Sustainable Seafood
Good Thursday morning Blog peeps!
In my IWITW efforts to continue to spread true and verifiable information about Ethical Eating, I wanted to quickly share some tips with y’all about which seafood you should be eating, assuming you’re not a vegetarian, if you are pursuing an ethical and sustainable eating lifestyle.
Tara Parker-Pope has a quickie blog post over at the NY Times about Choosing Safer, Sustainable Seafood. For more in depth info, please please PLEASE go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch website where you can read more of the science AND print a super cute wallet-sized card that says which fish to eat and which to avoid. I carry mine in my wallet and pull it out when dining at seafood restaurants or when shopping for fresh fish!
So, on to Wednesday food stuff…
Din last night was a ginorm salad with bread. I have to be honest. In thinking up dinner, I was totally crafting my plans around how to have those 2 giant slices of whole grain toast on the side. I am such a bread lovah, it’s ridic.
- spinach + green leaf lettuce salad with…
- 1 small free range chicken breast tender (about 2.5 oz)
- maters
- cukes
- carrot
- peanuts
- goat cheese
- 4 hummus flava’d Dr. Krackers
- honey dijon dressing
- I also had those 2 fabulous pieces of toast with buttah
- and a generous pour of a New Zealand Sauv Blanc
I thought up this meal while sitting in Court last night! Ugh. Evening court. Can you imagine? Eleven billionty people with traffic tickets all trying to get their points reduced. Luckily, since I was there to testify in a case for the State, they bumped me up. I was only there a little over an hour. The case didn’t go to trial b/c the defendant decided to plead guilty (yay), accept the points against his license, and pay his fine.
So when I got home a sprinted to the gym and did a 20 minute run plus some leg & ab work.
- leg press at 55lbs xs 3 reps
- leg extensions at 25lbs x 3 reps
- innner/outer thigh extensions at 40 & 50lbs x 3 reps
- 100 various ab exercises
Lunch at work was hurried, eaten in my cube, b/c I’m buried with work.
- Applegate Farms ham + cheddar + green lettuce + dijon on whole grain panini
- carrot with garlic hummus
- no sugar added applesauce
- cantalope
- water
- a camera shy handful of peanuts
WORK Here!
Breks was normal, a berry smoothie in a cute pint glass.
- handful frozen mango
- handful frozen black raspberries
- half a banana
- half cup lf vanilla almond milk
- 2 T ff vanilla yogurt
- 4 ice cubes
Question. Do you eat seafood? Do you pay attention to the sustainable nature of the fish you choose?
© 2009, Erin. All rights reserved.
Tags: Applegate Farms, ethical eating, goat cheese, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, Salad, sustainable fishing
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July 16th, 2009 at 11:05 AM
brandi says:i love that you can print the wallet sized card! how convenient.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
katiek436 says:thanks so much for that resource! Next weekend I’ll be in the carolinas and love fresh seafood. Now I’ll be able to make the most informed choice.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
allijag says:Thanks for posting those seafood cards! I had no idea about that! (I guess I’m a bit sheltered!)
July 16th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Melissa (Nibbles and Wiggles) says:I love that you have a placemat for cube eating.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Anne K. says:Wow, thanks for the seafood info! I always forget which things are sustainable/safe and which aren’t. I’m gonna print those wallet cards
That salad looks delicious!
July 16th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Lauren (athleat) says:I love seafood and the card is a wonderful idea! Thanks for the tip…
July 16th, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Brooke says:My mom used to be a tuna salad addict until I read this fat article about the mercury in tuna and we were both FREAKED! I don’t want no brain damage at age 18! So now we are big salmon eatas…so good and omega-3 delicious.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:56 PM
K says:Glad court went well and relatively easy! I love that you plan meals around bread - CARBS YUM!!!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Lauren says:Do I eat seafood? More like inhale it! I am such a seafood lover. Total bummer that Chillean Seabass is number one on the Aviod List. I think Seabass is one of the best things I have ever put into my mouth!
Oh well, I guess there could be worse things that I could be putting into my mouth, right?!?
Take care hun!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:23 PM
leslie says:thank you for the seafood info! i eat vegetarian a lot of the time, but when i do eat fish, this is very good information to keep in mind.
July 16th, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Lynne says:Thanks for the seafood info. I’m a seafood lover, but have never really given much thought to the sustainability aspect. It’s good information to have!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:50 PM
janetha says:oh i love the MB aquarium! i went there awhile back. anyway, those tables are great. very useful and informative, thanks for posting them. i have been wanting to pick up in the defense of food. i am SUCH a bread lover too, it’s horrible and wonderful at the same time! ahh! lame that you had to go to court at night, ive never heard of such a thing. at least he pled guilty!
July 16th, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Kailey says:i really just eat salmon and tuna on occasion. Im not a big fish person in all honesty.
wow your bread always looks amazing!
July 16th, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Heather says:I heart Church Brew Works.
I do love some salmon, but am not a frequent fish eater. I have seen that chart before and try to remember when shopping. Printing it would be a good idea
July 16th, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Katie says:Thank you so much for this list! I’m going to print it and keep a copy in my purse for the grocery and dining out.
What’s the likelihood that a restaurant would be able to tell you where the fish is coming from? I really like cod, but I can just see a server rolling their eyes at me if I ask for the origin of said fish. I’m still going to try next time I order fish.
July 16th, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Christina says:I love your tree hugger plate. It’s adorable! I’m definitely going to print out that seafood list. I’m a pescatarian so I usually ALWAYS end up ordering fish when going out to dinner.
July 16th, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Lynn (The Actors Diet) says:i don’t eat too much seafood but i do try to eat sustainably - mostly wild caught salmon and sardines!
July 16th, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Cait (Cait's Plate) says:Oh my gosh - I wish you could cater MY LIFE! All those meals looked amazing! It just kept getting better and better as I scrolled
July 17th, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Rebeca says:Oh Erin… thanks for that… that’s something I never really thought of before (or at least researched on my own!)
I plan meals around carbs too… I thought you were supposed to
July 18th, 2009 at 3:39 AM
Marianne says:I work in fisheries, so I’m pretty aware of the fish stocks and the issues surrounding the ones in BC waters. I find that list interesting, because for some fish, they list specifically BC caught fish, but for other things like Pollock and Salmon, they only look at US caught fish - we definitely have pollock & salmon fisheries here! I generally like to eat fish that is local to BC, because I know it’s fresh, and I know how it’s caught.