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.

Making Yeast Sweet Roll Bun

Alternative Uses for Pancake Mix

Pancake mix is essentially flour, baking soda and a little salt blended together in the perfect proportions to quickly whip up a batter for pancakes and waffles. It's also a handy starter for many other recipes, both sweet and savory, that include a basic batter.

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Spicy Homemade Buffalo Wings

How to Cook Chicken Wings by Boiling First

Chicken wings are generally not a healthy food, but the total number of calories and amount of fat per wing can be considerably reduced by choosing a relatively healthful cooking method. One chicken wing, floured and fried, contains roughly 103 calories and 7 grams of fat.

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Drinking wine while preparing meal in kitchen

Can Kids Eat Foods Made With Cooking Wine?

Cooking with wine presents a conundrum for parents, whose instinct is to never let a child consume wine or other alcoholic beverages. Many recipes call for cooking wine, which enhances the flavor of sauces and gravies. Wine is also used in marinades, as a basting liquid and to deglaze a pan.

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How to Make a Cucumber Last Longer After I Cut It

The American Dietetic Association calls cucumbers a good source of vitamin K as well as vitamin C and potassium. With only 8 calories per half-cup, crunchy, fresh cucumbers are a good choice for a healthy snack and a nice, fat-free addition to salads.

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How to Cook Mangetout

Mangetout, also called snow peas, get their name -- translated from French, it means "eat all" -- from their characteristic edible pods. Technically unripe, the pods and their undeveloped peas are eaten together, either raw and crunchy or cooked to soften and sweeten but still retain a little bite.

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Pesto with wild garlic in a jar

How to Use a Jar of Pesto Sauce to Make Creamy Pesto

Instead of facing the oh-so-difficult choice between pesto sauce or a creamy sauce for pasta, enrich store-bought pesto from a jar with buttery, cheesy or creamy ingredients. You can then enjoy the flavors and textures of both.

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Roasted Carrots

How to Cook Japanese Sweet Carrots

The sweet, glazed carrot side dish often served in Japanese restaurants couldn't be easier to recreate at home with only a handful of pantry staples.

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Purple and yellow beans lying on a wooden table

How to Cook Fresh Purple Beans

Fresh purple beans, with their gorgeous hues ranging from violet to aubergine, contrasting dramatically with a green interior when cut, have enticed many a farmer's market shopper. These pretty beans have also disappointed anyone who thought that their color would remain when cooked.

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