We all are familiar with how nutritious green tea is. In addition to drinking it,there are different ways you can add it to your dishes. Thought you may enjoy an excerpt from my natural foods cookbook regarding this subject:
A great way to get some extra taste while cooking seafood is to add some green tea to the water when poaching. Simply add one teaspoon of green tea to one cup of water. Pour this into the bottom of a skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and add your seafood. Simmer, cover, and cook until done.
Enjoy!
Showing posts with label fresh seafood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fresh seafood. Show all posts
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Heart Healthy Seafood Tips
Even though seafood is a healthy and nutritious food to eat, there are certain things to know that can help you make it even healthier. According to the American Heart Association, try these tips to enjoy a health promoting seafood experience:
Substitute salsa or cocktail sauce for butter when ready to eat your seafood. Not only will you be decreasing your fat content, you'll also be consuming more nutrients.
* Choose fresh berries or fruit as a seafood topping.
* Prepare your seafood using low fat cooking methods such as broiling (without heavy oils), poaching, steaming, and grilling.
* Choose fresh seafood salads, not the processed fake crab variety.
* If you choose a seafood salad, make sure there is no high fat mayo in it.
* Buy canned tuna in water instead of oil. You can use the liquid in soup bases.
* Try to avoid or limit eating fried seafood of any kind.
* Instead of heavy sauces, squeeze a fresh orange, lime or lemon over your seafood.
* Use herbs to season your seafood instead of butter and salt.
Enjoy!
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Substitute salsa or cocktail sauce for butter when ready to eat your seafood. Not only will you be decreasing your fat content, you'll also be consuming more nutrients.
* Choose fresh berries or fruit as a seafood topping.
* Prepare your seafood using low fat cooking methods such as broiling (without heavy oils), poaching, steaming, and grilling.
* Choose fresh seafood salads, not the processed fake crab variety.
* If you choose a seafood salad, make sure there is no high fat mayo in it.
* Buy canned tuna in water instead of oil. You can use the liquid in soup bases.
* Try to avoid or limit eating fried seafood of any kind.
* Instead of heavy sauces, squeeze a fresh orange, lime or lemon over your seafood.
* Use herbs to season your seafood instead of butter and salt.
Enjoy!
Find interesting? Kindly share...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Buying Fresh Seafood
When buying fresh seafood, use your senses of sight, smell, touch.
Look at the seafood to see if there are any spots, discoloring, or brown edges. Don't buy it if it has any of these. They are a sign of aging.
Smell. Simply take a whiff of the seafood. If it has an unpleasant odor, or strong fishy smell - don't buy it. It's been sitting around too long.
Touch. Gently poke the seafood (fish). If the flesh quickly bounces back, it is fresh. If the shellfish has a soft spot when touched - don't buy.
Using your senses when buying fresh seafood will only help you make a healthy, good buying decision.
Look at the seafood to see if there are any spots, discoloring, or brown edges. Don't buy it if it has any of these. They are a sign of aging.
Smell. Simply take a whiff of the seafood. If it has an unpleasant odor, or strong fishy smell - don't buy it. It's been sitting around too long.
Touch. Gently poke the seafood (fish). If the flesh quickly bounces back, it is fresh. If the shellfish has a soft spot when touched - don't buy.
Using your senses when buying fresh seafood will only help you make a healthy, good buying decision.
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