Fish For Beginners

lilRicki

easy! i love fish, any types of fish...i had a salmon fillet last night....i just sprayed a sheet of tin foil, put my fillet on top of it, sprinkled with lemon pepper and tossed it in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees...awesome! squeeze some more lemon on it if you want and place on top of brown rice...oh so good...or instead of lemon pepper sprinkle some brown sugar on it....oh my mouth is watering lol

ucaminax

I was going to recommend Trader Joe's fish, too! :-) They have some great preseasoned fresh and frozen fish, and also really good plain frozen fish of different kinds. Good prices, too.

Do you have a Trader Joe's nearby? They've got some nice seafood options in the meat case & in the frozen section. For example, tonight I had a tasty wild Pacific salmon in a chimichurri sauce. Just had to thaw it and pop it in the oven for 12 minutes.

Also, you can learn a lot about seafood choices from http://www.seafoodwatch.org - it's a guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It'll tell you things like whether the seafood is sustainable, if any health advisories have been issued, etc. And they've also got some tasty recipes on the site. If you shop at Whole Foods, they're labeling their wild caught seafood according to the guide to make informed shopping easier. Note: it can be really hard to always find seafood that the guide says is a best choice or good alternative, so don't beat yourself up. But it is good to try.

I love shrimp - they're really easy to cook. Pick up some Old Bay spice and steam them; get rid of the shells and thrown them in a wok with a little olive oil, red pepper flakes and garlic and serve with some whole wheat pasta; or steam them and serve cold over a salad of mixed greens, tomato, and avocado and your vinaigrette of choice. They're very versatile and hard to mess up.

Don't write off all seafood - there are many kinds. From shrimp, clams and mussels (all are great, steamed with white wine & slices of garlic) to light white fish like fluke, flounder and tilapia (bake in the oven with a little butter/oil and a little sprinkle of paprika on top) to meatier fish like salmon, monkfish, and swordfish (sorry, drawing a blank on a cooking suggestion) - try the different types until you find some that appeal to you. Cheers!