Farmed Fish- Frankenfish

Seafood....you hate it or you love it. Salmon has been a food that since before I started dieting I loved. Slather it with a delicious marinade and serve it up with some tasty white rice and I am yours!

However when I first ever started dieting and had strict orders from a past personal trainer to cut back on the carbs drastically I started eating grilled salmon, pepper with a dash of olive oil and either a dark green salad blend or broccoli. Shoot my taste buds in the fucking face.

The texture was not good and I just kept reliving this image from the Loca Bear Grylls every time I chewed....

Gag me. I couldn't finish it. Too bland and fatty. Don't get me started on dark greens and broccoli. I like both just fine so long as there is some variety.

Regardless, I needed some protein in my diet and on my last costco adventure I settled on Atlantic Salmon.

I chose this one because it is cheaper than the wild caught salmon. Like ten dollars cheaper, sometimes fifteen. And for that price you get about 8 fatty salmon fillets for 15-20 dollars. Not bad yes?

Upon further study I realized that the term Atlantic Salmon is what they call farmed fish. Farmed fishing is where they have pens or cages set in open water where they keep the salmon. The salmon have limited space to swim and are fed a very high fatty diet of cornmeal. Most salmon are carnivorous so like humans(I'll discuss more about that in a differnt blog) carby meal equals franken fat fuck fish. Also with cows, Cows are suppose to live on grass and most factory farms feed cows a corn product and don't allow them much grazing room. I'll say it again because I know you'll love it. I say it to myself every day. High carb diet + limited activity = fat fuck.

Farmed fishing is also hazaradous to the environment. Waste accumulated in the fish pens can be toxic and seep into the open waters. As detailed in a link I found some farming fisheries are making hopeful efforts to changing the face of farmed fishing by raising fish inland and requiring larger pens and change of diet to something more natural. Natural to this fish, mind you.

So are you going to die from eating farmed fish? No. However the nutritional value of Farmed fish vs. Wild is different. Wild has fat but it is healthy fat the kind that is good for your brain and the rest of your body.

Since I already bought my Frankenfish I will of course it eat but will not be buying the Kirkland brand again. In the future I'll just have to buy the wild caught one and sacrficed the extra bucks. You can read more about farmed fishing here.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=49

My dinner tonight was yummy though, Frankenfish or not. I marinaded the fish in soy sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, butter and honey. I know...super sweet. I am still on the prowl for a marinade that doesn't have sugar in it. But if you are of a normal weight and you're body doesn't freak give this a try. It was sweet but not overly sweet. Just a tablespoon of each sauce and a clove of garlic (more if you desire). marinade the fish for 30-60 min but no more than that. Then  cook how you prefer.  I also made purple potatoes. Okay okay its a potato BUT specialists say that purple potatoes can help lower blood pressure and cholestral (sp?) In moderation, of course. Sadly no health professional has come up with an all carb diet that is successful in healthy weight loss.
http://www.naturalhealth365.com/tag/purple-potatoes-health-benefits

Here is a glimpse at tonights dinner. In my defense the purple potatoes I mashed were very chunky as I like them to be and I piled them high for the photo to make it look pretty. It just looks like I went bat shit with them lol. But seriously my salad was twice the size as I had devoured it quickest.