Easy, Healthy Seafood Dinner Recipes Your Entire Family Will Enjoy

If you prefer not to do it yourself, purchase shrimp that has already been peeled and deveined. Frozen shrimp are also a good option; thaw them in the bag in a bowl of water. Broilers vary in heat intensity, so if you plan to cook them this way, be sure to adjust the rack as necessary to cook the shrimp through.

A one-pot dinner that pairs lemon-coriander salmon fillets with a bed of rich bacon-flecked orzo. The orzo cooks on the stovetop, then the salmon is added and the pan transferred to the oven to finish cooking.

Red potatoes, cherry tomatoes, and Kalamata olives seasoned with garlic and rosemary make a delicious side dish for roasted cod fillets. Since everything roasts on one baking sheet, cleanup is easy.

This Scottish-style chowder is made with smoked salmon. Use other hot-smoked fish, like trout or haddock, if you prefer but don't forgo the clams for this hearty, creamy dinner.

A departure from the ordinary bowl of spaghetti, this quick pasta dinner boasts bacon, shrimp, and scallions. Chopped tomatoes are a great addition, too.

A dressing of mayonnaise, red-wine vinegar, and caraway seed seasons the cabbage, red onion, and celery slaw that adorns these sandwiches. Choose any kind of firm-fleshed fish you like, such as bass, tuna, tilapia, or salmon.

This is a power bowl meal that's healthy and economical, too; one tuna steak serves four when accompanied by black beans, rice, and a delicious red-cabbage slaw.

 Another firm-fleshed fish, such as halibut or salmon, can be substituted for the striped bass. Broilers vary in heat intensity; move the rack to a lower position if the cauliflower or fish is browning too quickly, or to a higher rack if too slowly.

A brilliant (in terms of taste and color) dinner salad. Red snapper and shrimp are quickly cooked on the stovetop in the same pan used to cook the corn. Everything is piled atop tender lettuce leaves with tomatoes, corn, cilantro, jalapeño, and lime.

Try this tasty riff on the classic linguine with clam sauce. Adding mild cubanelle peppers brings a touch of spice and sweetness.

Combine the fresh flavors of Kirby cucumbers, pineapple, basil, scallions, and jalapeno with a honey-lime dressing to make the salsa for this dish. With such a flavorful garnish, the sautéed salmon only needs a seasoning of salt and pepper.

Bacon seasons the cod fillets while they sauté. (Other mild-tasting fish, such as halibut, haddock, or striped bass, would work here, too.) A side salad of slightly bitter frisee and pink grapefruit strikes a balance of flavors.

In just 25 minutes you can have this crispy, crunchy, totally delicious shrimp dinner on the table.

If you can't fit in a trip to Maine's sunny coast this year, making a meal from foil packets of shrimp, cod, potatoes, and corn may be the next best thing. You can fill the packets up to a day ahead, refrigerate, and throw onto the grill just before it's time to eat—a boon to low-key summer entertaining.

Economical tilapia gets dressed up with a buttery caper sauce. Serve with a spicy side dish of sautéed arugula and cherry tomatoes.

Crispy, breadcrumb-coated baked flounder fillets with tarragon mayonnaise and halved plum tomatoes are made rich and sweet when seasoned with tarragon, sugar, salt, and pepper, then roasted in a hot oven.

In this one-dish dinner, sautéed onion and garlic combine with tomato paste, fennel, potato slices, and orange zest, and then simmered in chicken stock. Arrange cod fillets on top of the vegetable mixture and cooked just until opaque.

No barbecue required to prepare this Louisiana favorite of shrimp sauced with butter, Worcestershire, celery, scallion, garlic, and Creole seasoning. Serve the shrimp over steamed rice and garnish with sliced scallion greens.

Toss poached salmon with red onion and lots of fresh parsley in a vinaigrette of capers, olive oil, and red-wine vinegar. Serve this salad with crusty bread, or combine with cooked, cooled penne for an out-of-the-ordinary pasta salad.

Thread orange wedges, scallops, Kirby cucumber, and thin slices of fresh ginger onto skewers and baste with honey and orange juice before cooking these colorful seafood kebabs on the grill or under the broiler.

Tuna, grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives, arugula, and roasted red potatoes dressed in lemon vinaigrette make for a satisfying main-dish salad. Choose tuna packed in olive oil; it has more flavor than the kind packed in water or vegetable oil.