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.

How to Mash Avocado

Mashed avocados are good for more than just guacamole. Their creamy texture and rich flavor is perfect for making pasta sauces or even for use as a spread on toast, and if you start with the right avocado, mashing it is a cinch.

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Traditional Sliced Honey Glazed Ham

How to Slow Roast a Ham

Slow roasting a ham allows you to imbue it with different flavors, which seep into the meat as it cooks. This keeps the ham moist, preserving its natural flavor and maintaining its texture.

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sausages bbq

How to Cook and Boil Sausage

Sausages aren't a particularly healthy food, but the right preparation methods can minimize the amount of damage that they do. These processed meats are typically high in fat and salt, and may be loaded with other fillers and preservatives.

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How to Tell If a Fruit Is Spoiled

While fresh fruit provides valuable vitamins and nutrients, you shouldn't eat it when it's spoiled -- not only does it not taste as good, but it can make you ill. The signs of spoiling on some types of fruit are obvious at a glance, but with other fruit, you may need to take a more hands-on approach.

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How to Precook Chicken for the Barbecue

Grilled chicken can take considerably longer than red meat dishes like burgers and steaks. You may not always have time to stand around the grill and wait while thick slabs of chicken slowly cook all the way through, and you don't have to.

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