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Pescatarian Diet & Restrictions

  

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I decide to with the Pescatarian diet for this blog assignment. Here is some useful information about this diet choice.

The Pescatarian diet is described by that won’t eat any meat or animal flesh except the exception of Fish and Seafood.

A pescatrain usually follows a vegetarian diet except for fish and seafood, which consist as shrimp, clams, crabs and lobster.

Pescartarian also eat a lot of vegetarian foods such as tofu, beans, vegetables, fruits, dairy and grains. The one main reason to do this diet is if you have high cholesterol that want to cut meat but still have that healthy protein. 

This is the main reason why I

 Choose this diet is because I have high cholesterol which was caused when I had some heart issues and concerns a few years ago,

 It made me change my eating habits a lot. Other reasons go for this diet route is animal cruelty concerns and for religious reasons.

 Pescartrians also believe that moderate consumptions of fish or fish oils, which are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, is it good for optimum health.

 There are also vegetarian alternatives such as flaxseed oil and hemp foods such as superfood salad with kale and hemp seeds, hemp seed granola protein bars.3

Here is a typical menu of Pescaritrian diet.

Breakfast typical menu consist of following:

 -          Scrambled Eggs with Cheese/ Vegetables

 -          Oatmeal

 -          Low Carb Egg breakfast muffins

 -          Chickpea flour Pancakes/Banana Pancakes

 -          Tomato Omelet/ Omelet

 -          Breakfast Burrito

 -          Fruit Smoothie

Lunch Menu consists of following:

 -          Chickpea spinach salad

 -          Mac and Cheese with cauliflower and spinach

 -          Any fish with a Green Bean Salad

 -          Aloo Gobi with chickpeas

 -          Soup

 -          Vegetables Panini Sandwiches

 -          Ratatouille

 -          Tofu

Dinner Menu consists of following:

 -          Indian or Thai Curry (Fish or Vegan)

 -          Baked or Pan fried Fish

 -          Stir- fly teriyaki or other sauce

 -          Sides of Naan for dinner

 -          Rice

 -          Soup for dinner fish or vegan

 -          Tuna or Veg pasta

 -          Veg or fish Kebabs

 -          Tofu

There so many options to list for breakfast, lunch and dinner in this diet.

 Here is a recipe I created with for one of diets meals for the week.                 

Kale Salad with Baked Chipotle Mango Cod Fillet                                                                      

 IMPERIAL                    METRIC                                INGREDIENT                     

 3/4 cup                         175ml                                    Kale                     

 1/4 cup                         60ml                                      Beet Greens                     

 1/4 cup                         60ml                                      Broccoli                              

 1/4 cup                         60ml                                      Carrots               

 1/4 cup                         60g                                         Cabbage                            

 1 Cup                             250ml                                    Crispy Quinoa                  

 2 Tbsp.                         1.35Kg                                   Almonds                            

 2 Tbsp.                         1.35kg                                   Feta Cheese                     

 1/4 cup                         60ml                                      Avocado herb dressing                

 4 oz.                                                                           Baked Chipotle Mango Cod fillet                              

 METHOD:                                                                                                        

 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.                                                                                                       

 2. Baked Cod for 25 minutes                                                                                              

 3. In a large bowl, mix together all vegetables ingredients, and crispy quinoa                                         4. Make Salad Dressing                                                                                                         

 5. Once fish cooked removed from oven and let cool for 5 - 10 minutes                                               6. Toss Salad with Dressing and all other ingredients                                                                               7. Plate in salad bowl garnish with Almonds and Feta Cheese top with Baked Cod                                                                                               

Here is My 2 Day blog for Diet I Choose

Saturday March 16/2019

Breakfast:

2 Fried Eggs with Spinach and Freshly Squeeze Orange Juice

Lunch:

 Kale Salad with Baked Mango Cod Fillet, and beet greens, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, crispy quinoa, almonds, and feta cheese

Dinner:

Navratan Korma with Sticky Rice and plan Naan

https://myheartbeets.com/navratan-korma-vegetable-korma/

Sunday March 17/2019

Breakfast:

Omelet with Onions, Spinach and Mushrooms, Orange, Peach and Mango juice

Lunch:

Pecorino Romano and honey Tortellini, with homemade tomato and basil sauce.

Dinner:

2 Veg Burgers with Chipotle/ Cheddar Salad, salad had following ingredients romaine, cabbage, kale, cheddar, carrots, tortillas and chipotle dressing

    

 Here are few photos of food I ate for this blog, I thought I capture all of them but some didn’t turn that well.

Fried Eggs with Spinach                            Chipotle Cheddar Salad

 

At the end of 2 days of doing this diet, I was actually really satisfied with how i actually enjoy
eating foods of this specific diet. I will continue with this diet but not full out version of it i will do at least couple of days a week. Overall i did notice i felt alot better trying out different diet, i will do more research on other diets as well for future specility ones that help with heart and cholestrol.

Food Allergens

I have allergen to Shellfish. So i just replace items that ask for shellfish with fish instead.