Recipes — salmon

Grilled MedMex Salmon Pasta with Burnt Brussels Sprouts and Fire-Roasted Tomato Sauce

Grilled MedMex Salmon Pasta with Burnt Brussels Sprouts and Fire-Roasted Tomato Sauce

Salmon. It’s one of my favorite ways to get protein onto my plate. It’s got all those yummy essential fats and the flavor is so buttery it’s beyond. And when it’s paired with pasta, it’s even better! Yes, I eat pasta. This surprises a lot of people because they don’t consider it part of a ‘clean eating’ lifestyle. But I observe the 90/10 rule, which is one of the all-important strategies in my book. It’s 10% day so, I’m having pasta with my blackened grilled salmon from Cedar Bay Grilling Company which is pre-seasoned and comes on its own cedar...

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Balsamic and Dijon Grilled Wild Salmon

Balsamic and Dijon Grilled Wild Salmon

The star of our featured recipe is the salmon and it’s not just any other salmon, but a wild-caught salmon. Very much different from a farm-raised salmon. Is there a difference? Let’s dive in! Huge heart healthy benefits to Omega-3’s found in fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines have been shown in studies to have a variety of health benefits ranging from reducing the risk of heart disease to treating the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis. The crazy thing is, we don’t produce these Omega-3’s on our own. So does it matter? Absolutely. Wild fish is, well,...

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A Heart Healthy Meal for Valentine's Day

A Heart Healthy Meal for Valentine's Day

I was recently invited to FOX5 San Diego morning news to prepare heart-healthy meals in time for Valentine’s Day. A delicious and sumptuous meal, filled with good-for-the-heart fresh ingredients, was easy for me make because we have tons of ingredients which can keep your heart pumping – and get the heart of the object of your eye racing. You know what they say about the way to their hearts is through that stomach. My 3-course meal was filled with heart-healthy goodies: Butternut squash and beet puree Salmon and asparagus en Papillote with Romesco Sauce TruWhip almond cloud with fresh berries...

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