Three Easy Fish Dinners

Incorporate more fish into your diet with these quick and easy recipes

Pictured: Grilled Swordfish with Eggplant-Pepper Relish

A lot of people are intimidated by cooking fish, but it actually makes a super easy and delicious weeknight meal. Fish is a great source of lean protein, full of essential vitamins and nutrients, and is one of the quickest-cooking choices for a simple and healthy meal. I make salmon, trout, or mahi mahi pretty often because they are relatively inexpensive and are readily available at our local seafood market. Feel free to use whatever is fresh and local in your area and don't be afraid to try substitutions in these recipes. There are a lot of high-quality frozen fish available at the supermarket nowadays, too.

We try and eat some type of fish at least once a week and it's easy to fall into the same routine of pan-searing or baking it and serving it alongside a veggie or grain. But it's just as easy to add a quick marinade or sauce to make the dish more exciting. Here are some of my favorite simple fish recipes to turn to on busy weeknights. These dishes are quick to prepare but are exciting enough to serve for company.


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Quick & Easy Fish Dinners:

• Roasted Salmon with Scallion-Soy-Sriracha Butter - Simple roasted salmon is transformed with an Asian-flavored compound butter that melts on top and glazes the fish.
• Grilled Mahi Mahi with Grapefruit & Avocado Salsa - Tangy grapefruit and creamy avocado add a ton of fresh, bright flavor to grilled mahi. If you can't find mahi, the salsa would be great on almost all fish.
• Rainbow Trout Almondine - This is a classic French recipe that never fails to deliver. Pan-seared trout gets topped with crunchy, buttery, slivered almonds.

**Want more quick weeknight meal ideas? Check out these easy chicken dinners or quick-cooking stir-fries.