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.

Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)

How to Blanch Fiddleheads for Freezing

Fiddleheads, the immature fern fronds of the ostrich fern, are the only edible ferns. People consider them a delicacy, with the flavor described as being earthy or similar to asparagus or green beans. They are low in calories, with 35 per serving, and are fat-free.

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beef stew with potato and carrot in blue plate

How to Defrost Stew Beef in the Microwave

Although defrosting meat in the refrigerator is the preferred and safest method, if your stew beef is frozen and you are in a hurry to use it, you can use the microwave to defrost your meat.

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Buckwheat

How to Toast Buckwheat

Although buckwheat was quite popular in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, its popularity has declined in recent decades.

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