Grilled Salmon Tacos

Fish tacos have become all the rage in recent years and are a specialty of the Pacific coast of Southern California and Mexico. This is a simple recipe: all the components can be made ahead of time and the fish grilled at the last moment. You can also use halibut, sea bass or tilapia in place of the salmon.   

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 4 4-ounce wild salmon fillets, about 1-inch thick, skin on
• SIKANDA CORN TORTILLAS, warmed
• Cabbage Slaw or lettuce
• Salsa
• Sour cream

Preparation

1. Preheat grill to medium-high.
2. Combine oil, chile powder, lime juice, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the spice mixture liberally over salmon.
3. Grill the salmon, skin-side down, until it is just cooked through, about 8 minutes.
4. Cut each fillet lengthwise into 2 pieces and remove the skin.
5. To serve, place 2 tortillas on each plate. Evenly divide the fish, Cabbage Slaw or lettuce, sour cream and salsa among the tortillas.

Nutrition

Per serving: 567 calories; 30 g fat (6 g sat, 17 g mono); 83 mg cholesterol; 45 g carbohydrates; 32 g protein; 9 g fiber; 481 mg sodium; 1151 mg potassium.

Source: http://www.eatingwell.com

Creating balance: plague control the organic way

Organic is about balance. It’s about taking advantage of what nature has to offer to keep our soil and plants healthy.

Here is an example of how we control plagues organically in our fields.

In the picture shown there’s a little brown box hanging on the plant. Inside of it there’s a small wasp. As soon as the wasp grows bigger, it gets out of the box in search of food.

Its main food is a type of larva that eats the corn and is considered one of the most dangerous plagues that attack maize fields.

Larva plague has been eradicated for many years now using this type of natural control.

Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM?

By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews

11th January, 2010

Despite promising the world in 2009, biotech corporations have increasingly raised the hackles of scientists and citizens worldwide

2009 was a year in which the biotech industry, Gates and their US Administration allies did everything in their power to drive the world down the GM road, but it was also a year marked by remarkable global resistance.

It was a year too in which the truth emerged more clearly than ever about not just the severe limitations and risks of GM crops, but the viability of the many positive alternatives to GMOs alternatives from which the profit-driven GM-fixation diverts much needed attention and resources.

The scene had been set in 2008 with the IAASTD report, produced by 400 scientific experts and signed up to by some 60 governments. That made it clear that after more than 10 years of commercialisation, GM crops had done nothing to help with the eradication of hunger or poverty, or the reversal of the environmental degradation caused by agriculture.

The IAASTD instead championed as the way forward: agro-ecological farming; and research conducted by the UN Environment Programme also suggested organic, small-scale farming could deliver increased yields without the accompanying environmental and social damage of industrial farming. The UNEP's analysis of 114 projects in 24 African countries found that yields had more than doubled where organic, or near-organic practices had been used. In 2009 the contribution of such sustainable approaches to cooling the planet was also widely acknowledged while news of Monsanto's attempts to dress up environmentally destructive GM monocultures as climate friendly earned it a worst lobbying award.

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Relationships are the true meaning of life

As K.W. Von Humboldt once said: "In the end, relationships are the true meaning of life."

And at SIKANDA we believe that relationships are at the core of any enterprise. To maintain close relationships to the vibrant Natural and Organic Food Industry, we invite you to join us on Facebook, Twitter, LiknedIn and Flickr.

Follow us to get in-depth company news, photos, recipes, interesting facts and updates about product deals.

Of course, don't forget to check our website and leave us a comment on our blog, we will love to hear from you!

Three Approved GMO's linked to organ damage

Three approved Monsanto's GM corn varieties have been linked to organ damage according to what is being described as the first ever and most comprehensive study in the effects of GMO's conducted by the CRIIGEN and Universities of Caen and Rouen.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.truthout.org/article/three-approved-gmos-linked-organ-damage

Check the complete sstudy of the "Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health" at:

http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm

FACTS ARE CLEAR, SAY NO TO GMO!!


Concerned about preserving Mexican culture, which gastronomy has been based on corn for centuries, SIKANDA has created THE FIRST NON-GMO, ALL-NATURAL AND ORGANIC CORN TORTILLAS.

We also re-discovered the traditional Pre-Hispanic method of doing tortillas that preserve all its nutritional value.

TRY THE REAL CORN TORTILLAS TRADITIONALLY MADE IN MEXICO!

Tacos dorados (crispy fried tacos)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs cooked chicken breasts or cooked beef or cooked pork, shredded
• 12 SIKANDA corn tortillas, slightly warmed for easy rolling
• 1 cup vegetable oil (e.v.olive oil, avocado or canola for best results)
• Sour cream
• Salsa or guacamole
• Shredded queso fresco
• Cilantro, lettuce and onion

Preparation

1. Heat the tortillas and place an equal amount of shredded meat (chicken, beef or pork) in each.

2. Roll and secure with toothpicks OR assemble all and chill seam side down. Heat the oil over medium high heat and when hot begin frying tacos 4 at a time until golden on all sides.

3. If you are not using the toothpicks, place seam side down in the hot oil first.
4. Remove and drain. Repeat and keep warm in the oven until done.
5. When done place 3 o 4 on each plate and top with guacamole or salsa, cream and shredded queso fresco.
6. Garnish with cilantro, lettuce and onion.

VEGGIE OPTION

Mexican food is healthy and it offers a wide variety of delicious options for vegetarians.

Tacos dorados can be filled with nopalitos (cactus salad), cheese, mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, mushrooms…options are endless!! Tortillas are really versatile so you can fill them practically with anything that comes to your mind, so don’t be afraid of trying!

We will be posting more Mexican Veggie recipes soon.