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.

cupcakes

How to Bake With Heart Silicone Cupcake Molds

Silicone molds come in many creative shapes and sizes for cupcakes, cakes and muffins. Silicone molds offer many benefits including a non-stick surface, durability, and an easy to clean surface.

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Is Booster Juice Healthy?

A healthy diet is key for optimal health and fitness. There are many different types of foods and beverages to choose from -- everything from diet fads to tropical smoothies. Many beverages claim to provide a healthy boost either before or after a workout. Booster Juice is one of them.

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Beef steak with potato and vegetables

What is the Best Way to Sear & Bake a Ribeye Steak?

Considered one of the tastiest cuts of beef, ribeye steaks are tender, juicy and expensive. Fat is found mostly around the ribs of a cow, which explains the marbling in ribeye steaks. The fat provides flavor to the meat and helps to keep it moist.

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How to Bake Potatoes on a Stove

Potatoes make an excellent side dish, whether served with a chicken, seafood or beef main dish. In addition to the oven, potatoes can be baked on the stove. Combine a few simple ingredients with about 20 minutes of your cooking time and create a delicious batch of stovetop potatoes.

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Skirt Steak with Pomegranate Gastrique

How to Cook Skirt Steak in the Oven

Skirt steak is known for its strong beefy flavor and is typically found in Mexican fajitas and Philadelphia, or Philly, cheesesteak sandwiches. Compared to strip or rib eye steaks, skirt steak generally costs about 50 percent less. Keep in mind it tends to toughen up if it's cooked to more than medium doneness.

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spaghetti with tomato sauce

How to Make Spaghetti Sauce Using Tomato Sauce

According to EatPasta.org, a website from the National Pasta Association dedicated to providing interesting facts about pasta, more than 1.4 billion pounds of dry pasta was consumed in the United States in 2009.

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Baked salmon steak with lemon and herbs

How Do I Grill Salmon on a George Foreman Grill?

George Foreman grills are known to cook flavorful, healthy meals in a short amount of time. The exclusive design of a George Foreman grill helps reduce fat content, and the nonstick grilling plates prevent the need for butter or cooking spray, which may add calories, sodium and fat per meal.

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Crude beef

Do All Meats Have Preservatives in Them?

Preservatives prevent microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria from developing on foods, which then lead to spoilage. Preservatives are also used to maximize the amount of time poultry, fish, beef and other meats and foods can stay on supermarket shelves, as well as in your refrigerator.

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