🐟 Salmon

Salmo salar

A pink-orange fish that lives in the ocean and swims up rivers, cooked as a healthy meal.

The cooked meat is a pretty pink-orange color and breaks into soft, flaky pieces.

Rich, mild, and buttery, with a soft texture that many kids enjoy.

Full of protein to build muscles and healthy omega-3 fats that are great for your brain and heart.

Always eat it fully cooked, such as baked, grilled, or in a warm soup, until it is firm and flakes easily.

It comes from cold ocean waters and clean rivers, and today a lot of salmon is raised gently on fish farms.

You can buy it fresh, frozen, or canned, so it is available all year round.

People have caught and eaten salmon for thousands of years near northern rivers and coasts.

Salmon are strong swimmers that can leap up waterfalls to travel back up the rivers where they were born.

Try baked salmon with a squeeze of lemon and some rice and vegetables for a tasty dinner.