MaryLee's Healthy Food and Easy Cooking - Oily and Non Oily Fish

Hello again,

I have been talking about meals you can make that do not have to be complicated or take a lot of effort to prepare, which are healthy.

What is the difference between healthy and unhealthy meals. For example you hear that you should add more fish (oily fish which have omega 3) to your diet to be healthier but they do not tell you which ones.

Did you know that yes eating more fish is a healthier choice and easier for your body to use than meats heavy in fat but that some oily fish can be just a hard on your body if you eat too much of them.

Salmon is good for you but it is an oily fish so you should only have it say once a week rather than each day.

Here is a list of the more common fish that you hear about, which are oily and which are non oily, that may help you when choosing your meals.

Oily fish are: Salmon, Trout, Sardines, Kippers, Tuna, Swordfish, Mackerel, Pilchards and Herring.

Non oily fish are: Cod, Haddock, Plaice, Coley, Whiting, Lemon Sole, Skate, Halibut, Rock Salmon/Dogfish, Catfish, Dover Sole, Flounder, Hake, John Dory, Monkfish, Red Snapper and Sea Bass.

If you want a more extensive list go the Food Standard Agency.

But do not confuse seafood with fish. Seafood for example, Crab, Lobster Mussels and Shrimp to name a few, are shell fish and are high in fat/cholesterol. I call these luxury foods and eat them occasionally not on a regular basis.

Don’t be afraid to try the different fish and I will give you some delicious recipes to follow in my up coming blogs.