Fish - The Fantastic Health Food
Going fishing helps you and your family to have fun
and provides healthy, delicious food for you to eat,
besides reducing your food budget. Recent scientific
discoveries name fish as one of the healthiest foods
you can eat. Coenzyme Q, a vitamin-like substance in
fish, acts as an antioxidant and keeps dangerous LDL
cholesterol from destroying your heart and arteries,
according to the Harvard School of Public Health. You
get the most Coenzyme Q by eating oily fish like those
found in salt  water.
Fish has the ability to help prevent heart disease and
also…
* has low calories and low fat content;
* contains all nine-essential amino acids required by
our bodies;
* digests easily and has low sodium content; and
* provides vitamins A, D (recent research has shown
the importance of vitamin D to bone health), and B.
Although the price of fish has increased as more people
have discovered the value of eating fish, you can have
fish for less money.
* Go fishing yourself. You don’t need a boat,
a motor or expensive equipment to fish. Purchase inexpensive
rods and poles. You can fish the ponds across the country
for free or for a nominal charge by asking permission.
Miles of small streams where you can fish at no charge
probably cross roads and highways near your home. Every
state has public-fishing waters, usually heavily stocked
with fish you can catch for your table.
* Clean fish on the halves for neighbors and family.
Many people consider fish cleaning a hassle. Often anglers
will give half their catch away to someone who will
clean their fish for them.
* Plan to fish on your family’s vacation. If your
family goes to the beach this summer, fish a day, and
bring home your catch to freeze. You’ll have fun
fishing from piers and jetties, in the surf or on a
boat.
You can learn more at www.nighthawkpublications.com.
To prepare tasty fish dishes, order “Fish &
Fixings Cookbook” by John and Denise Phillips,
which includes more than 125 recipes for cooking fish
in a variety of ways and dishes to accompany fish. Receive
3 more free fish recipes by sending a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Fish Recipes, 4112 Camp Horner Road,
Birmingham, AL, 35243, or write nighthawkpub@mindspring.com,
and request the recipes be emailed to you.
Easy Grilled Mackerel (This fish is one of the highest
in Coenzyme Q)
Ingredients:
4 mackerel steaks, 1/2- to 3/4-inch thick
1/4-cup margarine
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons chopped parsley
Paprika
Preparation:
Melt margarine, lemon juice and parsley together. Place
fish steaks on seafood rack on grill; sprinkle paprika
on each; drizzle margarine mixture on each. Cook for
5 minutes on high and then 5 minutes on low. Turn fish;
brush fish with remaining margarine mixture; grill for
8 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily when tested
with fork.
Fish Hors D’oeuvres
Ingredients:
20 to 30 fish fillets (freshwater or saltwater) cut
in 2” by 1” pieces
Steak sauce with a base of Worcestershire and soy sauces
Salt, margarine, lemon juice and strips of bacon
Preparation:
Lightly salt fish; sprinkle steak sauce, squeeze lemon
and apply a small piece of margarine to each fillet;
cover fish with slices of bacon. For oven cooking, place
the fish in the oven at 350 degrees until the bacon
is done, 30 minutes or so. Or, microwave in glass dish
on HIGH for 5 minutes; turn dish; microwave on HIGH
for 3 minutes more; possibly microwave fish another
3 minutes on MEDIUM HIGH.
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