Paleo Frozen Pink Salmon Recipe

So, I did it. I got over my fish eating phobia (not really a phobia more of a strong dislike). I started out like I said a couple posts ago with pink salmon. I was weary as I first started to prepare the meal and wasn't sure how well it all was going to work out. With that being said, it was beyond delicious, it was scrumptious.

I got a bag of frozen wild pink salmon fillets. They had absolutely no sort of other ingredient in them, just 100% wild caught and certified sustainable pink salmon. I thought it would be a good start and it came in at only $5.98 at the local Publix supermarket. Not bad for 2 lbs of extremely high quality meat, if I do say so myself.

I will definitely be branching out into other types of pink meat fish, eventually working my way into the white meats (smell is too strong to start out, in my opinion at least). I think rainbow trout will be my next choice. In any case here is a picture of my delicious lunch, and the simple recipe I used to make it.


Simple Frozen Pan Fried Pink Salmon Recipe (Paleo):

Ingredients:

• 1 Frozen/Fresh Pink Salmon Fillet
• 1 Tbs. of Organic Coconut Oil
• Granulated Garlic
• Ground Black Pepper

How To Make:

1. If fillet is frozen, defrost still in sealed bag by placing in bowl of warm water. Place organic coconut oil in pan and set on medium-low heat.
2. Lightly season fillet with garlic and ground black pepper on both sides of the salmon.
3. Turn pan to medium-high heat, place salmon with the skin side up in pan cover with lid. Cook for four minutes.
4. Flip over to skin side and cook for 2-3 minutes (note: skin will most likely begin to blacken, don't worry since you won't be eat it anyways).
5. Once finished, removed and allow to cool before removing skin from fillet.

One Step Further Into Paleo - Embracing Fish

As any person that has switch to the paleo lifestyle will tell you, your going to have to switch your tastes up on some things. With that being side I was definitely not varying up my choice of meats before I began paleo. My staple meats, well really my only meats, up to this point have been only beef and chicken. I mean I had the occasional turkey or pork, but I would say that would be together less than 5% of my yearly meat consumption.

So, I am going to depart with my childish food preferences. That's right, I am going to start eating fish no matter what. I don't know why I entirely dislike the little swimming creatures but I know it has something to do with how juicy fish is. I once had the chance to try to smoked salmon and remember actually enjoying it, it reminded me of jerky.

With that being said I will start testing the waters (no pun intended) with salmon since I already know I have enjoyed it in the past. A quick look over at my favorite nutrition info site really helped me build up my motivation to branch out. I work out often so I really enjoy eating foods that are packed with protein and I am surprised I never realized that half a fillet of salmon has 39 grams of it!

Since I no longer am getting a ridiculous amount of Omega-6 from all the vegetable oils I used to use I am not too worried about the 1185 mg the salmon will have. The addition of the over 4,000 mg of Omega-3 will be a nice addition to my fish oil supplements I am currently taking, but if it becomes a staple meat I may have to cut down on the supplementing a bit.

In any case I will be using frozen salmon to start out with, it is a little cheaper and a good way to begin I think. I have a strong feeling this will be one of the more positive experiences with switching over paleo only foods. I will report back with the results.