Salmon and children

[Anonymous]

An adult who does not like salmon. Can you serve the kid cod?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Thank you all for the recipes and advice!

It is wild salmon that we buy. Once every month or two we buy smoked salmon - the slimy thin kind - and my kindergartener goes nuts for that. I’d buy smoked salmon more if it was in my budget and if smoked things were healthier (good friend died of stomach cancer years ago).

I’m going to try the orange marmalade next.

You all may be right; maybe we need a break from salmon. DS loves mussels so maybe I’ll fix him those when the rest of us have salmon.

Thanks, everyone!

Salmon is one of healthy things my son likes, but yep, we have to take breaks from it now and then. Otherwise he starts to hate it. But glad you asked the question because I needed some new ways to cook it and got some ideas here.

[Anonymous]

My 5yo is the same. He'll eat smoked salmon and sometimes salmon sushi and sometimes salmon cakes if they are well seasoned. I don't force it but I do ask him to try a bite to see if he likes it.

[Anonymous]

Smoked salmon/lox is not always actually smoked and you can make your own. Just slice and salt and stick under a press in the fridge. Get sushi grade.
We do a miso/homey glaze on roasted salmon. Salmon cakes as well.

[Anonymous]

My kids also prefer salmon baked with a sweet glaze (we do soy sauce/honey or dijon/brown sugar), but another way they like it that is less “here is a filet,” is to bake it with lemon/evoo/salt/pepper and then flake it over cooked linguine. Usually I wilt spinach in evoo, garlic and lemon and add to the linguine, then flake the salmon on top, but you could easily add tomatoes.

[Anonymous]

Everyone, by the way, it may be useful to make sure that you're not consuming too much salmon.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/fish-and-pbcs/faq-20348595

OP, unless his doctor would have objections and if your son is old enough, could he try sushi? He might enjoy sashimi or rolls/nigiri that have rice. Raw salmon tastes very different from cooked salmon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone, by the way, it may be useful to make sure that you're not consuming too much salmon.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/fish-and-pbcs/faq-20348595

OP, unless his doctor would have objections and if your son is old enough, could he try sushi? He might enjoy sashimi or rolls/nigiri that have rice. Raw salmon tastes very different from cooked salmon.

Wow I hadn't seen these recommendations before that article:

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Two other groups, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, suggest limiting your intake of fish containing high levels of PCBs, such as salmon and bluefish. With respect to salmon, their guidelines say:

Canned Pacific salmon can be eaten twice a week
Fresh or frozen wild Pacific salmon can be eaten up to twice a month
Fresh or frozen farmed Atlantic salmon can be eaten once every two months

[Anonymous]

Weird — why is canned pacific salmon so much better than frozen? I wonder if it’s because they use a smaller variety of salmon? Like it’s sockeye or pink instead of King or silver?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone, by the way, it may be useful to make sure that you're not consuming too much salmon.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/fish-and-pbcs/faq-20348595

OP, unless his doctor would have objections and if your son is old enough, could he try sushi? He might enjoy sashimi or rolls/nigiri that have rice. Raw salmon tastes very different from cooked salmon.

Wow I hadn't seen these recommendations before that article:

Quote:

Two other groups, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, suggest limiting your intake of fish containing high levels of PCBs, such as salmon and bluefish. With respect to salmon, their guidelines say:

Canned Pacific salmon can be eaten twice a week
Fresh or frozen wild Pacific salmon can be eaten up to twice a month
Fresh or frozen farmed Atlantic salmon can be eaten once every two months

Wow, my family has been eating double the recommended amount!

[Anonymous]

^^ was there a recommendation for sockeye?

[Anonymous]

One of my kids still doesn’t like it, but the other one who was getting tired of salmon really likes Ina Garten’s recipe for Panko crusted salmon

[Anonymous]

We've been having canned wild salmon a few times a week. We make it like a tuna sandwich or wrap.

[Anonymous]

The two ways the kids in my house enjoy salmon:

Filets poached in orange juice and Costco No-salt seasoning blend

Salmon burgers baked or pan fried, then broken up into farfalle with pesto sauce.

[Anonymous]

Maybe try other fish or seafood instead of salmon? Eating anything once a week would get pretty boring for me.

I have a toddler and I don’t make special meals for him or accommodate any picky eating. I offer dinner and he eats what he wants. I don’t comment on how much or what he chooses to eat from what I’ve prepared. This saves my sanity! Plus, today he might say he doesn’t like X and then the next time he says he loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird — why is canned pacific salmon so much better than frozen? I wonder if it’s because they use a smaller variety of salmon? Like it’s sockeye or pink instead of King or silver?

smaller, younger salmon