Canned Salmon: Eating My Words

In my previous article about Good Fat and Bad Fat, I pooh-poohed the idea of eating canned salmon. I supposed, as I'm often wont to do, that anything in a can couldn't be as good for me as fresh. While that may still hold true, I wanted to retract in the very least, my attitude toward canned salmon.

While shopping night before last, I picked a can of salmon off the shelf and read the ingredients: Pink salmon and salt. Are you kidding me? This was a can of 'Double "Q"' brand salmon and those are the only ingredients listed on the label. Honestly, I thought it was going to be like the ingredients list on a can of tuna. Needless to say I was surprised that there were only two ingredients listed on the label.

The best part was written down below: "Contains 782mg OMEGA-3 Fatty Acids per serving." 782 mg? My gosh, that's more than one capsule of the Fish Oil supplement I take daily. Now, I know that more is not always better but let's not forget that, according to the previous article, the body will absorb about 90% of the natural substance and only about 50% contained in a supplement. That's less work and more good stuff for my body. Even if I only got half that number of Omega-3, I'd still be getting more of it from the salmon.

There's a nice recipe included on the label also for grilled salmon patties: I could make up the whole can (14.75 oz) - which produces four patties or 'burgers' - grill then freeze them for quick meals throughout the week.

So, I'm giving canned salmon it's due; eating my words, so to speak, along with the fish. I can eat salmon patties: Mother used to make them for dinner when I was growing up. Perhaps if I think about it long enough, I will realize that it's Trout and Bass that I'm not so fond of.