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.
For the long New Year’s weekend, we are going to the last of the six “visitable” Hawaiian Islands, Molokai, with our friends Mike and Megan. To plan our adventures on this 38x10 miles itty-bitty unspoiled island, we invited Mike and Megan over for dinner Tuesday night. I made a new recipe, as I repeatedly insist on doing for guests despite all recommendations against it, and thankfully it turned out well. There were some unique ingredient combinations in the tomato sauce that I was a bit nervous to try out on our innocent pals, but they loved the spicy and sweet final product. The recipe was so different in a fantastic way that it piqued my interest in its creator, Yotam Ottolenghi. The next day I tried his quinoa, fennel, and pomegranate salad recipe, and I knew the delicious salmon wasn’t just a fluke. Chef Ottolenghi comes up with astonishing flavor pairings. I will be trying as many of his recipes as I can and hoping that the translation from metric measurements doesn’t throw me off too much!
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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