November 10, 2009

Two-a-Week For Your Good Health

To get in shape and be at their peak performance level for the season, football players do "two-a-days" which means they practice twice a day. To help us be at the top of our game in life, the American Heart Association, American Medical Association, American Diabetes Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommend eating seafood at least two times a week. This is because research has indicated eating seafood twice a week can help reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, dementia, depression, inflammatory conditions and the affects of diabetes. It takes a little meal planning to follow the two-a-week recommendation. To help you do this, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has posted over 400 Florida seafood recipes at www.fl-seafood.com/recipes.

The following is a four-week example of how you can enjoy a variety of healthy Florida seafood by incorporating these recipes in your "Two-A-Week" seafood plan.

Week One:
Florida Snapper Macadamia
Breakfast Shrimp

Week Two:
Lemon Herb Baked Mullet
Stone Crab Claws Miami

Week Three:
Pan-Grilled Grouper with Green Olive Cream Sauce
Wine-Steamed Clams

Week Four:
Lobster Bisque
Mahi Mediterranean

Once you start including seafood in your meal planning each week, it becomes just a regular healthy part of your life.

For more information:
Phyllis McCranie
(850) 488-0163
mccranp@doacs.state.fl.us