While we all love comfort food like lasagna, I typically reserve those dishes for the winter months. When the days are long and the sun stays out late, I usually gravitate toward bright and fresh flavors. Georgetown’s medical students have been working hard in their culinary medicine elective and it has inspired me to add…
Category: Culinary Medicine
Chili Chicken Tortilla Soup
I have been lacking when it comes to posting recipes because the free time that I had to put towards the blog was used for the new Culinary Medicine section. If you haven’t checked it out already and are interested in learning about the science behind making healthy food delicious, check it out! Although the…
How to Cook Fresh Meals Faster
While cooking with fresh ingredients is healthier, it can sometimes seem to be more time-consuming and labor-intensive than relying on processed foods. However, there are tricks that can make cooking from fresh ingredients a lot faster. Here are just a few of these tricks. Learn to Chop Like a Pro Chopping veggies is often a…
Now Featuring Culinary Medicine!
I am extremely excited to introduce the addition of Culinary Medicine to The King’s Kitchen Blog! At the end of my fourth year of medical school, some of my classmates and I were able to participate in a new elective at UCF College of Medicine. We were fortunate to be the inaugural class for Culinary…
Should You Care About Eating Sustainable Foods?
Buying and cooking with sustainable food has become a huge concern in the modern world. In the past couple of years, people are being made more and more aware of the effects that mass-produced food has on the environment and we’re all starting to look at sustainable methods that can promise a couple of benefits….
Ditching the Sugar
Part of a healthy diet is limiting your sugar intake. When we think about being healthier, we don’t tend to think of food that are as appetizing as cookies or indulgent sweet treats. But, when you are making changes to your diet, and making vast improvements to your health, we can feel tempted by the sugary substances. But…
What’s Letting Your Healthy Diet Down?
When you’re trying to be healthy, it can sometimes feel really hard. If you’re used to eating a rich diet, full of hearty, carb-heavy meals, sugary snacks, and extra salt, it can be difficult to try and cut it all down. However, these are the kinds of things people try to fix to feel healthier….
A Healthy Appetite: Eat Your Way Through A Delicious Fall
It always seems easier to eat a healthy, seemingly balanced, diet in the warm weather; summer tends to be full of griddled meats fresh off the BBQ, salads, and fruit smoothies. The cravings for sugary food and heavy carbs tend to be less frequent due to the warm and hot weather. The sunshine also means…
Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth & Lower Your Sugar Intake
Is there too much sugar in your diet? Excess sugar intake is a leading cause of obesity, tooth decay, diabetes, and heart disease. Researchers are also looking into the relationship between sugar intake and Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the risks, many of us who have a sweet tooth find it hard to cut back. Eliminating sugar isn’t…
Take Your Salads from 0 to 100
For many people, as they get older, one of their main worries is staying healthy, and that means thinking about all of the options to achieve a healthier lifestyle, one being a change to the daily diet. The thing is, there is a big difference between opting for a healthy diet, and going on an extreme…
The King’s Chili Chicken Tacos
Tuesdays can be pretty crummy. It’s still the beginning of the week and you have a ways to go until Friday. However, Tuesday is redeemed when it is Taco Tuesday! I first started celebrating Taco Tuesdays when I was living in San Diego. I always looked forward to going to a different taco stand or…
Sriracha Hummus
Every now and then I find a recipe that just feels like it’s missing something. That’s what happened when I made the recipe for Restaurant-Style Hummus from the Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook. David and I made it for an appetizer before dinner one night, and we were both left a little underwhelmed. So, one evening I’m alone,…