5 Recipes To Ward Off S.A.D Winter Blues Using Fatty Fish

These 5 recipes to ward off S.A.D. winter blues using fatty fish will help those short winter days feel longer.  Since B vitamins are shown to reduce the risks of depression, eating fatty fish can help those who are suffering from SAD by providing them with the needed vitamins.

Winter Blues Salmon

• 1 tsp each salt, ground mustard, and dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 4 salmon filets
• 2 tsp honey
• 3 tsp olive oil, divided
• 2 quarts spinach leaves
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 cups halved red seedless grapes
• 1/2 cup dry red wine
• salt to taste

1. Combine salt, mustard, thyme and pepper. Mix well. Rub salmon fillets with honey and sprinkle with seasoning mixture.
2. Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in skillet. Brown both sides of salmon.
3. Toss spinach and garlic with remaining oil in 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Place salmon on spinach. Cover loosely with tin foil and bake at 300 degrees for ten minutes.
4. Saute grapes in skillet. Add wine, bring to boil. Season to taste with remaining seasoning mixture and salt. Reduce by half.
5. Serve salmon on spinach, to with grape sauce.

S.A.D. Herb Broiled Tuna

• 1 1/2 lbs albacore loin medallions
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 1/2 tsp dried basil
• 4 tsp chopped parsley
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tsp coarsely grated lemon peel

1. Rinse tuna with cold water and pat dry. In small saucepan, melt butter with oil. Add basil, parsley,  mustard, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Sitr.
2. Place tuna on greased broiler pan. Baste with marinade. Broil four to five-inches from heat for three minutes. Turn and baste.
3. Broil three more minutes, or until medium-rare.
4. Serve with crusty bread to soak up juices.

Seared Halibut with Basil for the Winter Blues

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
• 2 4 oz halibut filets
• 1/4 tsp salt
• fresh group black pepper

1. Place olive oil and basil in a blender and process until smooth.
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place a medium skillet in the oven.
3. While oven is heating rinse fish and pat dry. Place on a cutting board skin side up. Cut shallow slits in the skin about 1/4 inch apart. Sprinkle skin with salt and pepper.
4. When oven is hot spray pan with some olive oil. Place fish in pan skin side down. Return pan to oven and cook for ten to twelve minutes.
5. Serve fish skin side up and top with 1 1/2 tsp of basil oil.

Wasabi Salmon

• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp wasabi powder
• 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 4 skinless salmon fillets about 1 inch thick
• cooking spray

1. Combine first four ingredients in large Ziplock bag. Add salmon. Marinate for at least five minutes turning occasionally.
2. While fish is marinating, heat skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add fish and cook three minutes. Turn fish over. reduce heat to medium and cook eight minutes until done.

Baked Swordfish: The Winter Blues Recipe

• 2 swordfish steaks
• 1 tbsp melted butter
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Place swordfish in a greased baking dish.
2. Brush with melted butter, and season with salt and pepper.
3. Bake covered in a medium oven for twenty minutes.