For this week’s link roundup I thought I’d keep an eye out for foods and recipes that involve fish and other seafood as I visited my favorite blogs and links.

Now, truth be told, I’m actually not a big fan of seafood. I didn’t grow up with it as a regular dish at home and never really seemed to develop a taste for it otherwise. I’m still experimenting and exploring, though, and haven’t written it off! What are your favorite seafood dishes?
~ Grilled Cuttlefish from Nyonya Food
~ Greek Salad with Char-Grilled Salmon at Living Tastefully
~ Lobster Salad at Rue le Sel
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Up until a couple of years ago, I had never heard of  Tilapa. Now, I purchase it more than any other type of fish. It’s an inexpensive, low-fat, and very easy to prepare. The mild flavor makes it highly adaptable  to many different dishes.
My two favorite ways to prepare Tilapia are breaded and fried for fish tacos or on the grill. When I grill it, I make little foil “dishes” to keep it from drying out or making a mess.
By the way, grilling is the perfect preparation if you’ve got a family who complains about the smell when fish is on the …read more

This Honey-Mustard Panko Breaded Fried Tilapia dish was actually inspired by a Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals episode that I watched yesterday night. Except Rachael used pork cutlets. I wanted to do something different with the tilapia fillets that I had so I figured I’d use the concept.
INGREDIENTS:
6 pack of Tilapia fillets, thawed (a bag is $6 at Wal-Mart Supercenter)
3/4 cup of spicy brown mustard
1/3 cup of honey
a tbsp of vinegar
half a bag of Panko breadcrumbs (find at Asian stores)
salt & pepper
oil for frying

I call this pan-fried mahi-mahi dish with wild rice and sauteed spinach a “Before The 4th of July” meal. Meaning, before we binge on hotdogs, burgers, steaks, etc, I decided to cook seafood for tonight’s dinner.
The last time I cooked mahi-mahi, I gave in to my Husband’s request of baking the fish. This time around, I decided to just pan-fry the mahi-mahi steaks. I marinated it in a simple olive oil based marinade first of course.
INGREDIENTS :
2 mahi-mahi steaks
1/4 cup olive oil
juice of 1 wedge of lime
sprinkle of garlic powder
sprinkle of ginger powder
sprinkle of dried parsley
sprinkle of red …read more

Treats for my cats always seem to be hit or miss. They’ll either gobble them up or be completely uninterested, as opposed to the dogs who’ll eat anything that hits the ground.
I’ve found that they love anything with a strong tuna smell and flavor. These fishball snacks are perfect for them, and the added bonus of some catnip makes it that much more appealing to them!
Feline Fishballs
from Carol P.
8 oz. can tuna in oil – drained
2 oz. cooked herring or other fatty fish – skin removed
3 baby carrots – boiled until tender, mashed
1 egg – beaten
3 T. grated cheese
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Here is a warning for all heart patients! One of the highest consumed fish in America is now being called fatty and could have dangerous implications for persons with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other allergic and auto-immune diseases as it could cause an inflammatory response.

…has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Tilapia has higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids than 80% lean hamburger, cookies, bacon or sausage. Wow- this is really big news around my house as …read more