stone crabs

Supporting the Arts, One Ceviche at a Time

Posted on by Deanna Bossert

On Saturday, January 17 and Sunday, January 18, the My Ceviche crew was selling ceviche and stone crabs to patrons of the Beaux Arts Festival at the University of Miami. This two-day juried show is consistently ranked as one of the top 200 fine arts shows in the United States. The festival benefits Beaux Arts, which works to promote art in the community and bring patrons to the Lowe Art Museum, located on the University of Miami’s campus. To find out more about the history of Beaux Arts, click here.

Our time on campus allowed us to interact with lots of residents in the South Miami area as well as University of Miami students. We’ve worked with the University of Miami on several projects – all of our blog posts about nutritional data include information collected by University of Miami students, in fact – and have participated in events hosted by University of Miami students, including the Dance Marathon and the launch party for Distraction magazine. We’ve also been hooking up UM students – all students, really – with Student Day (50% off burritos with a valid student ID every Tuesday)!

If you weren’t able to make it to the festival this weekend, be sure to check it out in 2016! There will be plenty of food to be eaten and plenty of art to be admired. And if you can’t wait, just make your way over to the Lowe Art Museum.

How We Love Succulent Stone Crab Claws

Posted on by Deanna Bossert

Every year on October 15, the entire state of Florida gets extraordinarily excited. Why? Because it’s stone crab season, of course!

If you’ve never had a stone crab, please try one – you can get up to four Selects for $2.50 each on Wednesdays in our Brickell and South Miami locations, so you don’t have to commit to much. And, we promise you’ll that succulent meat dipped in our creamy, dreamy mustard sauce. If you have had a stone crab claw, remember we’ve got never-frozen, straight-from-the-Florida-Keys claws provided to us by our awesome sister company George Stone Crab (check them out here)!

If you’ve noticed lately, we’ve been touting about how healthful our menu options are, and stone crab claws are no exception. Mustard sauce is a different story…

Stone crabs are low in calories and are a good source of protein, so you won’t feel like you’re completely breaking your newly started 2015 diet every time you peel back that shell. Sure, they’ve got some fat content, but it’s all unsaturated fat, and you need that for your brain and body to function properly.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids are abound in stone crab claws, too, and we all know we want to get those natural fatty acids into our diet. According to WebMD, Omega-3s  (1) can lower triglycerides, which otherwise would put you at risk for heart disease; (2) curb stiffness and join pain, taking care of rheumatoid arthritis; (3) lower levels of depression; and (4) may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Plus, the levels of copper in stone crabs will help to strengthen your bones, and zinc will keep you from having to deal with breakouts. And, chromium in claws helps those of you with insulin resistance by improving blood sugar levels.

So, not only are these babies delicious, but they’re scrumptious as well. So get cracking!

 

Above nutritional facts have been provided by students from the University of Miami’s School of Education who are studying Nutrition. Data was compiled and presented with the guidance of faculty advisors.