Delicious ways to add Omega-3s to your meals

Foods for a healthy lifestyle can be full of great flavor. The traditional Mediter ranean diet is a wonderful example of great food that can have a healthy impact on the body.

The Mediterranean diet is characterized by daily consumption of olive oil, fish, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. It encourages eating fewer processed foods and reducing consumption of meat, a common source of Omega-6 fatty acids.

Everyone needs Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential fatty acids because our bodies don’t produce them. But it’s important to keep them in the right balance to each other — a 2:1 ratio of Omega-6 to -3. The Mediter ranean Diet helps achieve that balance by focusing on using olive oil instead of vegetable cook ing oils that are high in Omega-6.

Chef Nick Stellino, of PBS-TV fame, uses Pompeian OlivExtra Plus with Omega-3 DHA for sautéing, baking and preparing soups, sauces and marinades because OlivExtra Plus has both olive oil and an added infusion of Omega-3 to help achieve a better balance.

“If you are going to cook with oil, doesn’t it make sense to cook with one that contains more Omega- 3?” asks Chef Stellino. In fact, OlivExtra Plus contains a full 32 mg of Omega-3 per serving, which the FDA states is considered an excellent source of Omega-3 DHA.

These recipes for Chicken Marsala, Red Beet and Blood Orange Salad, and Black Bean, Edamame and Wheat Berry Salad make it easy to set a healthy table everyone will be happy to sit down to.

For more delicious ways to set a healthy table, visit www.pompeian.com.

Black Bean Edamame and Wheat Berry Salad

Serves 6 (3/4-cup servings)
4 cups water
1/2 cup dry wheat berries
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of
black beans, rinsed
and
drained
1 cup frozen, shelled
edamame, thawed
1 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup finely chopped red
onion
2 tablespoons Pompeian
Red Wine Vinegar
3 tablespoons Pompeian
OlivExtra Plus
Salt and black pepper
to taste
Combine water and wheat berries in medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 55 minutes or until wheat berries are just tender.

Place in a fine mesh strainer and run under cold water to cool quickly; drain well.

Combine wheat berries with remaining ingredients in medium bowl. Serve immediately or cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 8 hours in advance.

Note: Wheat berries are unprocessed wheat kernels and are sold in major supermarkets and health food stores.