Grilling fish recipes should be a staple in everyone's cookbook. The health benefits of eating fish are endless. Fish is low in bad fat, high in good fat like- omega 3 fatty acids, and high in protein.
Leading health experts are advising for people to eat one or two serves weekly. There is evidence eating regular servings of fish can reduce the risk and/or lessen the symptoms of diseases like:
Childhood asthma
Prostate cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Depression
Dementia
Arthritis
Autoimmune diseases
Obesity
Of course, these are just a few of the diseases. However, the key to a good fish diet is to avoid fish with high mercury content. Instead, look for the high omega 3 fatty acid fish , with low mercury content. Here are a few high omega 3 fatty acid fish:
Atlantic Salmon
Lake Trout
Mackerel
Herring
Albacore Tuna
Fad diets come and go; often leaving the dieter with more weight than what they started with. Research has proven that a healthy diet should be a lifestyle change, not a temporary restraint from certain foods. Drinking only water and eating only broccoli may make a person loose weight, but how long is it sustainable? Adding grilling fish recipes to a diet, for a couple of days a week, is a life style change that is sustainable.
Not only is fish good for you, but the low cooking time and ease in preparation, make it a fast and easy meal for working families.
Grilled fish isn't as boring as it may seem. Nearly every species of fish will have a different taste and texture. For example, Salmon and Trout taste nothing alike. Likewise, grilled fish is very versatile. It can be served with pretty much any sauce: pesto, lemon, béchamel, butter, tomato, garlic, etc..
These are a few idea for ways to grill your fish.
Wrap the fish in aluminum foil and place on the grill.
Place the fish directly over grill heat.
Soak a brown paper bag in olive oil, and tightly seal fish in the bag.
Place bricks over hot coals, place fish on bricks, place another brick on top of the fish.
A simple Google search for "grilling fish recipes," will give you hundreds of ideas that will give you a wide variety in you fish menu. Here is one to get you started:
Blackened Cajun Kicking Fish
You will need:
1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
1 teaspoon blackened fish seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika
1 garlic clove or 1 tsp of garlic powder
1 lemon
4 fillets or 1 ½ pounds of trout
2 Tbsp of olive oil
Cut lemon in half; squeeze one half and cut the other half into circular slices.
Mince garlic.
Combine dry ingredients, lemon juice, and garlic in a small bowl.
Roll both sides of fish in the mixture.
Allow to sit for 10- 20 minutes.
Get the grill ready while fish is marinating; brush the grill with olive oil, and heat coals to 400 degrees.
Grill fish for 7 to 10 minutes on each side. The fish is done when it flakes easily.
Garnish with lemon slices.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Outdoor Cooking - Heighten Your Taste Buds
Eating and cooking are two different things but co-exist with each other. Cooking is a discipline that not everyone enjoys doing. People sometimes do not want that feeling of confinement in the kitchen and cooking for customers. For some, they would rather eat and enjoy the food even though they did not prepare it. For outdoor cooking, it is the same thing. Someone loves to prepare the food while others would rather devour it as soon as it is plated and served.
One great thing about cooking outside is that you can enjoy nature and the clean air. In addition, you do not feel any pressure that you get from customers anxiously waiting for your concoction. You can just enjoy the moment or the occasion with your family and friends. Being yourself is something you must do often so that you can recharge before you get back to work. Passing on family recipes during a reunion is something most individuals look forward too. With little or no alterations at all, people are able to enjoy and savor the taste of their family food heirloom. Only the family knows about it and seldom does other know.
Outdoor cooking is also synonymous for food experiments. Because you only need to mind the stove or the griller, you can create as much smoke as you like without setting off the fire alarm. In addition, the smoke easily vanishes because you are cooking in an open space. This also means that more and more people feel hungry once they smell what you are cooking. That smell is enough for you to wait patiently for the food, which they will be serving in several minutes. If your food is exceptionally taste, people will ask you how you cooked it.
