For a fresh, healthy, and tasty alternative to over-processed fast food and frozen dinners, try sampling some of the varied produce from Alaska, starting with seafood. Wild fish, of course, is an obvious choice for a state blessed with 34,000 miles of coastline on three different seas. Several renowned whitefish varieties come from the chilliest of all the state’s waters, including the rich and savory class of black cod. Matured as free-range fish in their natural habitat, black cod are chock-full of essential omega-3s and luckily devoid of saturated fat. As for the taste, black cod, like all Alaskan seafood, is rich in flavor and of tender texture.
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Culinary Secrets – Learn How to Cook Fillets to Perfection
Saturday, May 9th, 2009As more and more people endeavoring to learn how to cook their own healthy meals, inevitably, they will make mistakes. It’s not so easy when you are first starting out, especially since there’s a huge variety of food out there and each individual ingredient requires special attention. Here we will take a look at cooking fish. Many people turn to fish for its amazing health benefits. Fish, especially wild caught varieties such as wild Alaskan salmon and cod, are not only delicious and pretty easy to prepare, they are also filled with heart healthy omega 3s, which help boost our immune systems and keep our hearts strong and disease free.
Delicious Dinner Ideas Using Alaskan Seafood
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009There are a wide variety of delicious sablefish recipes, but consumers should note that sablefish, a species found in the North Pacific and very popular in Alaskan, Canadian, British, and Japanese diets, also goes by a variety of other names, including butterfish, black cod, bluefish, and coal cod. The delicate texture and rich flavor of Alaskan sablefish, regionally known as black cod, has yielded comparisons to sea bass, and the fish is chock-full of the anti-coronary disease fatty acids, omega-3s. Black cod, or sablefish, is harvested in the pure, icy waters off the shores of Alaska from March through November, making black cod a very well-priced, available product.