The Hemp Connection:
tuna

What a find! I have a thing for thrift stores, dollar stores, etc., and on a recent cruise through the local 99 Cent Store, I found these salmon cups. They're perfectly portable to work, the gym, on a business trip…and they're cheap and yummy!

I happened to try the salmon/mandarin orange variety, but as you can see by the photo, there are also tuna varieties including cajun and teriyaki.

One of my biggest mantras when teaching healthy eating is to break your rules--about what defines breakfast, snacks, etc. You can eat"lunch" food for a snack, and"dinner" food at breakfast, if that suits you better. (I happen to love leftover Chinese food for breakfast!)

Besides the point that this is a wonderful option for a meal you need to pack, I also wanted to reinforce that better food choices do not have to be expensive. Check out your own 99 Cent Store and see what great bargains can get you started on your own journey of better eating.

I've been working on an article about whether or not wild salmon is really wild. It's really driving home the point that it's not an eco-friendly idea to recommend salmon as the only source of omega-3's. It's not, at all. Everything that comes from the water has them!

Tuna is a very popular, very available fish, and I get a lot of questions about it. I don't want to delve into the mercury issue here, that's something that is easily found on the Internet. But…I do want to share something I recently learned about tuna. That is, that in most cases, it is processed on the ship that caught it, and most of the fats are boiled out of it before being canned. Yup, the fats. The omega-3's. Gone.

Fortunately, there IS tuna that is not processed that way. One of the fishermen who offers a non-boiled, sustainably caught tuna is Captain Joe Malley, who runs the fishing vessel St. Jude out of Seattle. For those of you who ARE interested in mercury, he actually posts his mercury tests on his website.

My cats and I just had some for lunch. They are still licking their whiskers and looking happy. I'd be licking whiskers too, if I had them! Captain Malley definitely gets a paws up from this kitty condo!