Get Your Essential Fatty Acids without Eating Fish
Tired of fish and fish oil supplements? Try these great recipes
Do you need to increase your essential fatty acids but find that you are absolutely sick of eating all the fish and taking supplements with a "fishy" aftertaste? If this describes you, give these 3 recipes a try. They are high in Omega 3 and there's not a fish in sight.
Oatmeal
-- 2 1/4 cups water
-- 1 c rolled oats
-- 1/4 c. dried cranberries
-- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
-- 1/4 c. chopped walnuts
-- 1Tbs. flaxseeds
-- 1 Tbs. blackstrap molasses
-- 1 c. milk
Prepare:
1. Combine the water and salt in a small saucepan and turn the heat to high.
2. Boil water and turn heat to low.
3. Add the oatmeal and cook for approximately 5 minutes. Stir until the water is just absorbed.
4. Add cinnamon, cranberries, walnuts, and flaxseeds. Stir, cover the pan, and turn off heat. Let set for 5 minutes. Serve with milk and molasses.
This tasty recipe contains 362 calories and has a whopping 59.2% of your daily Omega 3 requirements.
Fennel Salad
-- 2 - 15 oz. cans of soy beans, rinsed
-- 1 1/2 c. sliced fennel bulb
-- 12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
-- 4 Tbs. finely minced onion
-- 2 cloves pressed garlic
-- 4 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
-- 3 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
-- 3 Tbs. chopped walnuts
-- olive oil to taste
-- salt and pepper to taste
Prepare:
1. Mince the onion and press the garlic. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
2. Mix the remaining ingredients together. This salad improves the longer it sets, so plan ahead and prepare it in advance.
This recipe serves four, has 176 calories and 25% of your daily Omega 3 requirements.
Chicken
-- 4 boneless chicken breasts with skin
-- 3 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
-- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
-- 2 1/2 Tbs. honey
-- 2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
-- 1/4 cup sliced dried apricots
--2 Tbs. coarsely chopped walnuts
-- 1 Tbs. chopped parsley
-- salt and pepper to taste
Prepare:
1. Place a heatproof skillet under the broiler for 10 minutes until it gets very hot.
2. Season chicken with 2 T. lemon juice, salt and pepper.
3. Place the chicken, skin side up, in the skillet for 7 minutes. It is not necessary to turn the breast.
4. Prepare the sauce while the chicken is cooking.
Sauce:
1. Combine chicken broth, 1T. lemon juice, honey, and mustard in a small saucepan. Whisk the mixture and bring to a boil on high heat. After it boils, let it simmer for 20 minutes. The sauce should reduce to about 1/2 of what you started with.
2. Add apricots and cook on high for another 5 minutes.
3. When the sauce has finished cooking, add chopped walnuts, parsley, salt, and pepper.
This chicken breast recipe has 445 calories and contains 35% of your daily Omega 3 requirements.
As you can see, you can easily get the amount of essential fatty acids and the health benefits they offer you without ever eating fish. Try these and other recipes for a break from fish and fish oil supplements.
