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Culinary Medicine Resources: Videos, Tools & Recipes

Making great food that is also good for you doesn’t have to be complicated. At Culinary Medicine Consulting, we combine culinary and nutrition expertise to create tools that meet people where they are.This page offers a growing collection of practical, approachable, and delicious Food as Medicine Recipes, nutrition handouts, and how-to cooking videos that help people build skills and confidence in the kitchen. Whether you’re a healthcare provider, educator, or someone learning at home, these materials make healthy eating enjoyable and adaptable to real life.

Recipes

Simple, flavorful, and flexible, these recipes fit easily into teaching kitchens, patient education, or everyday meals — and can also be adapted into Food as Medicine recipes for programs like produce prescriptions or medically tailored meals.

Bulgur & Chickpea Salad

This light and vibrant salad combines bulgur — a quick-cooking whole grain — with chickpeas for a good source of fiber and complete plant-based protein. Inspired by tabbouleh, it’s an easy, flavorful way to expand your whole grain repertoire.

Everyday Heart-Healthy Oatmeal

Don’t let the simplicity fool you. This 5-minute microwave oatmeal combines oats, peanut butter, and flaxseed for a breakfast that checks nearly every heart-health box and is way better than anything you can buy pre-mixed at the store.

Jama Jama

This vibrant and flavorful West African dish of sautéed greens and tomatoes is both deeply comforting and full of brain-healthy nutrients.

Red Wine Vinaigrette

A foundational dressing recipe with endless variation potential. Learn how to build flavor, adjust acidity, and ditch bottled dressings.

Print-Outs

These handouts are easy-to-print, quick references on food and nutrition concepts.

Building a Balanced Spice Blend

A reference handout for building your own seasoning blends that includes 3 blend recipes. 

Cooking Oils & Smoke Points

Quick reference on smoke points, tips for use, and nutritional highlights of different cooking oils.

Eating Healthy with Lower Effort

Easy strategies to eat well when you don’t have the time or capacity to cook a full meal.

Flavor Building Toolbox

Use this guide to help build your flavor-building muscle.

Eating for Your Cholesterol: A Practical Reference

Practical tips on how to incorporate more cholesterol-healthy ingredients into your diet condensed into a printable page.

How-To Videos

Short, practical micro-lessons that build core culinary skills fast. Whether you’re new to the kitchen or refreshing the basics, these how-to cooking videos boost confidence in just minutes.

How to Chiffonade Cabbage

In this short video created for the American College of Culinary Medicine, Leah shows you how to chiffonade cabbage for slaws, salads, and more.

How to Handle a Chef’s Knife

A quick video on the proper grip, how to stabilize and cut ingredients, and how a simple knife adjustment can make you safer and more efficient in the kitchen.

How to Hone a Chef’s Knife

Does your chef’s knife constantly feel dull? Watch this quick tutorial to learn how to use that honer to keep your blade sharp.

How to Make a Green Sauce

Use extra herbs and greens to create a bright, versatile sauce that complements anything from steak to roasted vegetables.

How to Make a Vinaigrette

Learn how to make a simple, customizable red wine vinaigrette in this quick 5-minute video — a fresh, flavorful upgrade from store-bought dressing.

How to Roast Garlic

In this quick micro-lesson, I’ll show you how to roast garlic and work it into dips, dressings, and spreads.

Identify Parsley vs. Cilantro

Here’s a quick tip to help you confidently tell apart these two often-confused herbs.

The Culinary Medicine Dispatch Archive

A monthly newsletter featuring recipes, culinary tips, and thought leadership at the intersection of food, health, and education. Sign up here to get the most current newsletter in your inbox.

Issue #8 – February 2026: Low-Effort Cooking for Busy, Stressful Weeks

We can't do it all. When life gets busy, food needs to be easier.

Issue #7 – December 2025: All about Chef's Knives

You got a knife for the Holidays. Now What?

Issue #6 – October 2025: Eating for Brain Health

Greens, flavor, and brainpower—this month’s Dispatch has it all.

Issue #5 – September 2025: When in Doubt, Roast It

Fall means roasting. Learn the art with simple guidelines, meal prep ideas, and a quick roasted garlic lesson.

Issue #4 – August 2025: Flavor Building Principles

Explore how taste, smell, memory, and culture shape flavor — plus a toolkit to build craveable, healthier meals.

Issue #3 – July 2025: All About Cooking Oils

Find practical tools to choose cooking oils with confidence and debunk some common myths about fats.

Issue #2 – June 2025: Insipiring Summer Salads

How to make crave-worthy summer salads, vinaigrette basics, and the latest research on medically tailored meals.

Issue #1 – May 2025: Building Kitchen Confidence

Knife skills 101, why culinary medicine matters in Food is Medicine programs, and conference highlights.

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These examples showcase what’s possible when we combine culinary expertise with nutrition science. If your organization is interested in healthy recipe development, nutrition handouts, how-to cooking videos, or other food and nutrition resources, explore our services here.

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