Over-consumption of refined processed carbohydrate foods are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, insulin resistance, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and many other diet related diseases and conditions. These are not natural carbohydrates such as unprocessed vegetables and unprocessed fruits. For optimum health, or weight loss, or weight maintenance, avoid or strictly limit refined processed carbohydrates (apart from an occasional treat).
A consomme is defined as a clarified meat broth. What they mean by clarified is that all of the impurities that are in the broth are filtered out. A beef consomme is made similar to a broth. Ground meat is added into the mixture and simmered along with the bones. Once the consomme is done, all of the meat is at the top of the broth, and then filtered out. The ground meat takes the impurities in the broth with it.
Lisa Romerein/The Image Bank/Getty Images. Osso buco is a classic Italian recipe made by slow cooking veal shanks until the meat is tender and succulent. Veal shanks are tough cuts of meat with a lot of connective tissue in them.