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35 EASY (and Amazing!) Seafood Recipes

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Looking to add more healthful seafood meals to your menu? Here are 35 wonderfully easy seafood recipes that are sure to become new family favorites!

Easy Seafood Recipes

We all know that seafood is an amazingly healthful part of a good diet. Study after study has pointed to diets high in fish as being great for brain health – from helping build healthy brains in infants and young children, to helping prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s.

So there’s lots of good reason to include fish regularly in my weekly menu – especially with two small kids, and a mama who lately can’t even seem to keep track of her coffee. (Gimme some of those Omega 3’s!) But the thing is – I don’t. I just keep leaving fish off the menu.

I’ve got the best of intentions when I’m shopping – grabbing fillets of wild-caught salmon when I see them on sale, and cans of super-low-mercury Safe Catch tuna whenever I find them affordably. But then…the fish sits in my freezer and the tuna slowly stacks up on my pantry shelf. I realized the other day that I have seriously lost my mojo when it comes to feeding us anything that comes out of the water. And if I wasn’t feeling inspired to make seafood meals, then clearly I needed to go looking for some inspiration!

So I turned to some of my absolutely favorite healthy food bloggers with a simple plea: Help me find some delicious EASY seafood recipes that I’ll actually want to make, and that my family will actually love.

And oh, my land – did they deliver! Just check out this incredible list of drool-worthy seafood recipes! The best part is that they’re all simple to make, and use real, healthy ingredients. I am SO excited to cook my way through ALL of these!

35 Easy (and Amazing!) Seafood Recipes

Paleo Fish Tacos

Paleo Fish Tacos
Paleo Fish Tacos, from Tessa the Domestic Diva

Salmon and Wild Rice Burgers with Avocado-Garlic Aioli

Mahi Mahi Fish Sandwich

Paleo Salmon Cakes

Paleo salmon cakes recipe
Paleo Salmon Cakes, courtesy of 24 Carrot Kitchen

Simple Herbed Red Drum

Easy One Pan Mediterranean Cod, with Fennel, Kale, and Black Olives

Mediterranean Cod Recipe
Easy One Pan Medierranean Cod, courtesy of Abra’s Kitchen

Tuna Poke Bowl

Black Garlic & Lime Cedar Plank Salmon

Harissa Salmon with Shredded Coconut

harissa salmon recipe
Harissa Salmon with Shredded Coconut, courtesy of Strength and Sunshine

Coconut Pea Puree with Baked Sole Flowers

Baked Trout with Lemon, Garlic and Onion

Pesto Grilled Alaska Halibut Steak

Pesto Grilled Halibut
Pesto Grilled Alaska Halibut Steak, courtesy of Fearless Dining

Pan Fried Fish

Grilled Salmon with Tomato-Basil Butter Sauce

Orange Glazed Salmon

Orange Glazed Salmon
Orange Glazed Salmon, Courtesy of 24 Carrot Kitchen

Salmon en Papillote

Bacon Wrapped Halibut with Tomatillo Salsa

Easy Broiled Lobster Tail

New England Broiled Lobster Tail
Easy Broiled Lobster Tail, courtesy of What a Girl Eats

Easy Avocado and Crab Salad

Perfectly Steamed Wild-Caught Crab Legs in the Instant Pot

Spicy Cilantro Shrimp

spicy cilantro shrimp recipe
Spicy Cilantro Shrimp, courtesy of Cooking on the Weekends

Paleo Coconut Shrimp with Sriracha Mayo Dipping Sauce

Spicy Citrus Shrimp Skewers

Paleo Shrimp Pad Thai

paleo shrimp pad thai recipe
Paleo Shrimp Pad Thai, courtesy of What Grandma Ate

Caribbean Jerk Shrimp Tacos

Spicy Confetti Shrimp

Keto Shrimp and Greens Enchiladas with Jalapeño “Cream” Sauce

Keto shrimp enchiladas recipe
Keto Shrimp and Greens Enchiladas, courtesy of All the Nourishing Things

Oven Baked Calamari Rings

Spicy Shrimp Tacos with Mint Creme

spicy shrimp tacos with mint creme
Spicy Shrimp Tacos with Mint Creme, courtesy of Easy Baby Meals

15-Minute Paleo Shrimp Stir Fry

Golden Coconut Prawns with Honey Lemon Glaze

coconut shrimp with honey lemon glaze
Golden Coconut Prawns with Honey Lemon Glaze, courtesy of Eat Drink Paleo

Pesto Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp and Feta

Simple Seafood Bouillabaisse

easy seafood bouillabaisse recipe
Simple Seafood Bouillabaisse, courtesy of The Petite Cook

Bloody Mary Thai Cocktail

Thai Mussels

Thai Mussels recipe
Thai Mussels, courtesy of Slow the Cook Down

Are you as excited as I am about all these super-doable seafood recipes? Those crispy coconut prawns are on the docket for dinner this week, and I think the kids are going to love them!

How about you? Do you have any go-to seafood recipes that your family adores? I’d love to hear about them!

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    • Thanks so much for the kind comment, Tessa! These recipes are TOTALLY putting the spunk back into my meal planning this month!!

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  4. Oh wow some of these looks amazing! I love Tacos but never have fish in them. I’m going to try some of your recipes for sure! Love the fact they don’t look too hard either, double win for as busy mum over here1! 🙂
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  5. These are awesome. I can’t decide but the Orange Glazed Salmon and the Shrimp Pad Thai are my favorites. I’m definitely going to try them out!

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  6. Seeing all the seafood recipes is making me so hungry. One thing that my family likes to do it just to boil shrimp is crab boil and eat that for dinner.

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  7. Ahhh…my tummy’s rumbling with delight! All of these beautiful recipes look so fabulous and flavorful. This truly is a must-have list of delicious seafood recipes. Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe collection!

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    • Aw Denay, thank you for the kind words!! I come back to this post every time I do my meal planning…those photos are such an inspiration to try every recipe!

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    • Totally with you! Since this post (and wanting to try every recipe!) I swear my family has eaten more seafood than we have in the last 3 months…definitely a good thing!

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