Thanksgiving Ideas With Fish

Thanksgiving is around the corner, and while most people are thinking about Turkey and stuffing, there are many, who are making new memories and making more unconventional meals for one of the biggest food holidays of the year.  One of the ways people have switched things up is by incorporating more seafood and fish into…

Arctic Char

Arctic Char is an amazing fish to add into your diet, but it’s one that you don’t often hear about.  Char is a distant cousin to salmon and trout and has a flavor that is often compared to salmon.  It has an iconic pink look to the meat, mainly because of the tiny pink shrimp…

5 Reasons You Need To Give Subscription Boxes A Try

Do you ever do the “what’s for dinner?” game around 4:00 pm?  Do you ever feel uninspired by your go-to dinner choices?  Do you ever pull into the grocery store parking lot and just groan at the thought of braving the crowded aisles?  If you’ve ever said yes to any of these questions you will…

The Paleo Lifestyle

One of the best ways of eating out there today is Paleo and it’s easy to see why it’s so popular.  Paleo is all about embracing real food (rather than processed) and avoiding inflammatory foods.  Paleo diets have become extremely popular and very respected throughout medical circles, healthcare circles, fitness circles, and even just everyday…

Scallop Simplicity: Tips For Cooking Scallops

Basic Tips For Cooking Scallops Us humans can be a little funny sometimes…  We have no problem dropping some serious cash for a few tender sea scallops with some fresh veggies at a restaurant, but to think about cooking them ourselves?  No, thank you!  We have this fear that cooking sea scallops is incredibly difficult…

What Does Sustainable Seafood Mean?

What is Sustainable Seafood? We talk a lot about sustainability here at OceanBox because it’s pretty important to us, but it can look a few different ways.  Sustainability can be in how we package our food, which by the way, is made with post-consumer products and with materials that can be reused.  Sustainability can look…

Simple Steps To Save Our Oceans

Did You Know? Plastic is the most common element found in the ocean, and since it doesn’t break down easily, it’s very harmful to the environment there.  Also, marine animals think it’s food, and then it harms them as well! Over 1 Million seabirds are killed by ocean pollution each year. There is an island…

Pescatarian 101:  So you want to be a pescatarian…

Whenever you change up your diet, be prepared for some challenges.  It’s hard to make new habits and break old ones, and it’s certainly difficult to make changes when our culture makes it so easy to do the opposite.  We’ve talked to so many people who are trying to make the shift over to the…

The Amazing Health Benefits of Fish

A Serving of Fish a Day Keeps The Doctor Away… We always think of an apple a day keeping the doctor away, but fish can do a pretty good job at this as well.  It’s no secret that in recent years, nutritionists and doctors have been telling the world that fish is GREAT for your…

What’s the Difference Between Farm-Raised & Wild-Caught Fish?

When you’re shopping for fish it can feel a little confusing because there are SO MANY choices!  There are a not only multiple options for seafood and fish, but then there may be multiple combinations of ways that meat was sourced.  Some fish is farm-raised, and some of it is wild. So, what IS the…