Cooking in advance and freezing the meal for reheating later can save time, especially for a busy mom. The majority of meals that are safe for the freezer call for cooked ground beef.

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Elevated view of a croissant on a plate

How to Cook a Frozen Croissant in an Oven

Though not exactly good for the waistline, croissants are a delectable French pastry treat. The key to including flaky, rich buttery treats, such as croissants, into your meal plan is to eat them in moderation, making them a once-in-a-while indulgence rather than something you would consume every day.

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Cashew nuts in woman's hands

What Does Vitamin Manganese Do for the Body?

Manganese is a mineral that, in very small amounts, is essential for proper functioning of the human body. However, over-consumption can result in nervous system and learning disabilities. Although many whole, natural foods contain manganese, Americans' processed-food diets often result in manganese deficiency.

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Fried sausages on sauerkraut

How to Cook Sausage and Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut, a popular dish in Germany, is pickled white cabbage, both salty and sour. The salt monopoly during Fredrick the Great’s reign may have led to the way in which to preserve sauerkraut, thus creating its flavor, according to “The Home Book of German Cookery.

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Fresh produce

Stomach Cramps When Eating Berries

Whether you like raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, goji berries or boysenberries, they're all a rich source of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Berries also have the highest per-serving content of antioxidants -- chemicals that fight cell-damaging free radicals -- than any other food, according to Dr.

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Thinly shaved chicken breast

How to Cook Turkey Slices

Turkey slices, or cutlets, are boneless, skinless, and offer an alternative to chicken breasts or cooking an entire turkey. The cutlets are sliced from the breast, across the grain of the meat and may be up to 99 percent fat free.

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burger grill pan

How Often Should You Eat Beef?

The amount of beef Americans have eaten since the cattle industry began its mass production in 1870 steadily increased until the 1970s, when the average consumption was 85 pounds each year. It began to decline because scientists made the connection between cholesterol and saturated fat in beef and heart disease.

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How to Cook Tilapia Fillets in the Oven

Tilapia is a low-cost lean protein, making it a satisfying, health-conscious entree choice. However, while fish is touted for health benefits from omega-3 fatty acids, tilapia is relatively low in them. It also contains more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3s, which may be detrimental.

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Japanese cuisine  Hakata Tonkotsu ramen

Ramen Noodles and Gluten

Ramen is a simple dish made up of noodles and broth -- sometimes vegetables and meat as well. If you have to avoid gluten, noodles are probably something you tend to overlook in general. You don’t have to, though. While many types of ramen noodles are made with wheat flour, some aren’t.

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Electric pressure cooker

How to Pressure Cook Italian Sausage

Italian sausage is a versatile meat that can be used in a variety of dishes for any meal of the day. Store fresh Italian sausage in the refrigerator before and after cooking, and eat it within four days after cooking. You can freeze Italian sausage if you're not using it by its expiration date.

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Squash Vs. Sweet Potatoes

Squash and sweet potatoes are convenient, colorful vegetables that make healthy additions to any dish. Although they may not be traditional staples, they are rich in history, nutrition and taste. Consider them as an option to add wholesome variety at meal time.

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List of Health Benefits of Eating Raw Eggs

The idea of eating raw eggs to enhance health may have gained widespread notoriety when the movie "Rocky" hit the big screen in 1976. In real life the cons appear to outweigh the pros. Consuming uncooked eggs can increase the risk of food-borne infection, such as salmonella.

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