Mix It Up

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 for maximum flavor without added salt. Our adaptable recipe frameworks democratize traditional recipes, celebrating personal food choices and encouraging readers to use ingredients they love or already have on hand. Whether you are a healthcare professional seeking culinary medicine content or 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 75 adaptable recipe frameworks, 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: 

• 75 recipe frameworks to enhance flavor and avoid added salt
• 50+ skill videos to improve 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 teaching handouts and other resources to help you further learn and share your knowledge