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.

Heads of roasted garlic

How to Roast Garlic in a Garlic Roaster

Long ago nicknamed “the stinking rose” for its distinctive odor, garlic — one of the world's first cultivated plants — is known for its health benefits. Garlic contains a number of vitamins and minerals, including vitamins B-6 and C, manganese, selenium, calcium, iron, copper and potassium.

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How do I Make Egg White Frosting?

A number of frosting recipes call for egg whites as a primary ingredient. Royal icing, for example, is a type of egg white frosting made from egg whites, powdered sugar and cream of tartar. It’s a stiff frosting that dries hard and is ideal for making designs on sugar cookies.

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How to Grill a Salmon Fillet With the Skin

Grilling a salmon fillet — or steak — with the skin on is preferable to grilling skinless cuts because the skin helps hold them together as they cook in high, dry heat.

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Chili

How to Cook Chili Using Tomato Paste

Cook a delicious and easy one-pot meal by using tomato paste in your chili. Learn how to make the best tomato beef chili with our quick and simple recipe, perfect for a weeknight dinner or a weekend gathering.

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Potatoes of Color

The Benefits of Eating Potato Skins

If potatoes make it onto your plate more often than sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli or any other vegetable, you’re in the majority. The U.S.

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dhal with pumpkin. Indian cuisine.

How to Cook Moong Dal

In India, “dal” is the word for lentils, and “moong dal” is the general term for mung lentils, also known as split yellow mung beans. Moong dal is native to India, but has also been cultivated in southeast Asia and China since the late Neolithic era, according to “The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods.

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