Mix It Up

Nutrition is a critical component of metabolic health, or how well the body uses food for energy. However, rather than just teaching nutrition science, we are bringing nutrition education into the kitchen through culinary medicine-a blend of culinary techniques and nutrition science that makes food delicious and cooking accessible. Dive into a collection of tasty recipes and practical resources designed to promote metabolic health. Our adaptable recipe frameworks democratize traditional recipes, celebrating personal food choices and encouraging readers to use ingredients that they love or already have on hand. Whether you are a healthcare professional seeking culinary medicine content to support your medical practice or a consumer simply looking for delicious recipes to elevate your home cooking, this book serves as a complete guide to inspire creativity, build confidence, and help mix things up in the kitchen. This book doesn't teach strict rules-instead, it promotes flexibility and creativity. With 65 adaptable recipe frameworks designed to improve metabolic health, you can create thousands of variations based on your preferences and ingredients already on hand. One framework for a stir-fry recipe alone can yield more than 40,000 combinations! Use this book to enhance your own culinary skills and dietary pattern or as a textbook to teach culinary medicine to diverse populations spanning from community members to medical students. To help you mix things up in the kitchen, this book offers: 65 recipe frameworks to improve metabolic health 50+ skill videos to teach culinary skills and enhance flavor and nutritional value Nutrition and culinary tips to create a learning experience out of every recipe A 10+-page substitution guide to expand ingredient options and maximize utility of the recipe frameworks A growing repository of free, printable handouts and other resources to help you further learn and share your knowledge