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.
Kale has recently become the darling of health-minded foodies, and with good reason. The ruffled bundles of thick-textured leaves are high in calcium, vitamins A, C and K, lutein and xeaxanthin, making it an excellent source of support for your bones, skin and eyes.
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Cooking corned beef is not difficult or complicated, but the debate between cooks over whether to cook corned beef fat side up or fat side down often gets as contentious as the tussle between St. Patrick and the snakes.
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Crowder peas are part of a Southern pea group called field peas. They were most likely brought to America by Spanish explorers or African slaves. Fresh crowder peas have a more robust flavor than black-eyed peas or cream peas and are known for the dark juices they leave in the pot.
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Make a glaze by thickening your sauce or drippings with something already glaze like, such as syrup or preserves, and you save yourself effort and time. But you also add sugar and possibly additives. Avoid that by reducing the liquid you already have.
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Homemade fried rice rarely achieves the taste and texture of restaurant fried rice for a very simple reason. Many home cooks don’t know the secret behind traditional fried rice: using dried cooked rice.
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Veal is an excellent choice for a hamburger because it has a richer flavor than ground beef or turkey. Making veal hamburgers takes a bit of planning because they hold together better if you refrigerate the mixture before forming the patties.
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Deep-fried shrimp has a delicate, sweet crispness that can make it irresistible. It is usually made with raw shrimp, but there is no reason you can’t deep fry cooked shrimp if you do it correctly.
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Meatloaf gets a bad rap in American culture, but it wasn’t always that way. During the lean years of World War II, ground beef was relatively inexpensive and breadcrumbs and eggs stretched a little bit of meat along way. President Harry Truman famously called meatloaf and tomato sauce his favorite meal, "Cooking Light"
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In tough times, people get creative with food, so – as the saying goes – many struggling families used every part of the pig but the squeal. As so often happens with recipes created from necessity, the gourmands of the world elevated simple fare to culinary art. This was quite a feat with pork trotters.
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Gnocchi are small Italian dumplings made from potatoes, cheese and eggs. The Roman version, made with flour, were so hearty and convenient that it was believed they made the Romans invincible. By the Renaissance, potato gnocchi became the norm, and they haven’t changed much since then.
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Oven cooking chicken is one of the simplest and most effective ways to get juicy and tender meat. But, it has to be done correctly. Chicken can handle a certain amount of slow-baking, but it is generally wise to add liquid or coat the chicken to trap the moisture using that method.
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Olive oil is known for being full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids as well as adding flavor. What is lesser known is that olive oil can be used to deep fry. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the smoke point of olive oil is not appreciably lower than that of canola oil.
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Much like American chili, Bolognese sauce has as many variations as there are cooks preparing their own personal version. To protect the integrity of the dish, the city of Bologna adopted an official recipe in 1982.
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Red emperor fish have a distinctive, deep red color, firm white flesh and sweet mild flavor. Native to Western Australia, red emperor is a versatile and inexpensive fish that lends itself to a wide variety of recipes.
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Freshwater bass, also known as largemouth bass, is a favorite among fisherman. Cooking largemouth bass is absolutely no different from cooking any other type of fish. Grilling, baking, broiling or pan-frying it gives you a delicately crisp outside and tender, flaky inside.
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Fresh crab is a delicacy that is widely available in supermarkets already cooked. Reheating cooked crab can be tricky because, while it needs to come to a safe internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit, you don’t want to dry it out.
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Arancini, or fried rice balls, are small, round balls of cheese coated with cooked rice and then deep-fried. Ricotta cheese is sometimes used for the filling, as are parmesan and reggiano. One form of arancini places meat in the center of the cheese filling.
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Fresh venison sausage is much dryer than pork or turkey sausage, so cooking it takes a little extra care. Frying venison sausage so that it does not dry out requires a fat or a liquid. Olive oil adds heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and also complements the flavors of the venison and the onions.
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