Light, fresh, and full of coastal flavor, these seafood recipes bring vacation vibes right to your table. They’re quick to make but taste like an escape.

Avocado Tuna Salad

Half an avocado filled with tuna salad, garnished with diced vegetables, is the perfect addition to your lineup of refreshing seafood recipes—served on a white plate with a sliced lemon in the background.
Avocado Tuna Salad. Photo credit: The Honour System.

Try this easy Avocado Tuna Salad recipe for a quick and healthy lunch. We ditch the mayo for creamy avocado in this fresh twist on the classic.
Get the Recipe: Avocado Tuna Salad

Seafood Pasta Salad

Seafood pasta salad in white serving bowl.
Seafood Pasta Salad. Photo credit: Little Bit Recipes.

This refreshing and light seafood pasta salad is the perfect dish for summer. It combines shrimp, crab, and pasta in a flavorful creamy dressing.
Get the Recipe: Seafood Pasta Salad

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

A hand holding a piece of crispy, cooked bacon shaped like a heart, with more bacon pieces and utensils on a plate in the background—perfect inspiration for vacation recipes or creative breakfast ideas.
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

Bacon wrapped shrimp are a crispy delicious way to enjoy shrimp. Crispy smokey bacon gives the shrimp a hearty flavor.
Get the Recipe: Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Baked Firecracker Salmon

Baked Firecracker Salmon on a white plate.
Baked Firecracker Salmon. Photo credit: Call Me PMc.

Baked Firecracker Salmon: A Flavor Explosion on Your Plate! Perk up those taste buds with tonight’s low-carb dinner. This baked salmon has little sweet and a little heat. And, it’s a whole lot of deliciousness!
Get the Recipe: Baked Firecracker Salmon

Baked Lemon Butter Fish

Baked butter fish on a plate with green beans.
Baked Lemon Butter Fish. Photo credit: Little Bit Recipes.

Try this easy-to-make baked lemon butter fish. Deliciously tender and succulent white fish fillets are cooked in a tangy lemon butter sauce.
Get the Recipe: Baked Lemon Butter Fish

Poached Orange Salmon

Image shows a spoon drizzing orange sauce over a salmon filet in a blue dish.
Poached Orange Salmon. Photo credit: Honest and Truly.

This orange salmon recipe is a delicious and easy way to enjoy this healthy and flavorful fish. This quick and easy dish is perfect for both a weeknight meal or a special occasion.
Get the Recipe: Poached Orange Salmon

Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles

A bowl of shrimp scampi garnished with lemon slices, placed on a light grey surface next to a fork.
Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles. Photo credit: Primal Edge Health.

If you love the lemony and garlicky taste of classic shrimp scampi but don’t want to bother with the wine, then this shrimp scampi recipe without wine is one for the books. It takes just 20 minutes to make using a single pan!
Get the Recipe: Shrimp Scampi with Zoodles

Tuna Pesto Pasta

A plate of tuna pesto pasta with cherry tomatoes, a copper fork, and a pink linen next to a pan full of tuna pesto pasta.
Tuna Pesto Pasta. Photo credit: Two Cloves Kitchen.

This easy tuna pesto pasta recipe with burst cherry tomatoes, spinach, and garlic is a weeknight meal you’ll love.
Get the Recipe: Tuna Pesto Pasta

Shrimp Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce

A pan full of shrimp and noodles with chopsticks.
Shrimp Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce. Photo credit: Call Me PMc.

Shrimp Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce is full of simply irresistible flavors. It’s creamy, nutty, and filling with common ingredients that are easy to find. This is the easiest and fastest takeout you can make at home.
Get the Recipe: Shrimp Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce

Furikake Salmon

Two fillets of furikake salmon on a white plate.
Furikake Salmon. Photo credit: Two Cloves Kitchen.

Furikake Salmon is a baked salmon marinated in soy, sugar, ginger, garlic, and jalapeño, brushed with mayonnaise, and sprinkled with furikake. It’s a delicious, rich, savory, sweet, and easy weeknight dinner your family will love!
Get the Recipe: Furikake Salmon

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

Shrimp stuffed into soft corn tortillas with lime wedges on the side.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo. Photo credit: All Ways Delicious.

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo is a classic Mexican garlic shrimp recipe. Plump shrimp are infused with garlic, spices, lime juice, & cilantro.
Get the Recipe: Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

Mediterranean Cod

Mediterranean cod on a rectangular platter.
Mediterranean Cod. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.

Love seafood? Lighten things up with this veggie and flavor-packed Mediterranean Cod dish!
Get the Recipe: Mediterranean Cod

Salmon Lemon Herb Butter Sauce

Two salmon fillets with lemon sauce on a white plate.
Salmon Lemon Herb Butter Sauce. Photo credit: Keto Cooking Wins.

It’s all about the sauce! Sweet, mild, and flaky salmon tastes so amazing with this NO-FAIL lemon butter, and herb sauce!
Get the Recipe: Salmon Lemon Herb Butter Sauce

Camarones a la Diabla

Shrimp in red chile sauce on a white plate with lime wedges and a fork in the background.
Camarones a la Diabla. Photo credit: All Ways Delicious.

Camarones a la Diabla is easy to make and combines a fiery sauce made from dried chiles with plump, succulent shrimp.
Get the Recipe: Camarones a la Diabla

Blackened fish tacos

Blackened fish tacos in taco holders.
Blackened fish tacos. Photo credit: All Ways Delicious.

Blackened Mahi Mahi Tacos are fish taco perfection! Flaky seasoned fish in soft corn tortillas with a creamy cilantro lime sauce.
Get the Recipe: Blackened fish tacos

Panko Crusted Rockfish

panko crusted rockfish on a plate with spinach.
Panko Crusted Rockfish. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Panko Crusted Rockfish offers a light yet satisfying option with a crispy panko coating that provides a delightful crunch. This dish, which can be prepared in about 25 minutes, features rockfish fillets as the star, with a crust that has just the right amount of texture and flavor. It’s a simple way to enjoy a comforting seafood dinner that doesn’t weigh you down.
Get the Recipe: Panko Crusted Rockfish

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