When this happens, your creation is a success. When people eat something different and appease their taste, they will try to copy it or perhaps make their own version of it. That is the magic of food. When people like what they are eating, expect them to return to you and have another order of it. Not everyone is an adventurous eater so try to have some classic meals on stand-by just in case. However, if you want to set your recipes in a new perspective, try to make dishes that are fresh, new and unique. Many individuals love trying out the latest foods available.
Remember this, whether you are having an outdoor cooking or a kitchen cooking, make the meals from your heart. They say that whatever the cook is feeling, it transfers to the food that he is preparing. It is never wrong to follow superstitions since you would not lose anything. Nevertheless, if you do, make sure that what you are following is not much outrageous unlike the others. Some recipes may seem to be out-of-this-world but still is popular all throughout food enthusiasts all over the world. Food, aside from love, is a language that everyone knows and understands.
One great thing about cooking outside is that you can enjoy nature and the clean air. In addition, you do not feel any pressure that you get from customers anxiously waiting for your concoction. You can just enjoy the moment or the occasion with your family and friends. Being yourself is something you must do often so that you can recharge before you get back to work. Passing on family recipes during a reunion is something most individuals look forward too. With little or no alterations at all, people are able to enjoy and savor the taste of their family food heirloom. Only the family knows about it and seldom does other know.
Outdoor cooking is also synonymous for food experiments. Because you only need to mind the stove or the griller, you can create as much smoke as you like without setting off the fire alarm. In addition, the smoke easily vanishes because you are cooking in an open space. This also means that more and more people feel hungry once they smell what you are cooking. That smell is enough for you to wait patiently for the food, which they will be serving in several minutes. If your food is exceptionally taste, people will ask you how you cooked it.
When this happens, your creation is a success. When people eat something different and appease their taste, they will try to copy it or perhaps make their own version of it. That is the magic of food. When people like what they are eating, expect them to return to you and have another order of it. Not everyone is an adventurous eater so try to have some classic meals on stand-by just in case. However, if you want to set your recipes in a new perspective, try to make dishes that are fresh, new and unique. Many individuals love trying out the latest foods available.
Remember this, whether you are having an outdoor cooking or a kitchen cooking, make the meals from your heart. They say that whatever the cook is feeling, it transfers to the food that he is preparing. It is never wrong to follow superstitions since you would not lose anything. Nevertheless, if you do, make sure that what you are following is not much outrageous unlike the others. Some recipes may seem to be out-of-this-world but still is popular all throughout food enthusiasts all over the world. Food, aside from love, is a language that everyone knows and understands.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Kids Cooking Schools
Since kids form an integral part of any family, they too are being taught culinary skills. Equipping them with such knowledge is beneficial for any family since kids can now cook up their favorite delicacies and moreover for kids it's pure fun, cooking.
This being the case, one can find an increasing number of kids cooking schools that are in all cities. From toddlers to teens, they teach techniques, broaden the plate and give these kids the confidence to experiment with their own dishes. Going to a cooking school does not necessarily mean that your kid is going to be a chef. It could be for a pure and different kind of learning experience.
Most of the kids cooking classes can arm your kids with the necessary skills to cook up anything form mini-quiches to baked doughnuts with sprinkles. Another great advantage with kids cooking is that a child is able to learn other things too, apart from cooking. For instance a kid could learn measuring, counting, nutrition, science and even team skills at such a young age. Most of the kids schools sessions run up to at the most fourteen to sixteen weeks.
A good kids cooking school would pay individual attention to every student. Kids also should be allowed to hands-on experience. They just love the entire experience since, for them, it is fun while learning. There are some kids cooking schools which teach even specialty food items. There are some kids cooking schools which teach cooking only cucumber rolls or even only sushi.
There are numerous restaurants too which offer culinary classes for kids. One gets to work with seasoned pros at these restaurants. Mere observation could lead to great learning at these places, since kids pick up skills faster. One can also find tutors who can come to your home and teach your kids to cook. One can find such instructors through a simple search on the internet.
