Foods High In Iron

 Another mild, firm, white fish - sea bass is an excellent choice for Clean Eaters. Sea Bass is ( generally ) affordable, and is readily available all year round and nation wide. It readily accepts most ingredients you pair it with, and is easily cooked by even novice chefs. This dish has the sweet tang of the mango playing well with black beans ( I love black beans... ) to make a sweet/savory salsa.    Roasted Sea Bass With Mango and Black Bean Salsa Ingredients: 1 pound sea bass (or other white fish) 1 teaspoon oil salt and pepper to taste Directions: 1. Lightly oil you broiler pan to prevent the fish from sticking. 2. Season the sea bass with the salt and pepper. 3. Bake the sea bass in a preheated 450F oven until cooked (no longer opaque), about 10-15 minutes depending on how thick the sea bass is. Mango and Black Bean Salsa Ingredients: 4 small mangos (peeled, stoned and cut into bite sized pieces) 1 can black beans (rinsed and drained) 2 jalapeño peppers (chopped...

Every Thursday through Lent, I am going to highlight a fish you may not be familiar with, and a Clean Eating recipe that will use that new fish in a Clean manner. I feel that trying new foods and new cooking methods is important. Sometimes, stepping out of your comfort zone ( in many aspects of life, not just food ) leads one down a new path they may not have considered. If you are one to eat no meat on Fridays during Lent, consider this a challenge to keep in line with your beliefs and expand your horizons. If Lent isn't your thing, that's great too - consider this challenge on any night of the upcoming week, and enjoy some different CE fish. ( Thanks to CE reader North for the suggestion! ) Week 1: Swai Swai is a species of Vietnamese catfish, which due to intense lobbying from the American catfish industry is prohibited to be sold under the word "catfish" because of sales concerns. It is also known as Iridescent Shark, and sometimes sold under the name "Basa...