The American College of Culinary Medicine

09/28/2025

This recipe for British Fish Cakes is one where you can easily get your kids to eat fish where they might not otherwise. The fish cakes have a great potato flavor – almost like hash browns – that keep the fish from being overpowering for those who don’t like seafood all that much. You could add sautéed onions, some celery, or even a bit of steamed broccoli to these.

These British Fish Cakes are made with mashed potatoes and are a great way to get your kids to eat fish!

09/27/2025

Pancakes are a great weekend breakfast but can be perfect for weekdays as well. This Oat Pancake recipe takes all of about 20 minutes to whisk together and make fantastic tasting pancakes. The whole wheat flour and oats bring more fiber to the party, and when you combine that with some fresh fruit and some fruit sauce you have a great start to the day.

Pancakes are a great weekend breakfast but can be perfect for weekdays as well. This Oat Pancake recipe takes all of about 20 minutes to whisk together and make fantastic tasting pancakes.

09/26/2025

This salad is one that is worth making a double or triple batch of. The chicken and corn filling is delicious and keeps well for an easy salad later in the week or even making into tacos. The green dressing is fantastic on its own and worth having for leftovers.

The recipe is also a great example of Mediterranean diet translated for the American kitchen – whole grains, less meat, veggies, legumes, fruit and great quality fats.

This Chopped Southwestern Salad is HUGE! Tasty, filling, high in fiber, low in sodium (salt), and 5 points in your MedDiet score. Here's tonight's dinner!

09/26/2025

See Dr. Jaclyn Albin's terrific lecture, "Culinary Medicine as Catalyst: Bridging Public Health, Primary Care, and Community Partnership." The Annual Philip R. Nader Legacy of Health Lectureship promotes and inspires academics, providers, public health students, and community residents to stimulate the fields of primary prevention and community pediatrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xxkmPGL0fs

09/25/2025

Chili is a great way to improve your Mediterranean diet score with recipes you know and love. This White Chili might not be one that you know, but it should be. It is a milder, creamy chili that has tons and tons of flavor. The great thing about this chili is that it is a complete meal – beans, veggies, a little bit of chicken and cheese – all in a single pot.

Chili is great for you and this White Chili is a great spin on the traditional. It's milder but still rich & savory as a fine Chili should be.

09/25/2025

Food security is in the news these days! Did you know we have three FREE CME modules dedicated to food security? Module 30A - Food Security – SNAP & WIC provides definitions of food security in vulnerable populations as well as the link between food security and chronic long-term disease risk. Students review current research on the impact and outcomes of food security in especially in the pediatric population and the impact of food insecurity in the family.

Food Security – SNAP & WIC Programs: The module provides definitions of food security in vulnerable populations as well as the link between food security and chronic long-term disease risk. Students review current research on the impact and outcomes of food security in especially in the pediatric ...

09/24/2025

In 2022 the American College of Culinary Medicine put on a terrific roundtable on the importance of Culinary Medicine in Foodservice. Speakers included Chefs Cary Neff and Daniel Boulud along with Marie Molde, RD, Kate MacKenzie, Gary Cohen of Healthcare without Harm, and more! Watch the recording here:

Save the Date for Health meets Food: Culinary Medicine in Foodservice RoundtableThe free virtual roundtable covering the intersection of food and health through presentations and conversations with leaders across the culinary world, hospital foodservice, advocacy, government, research, social scienc...

09/24/2025

This is an amazing soup and super simple to make. It takes a little planning because the roasting the squash takes some time, but you can roast the squash the day before if you like. This soup is a lot better if made the day before and refrigerated overnight.

This recipe for Acorn Squash Soup with Apple and Bacon is amazing: easy, elegant and delicious.

09/23/2025

What can you do with eggplant that's not baba ghanoush or eggplant parmesan? We were teaching a cooking class recently and one of the participants mentioned making moussaka with lentils (we had been working with lentils). That sounded fantastic, so here’s the recipe. There are multiple steps to this dish, but each is pretty simple and if you make a double batch, there’s a lot for leftovers.

There are multiple steps to this dish, but they're all pretty simple. Make an extra pan for delicious (and filling) leftovers to take to work.

09/23/2025

Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist David Dungan has great advice: "Doctor's Orders: How to talk to your physician about using food as medicine"

The phrase “you are what you eat” is getting a reboot as research continues to draw a connection between nutrition and health outcomes.

09/13/2025

This physician left her job to teach life skills for those in need - Certified Culinary Medicine Specialists in the news

"After working as an emergency medicine physician near Kansas City for more than a decade, Kathryn Miner decided it was time for a change.

"A few years after COVID, emergency rooms across the area began to slow down. It gave Miner just enough breathing room to reflect on how she could use her medical expertise in new ways.

"That's when she discovered culinary medicine."

After working as an emergency medicine physician in Kansas City for years, Kathryn Miner started exploring other ways to help people in her community and pursued lifestyle and culinary medicine.

09/13/2025

This stew has a number of steps, but it’s actually pretty easy, and it only uses one pot so clean up is quick and easy. It has it all: veggies, beans, whole grains, good quality oil and lean meat. Five categories from Mediterranean style diet in one stew pot. Simple, tasty and great for you.

This recipe for Black Bean and Corn Stew has a number of steps, but it's actually pretty easy, and it only uses one pot so clean up is quick and easy.