This being the case, one can find an increasing number of kids cooking schools that are in all cities. From toddlers to teens, they teach techniques, broaden the plate and give these kids the confidence to experiment with their own dishes. Going to a cooking school does not necessarily mean that your kid is going to be a chef. It could be for a pure and different kind of learning experience.
Most of the kids cooking classes can arm your kids with the necessary skills to cook up anything form mini-quiches to baked doughnuts with sprinkles. Another great advantage with kids cooking is that a child is able to learn other things too, apart from cooking. For instance a kid could learn measuring, counting, nutrition, science and even team skills at such a young age. Most of the kids schools sessions run up to at the most fourteen to sixteen weeks.
A good kids cooking school would pay individual attention to every student. Kids also should be allowed to hands-on experience. They just love the entire experience since, for them, it is fun while learning. There are some kids cooking schools which teach even specialty food items. There are some kids cooking schools which teach cooking only cucumber rolls or even only sushi.
There are numerous restaurants too which offer culinary classes for kids. One gets to work with seasoned pros at these restaurants. Mere observation could lead to great learning at these places, since kids pick up skills faster. One can also find tutors who can come to your home and teach your kids to cook. One can find such instructors through a simple search on the internet.
Monday, July 6, 2009
The Effect of Cooking and Drying Vitamin-Rich Foods
Since vitamins are so essential in food, the effect of cooking and drying upon the vitamin content of a food needs to be considered. There has been some difference of opinion regarding this matter. Indeed, the question of whether or not vitamins of all vitamin-rich foods are destroyed by cooking and drying has not been determined. It is thought, however, that fat-soluble A may be destroyed in part by cooking at boiling temperature and that prolonged cooking may almost entirely destroy it. Fat-soluble B is thought to be little affected by ordinary home cooking processes. But when foods containing it are heated above boiling temperature, as in commercial canning and cooking in the pressure cooker, the vitamin is believed to be partially or completely destroyed. Whether or not the water-soluble B vitamin present in foods is destroyed by cooking them in water to which baking soda or any alkaline is added has not been definitely determined.
Water-soluble C is decidedly affected by heat. Vegetables cooked for even twenty minutes at boiling temperature lose much of their usefulness in preventing scurvy. It is thought, however, that very young carrots cooked for a short time, and canned tomatoes, contain water-soluble C. Drying also destroys to a great extent the anti-scorbutic effect of foods containing water-soluble C. Most dried vegetables and fruits have been found valueless in checking scurvy.
Since there is no question about the vitamin content of uncooked vegetables, the use of salads containing lettuce and raw vegetables such as cabbage and carrots should find favor. Spinach is a valuable food not only because it contains vitamins, but because it is rich in iron. Young beet tops so often discarded contain too much valuable material to be wasted.
Even though scurvy is extremely rare today, other diseases and maladies can be avoided by just adding salads to your diet on a regular basis to get the full gamut of vitamins that are destroyed when cooking or drying vegetables.
Water-soluble C is decidedly affected by heat. Vegetables cooked for even twenty minutes at boiling temperature lose much of their usefulness in preventing scurvy. It is thought, however, that very young carrots cooked for a short time, and canned tomatoes, contain water-soluble C. Drying also destroys to a great extent the anti-scorbutic effect of foods containing water-soluble C. Most dried vegetables and fruits have been found valueless in checking scurvy.
Since there is no question about the vitamin content of uncooked vegetables, the use of salads containing lettuce and raw vegetables such as cabbage and carrots should find favor. Spinach is a valuable food not only because it contains vitamins, but because it is rich in iron. Young beet tops so often discarded contain too much valuable material to be wasted.
Even though scurvy is extremely rare today, other diseases and maladies can be avoided by just adding salads to your diet on a regular basis to get the full gamut of vitamins that are destroyed when cooking or drying vegetables.
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