04.28.08
Cooking Fish is a Piece of Cake!
We’re all paying attention to what we eat these days. Before good nutrition and healthy eating became the subject matter of entire magazines and daily news segments, people tended to fix meals that suited their appetite that day. Who knew about trans fats, carbohydrates and the pitfalls of animal fat and cholesterol? Today, we’re all trying to be responsible diners. Plenty of people think all of this has ruined the fun of eating. Not so!
With a little education on nutrition and a diet that will stand us in good stead, you can literally eat to your heart’s content. A case in point is fish. Fish is a heart healthy, lean meat which is full of protein and those valuable Omega-3 fatty acids. You won’t find much heart disease in cuisines which rely on fish. Eating fish at least a couple of times a week can indeed, lead to longevity. Some of us are unaccustomed to preparing fish, and may shy away from cooking fish, fearing an expensive venture that turns out badly.
Cooking fish is one of the easiest culinary tasks! The microwave has made cooking fish a foolproof piece of cookery. The microwave oven is perhaps the penultimate method of cooking fish. Unlike beef, which doesn’t do well in the microwave, the texture of fish is perfectly suited to this cooking method. Cooking fish requires but the briefest of exposure to heat. The flesh is tender and cooks up perfectly when you set your fish on a plate, microwave it for two or three minutes and then turn it over for another minute or two.
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