The United States Department of Agriculture says twice a week, make seafood the protein on your plate. Increase the amount and variety of seafood consumed by choosing seafood in place of some meat and poultry.
It's been rainy and windy for about a week now on Oahu, so there was no fun in the sun over the weekend. But there was still fun. Yesterday after a girls' trip to the brand new Target (I'm fully stocked on inexpensive beachwear, for whenever the sun does return), I joined Lloyd on a drive up to the North Shore to indulge his fascination with wave watching. It was chilly and sprinkling, but we stayed on the beach as long as we could, observing surfer after surfer brave the 30+ foot swells.
On the way home we stopped at Turtle Bay Resort for an appetizer at highly-rated Ola. Splitting an appetizer is our new way to experience the ambiance of amazing restaurants while saving money and calories. We got Ahi poke with sea asparagus, a crunchy and salty vegetable I'd never seen outside of Hawaii. It's grown on platforms atop shrimp ponds on Oahu, and is starting to be exported to Canada and Japan. Hopefully it'll make its way to the mainland, because it's a nutrient-rich complement to fish and shellfish salads and stir-fries.
I am a registered dietitian with the National Fisheries Institute, so fish is my nutrition forte. I earned my BA in Communication from Southwestern University, just outside of Austin, TX. During college, one of my very favorite evening outings was a leisurely trip to the grocery market. My passion for food was undeniable, so I combined both of my interests by earning my MS in Nutrition Communication from Tufts University in Boston, MA. As well as my Registered Dietitian (RD) credential through the University of Delaware.
Beyond reading scientific studies about docosahexaenoic acid and selenium, I love to entertain, travel, watch reality TV, grill outdoors, and go to spin class. I live in Kailua, HI on the island of Oahu where my husband serves as a US Marine Corps JAG.
People in Hawaii eat more fish and shellfish than average, but over 80 percent of typical Americans don't eat seafood at least twice per week. Doctors and dietitians like me say that's the goal, so BlogAboutSeafood is here to show you just what plenty of seafood looks like in an RD's real-life diet.
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