S is for Salmon

S is for Salmon

I’ve been waiting to get to the letter S since this challenge started!  I love salmon so it has to be S is for Salmon.  Did you know that most salmons are are born in  fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce?  There are many different species of salmon and some are restricted to fresh water through their lives.

There is nothing better than fresh, wild caught salmon.   When I shop for salmon, I make sure it’s fresh, wild caught and not farm raised. Some say they can’t tell the difference, but even the color of farm raised is different. It’s lighter while wild caught is usually bright pink and even red.

When I pan cook salmon, all I do is add a little butter to the pan, put the salmon in skin side down and brown it.  Then I flip it over to brown the other side and cover it for only a short time. If salmon is over cooked, it gets dry and loses the wonderful taste. While I’m cooking it, I squeeze fresh lemon over it and for the finale’ I melt butter, again squeezing lemon in it and pour over the salmon.

Talk about a delicious meal, I could eat just salmon and it would be filling enough.  This is one of the meals I made with grilled salmon, crab meat salad and fried squash, onions and peppers.

The other way I prepare salmon is on the grill.  Oh my, it’s so good!  I grill it the same way as when I pan cook it, adding lemon while it’s grilling.  I use a grill mat over the grill so the salmon doesn’t break apart and fall between the cracks.  The salmon stays so juicy and super delicious.

This is the grilled salmon from the barbecue and I love to use my old McDonald plates and position it for the characters on the plate.  Okay, so I play with my food while serving it!

Wild salmon is an excellent source of Omega-3 fatty acids which are necessary for optimum maternal and infant health.

Main benefits from wild salmon:

• Omega 3 fatty acids
• High Quality Protein
• Essential Amino Acids
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin B
• Vitamin E
• Appreciable amounts of calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium, and phosphorus

All these benefits combine to make wild Alaskan sockeye salmon the natural choice for anyone concerned with their own or their family’s health.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids:

• Protect heart health
• Reduce risk of sudden death from heart disease
• Reduce risk of stroke
• Reduce chance of heart disease in Type 2 Diabetes
• Essential in infant brain and eye development during pregnancy and infancy
• Improve blood lipid patterns
• Improve blood vessel function
• Improve symptoms of immune and inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, Chron’s disease and some skin conditions
• Reduce the risk of some mental disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and depression.
• These benefits are from the consumption of wild salmon, and the farmed kind is an entirely different.  That’s why I prefer wild caught salmon, besides all the health benefits, it is absolutely delicious!I hope you enjoyed my S is for Salmon for the A to Z Challenge .  Only seven letters left in the alphabet for this great challenge.