Well, this is my last list of “favorite” recipes by category. It has been an arduous task sorting through all the recipes on my blog (about 1500) to come up with my all-time favorites. I mean really! It’s like being asked to choose your favorite child. Impossible. But unlike with kids, the recipes that aren’t chosen are not going to feel slighted. Recipes don’t have feelings. (At least, I don’t think they do!) Anyway, I saved seafood for my last favorites post because, well, seafood dishes are always the first thing I look for on a menu. And truly, I could eat seafood twice a week. Beef – not so much. Chicken, nope! Pork, possibly. But seafood, absolutely.

The only problem is finding really fresh seafood. Which seems ridiculous since we live on a bloody island surrounded by salt water! And although we can get fairly decent seafood in Stanwood at QFC or Haggen, we aren’t always driven enough to make a special trip into “town”. So, we actually don’t eat seafood as much as we should.

However, after making my choices for favorite seafood recipes, I plan to do better in that regard. Because on this list are some truly wonderful ways to prepare seafood. Some that I haven’t prepared in years. So, should you wonder why I’m not posting as many new recipes, assume I am in the kitchen making one of our favorites.

And because I’m feeling magnanimous towards the world today, I’m not going to bore you with my thoughts on how and why the world is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket. I’m going to leave that task to the people who really know what they are talking about.

And should you be interested in reading intelligent reports (letters) regarding the mess the world is in and possibly how it came about from a historian’s point of view, may I recommend you read anything written by Heather Cox Richardson. Simply search under her name, and all will be revealed.

On that happy note, peace and love to all.   

MY FAVORITE SEAFOOD RECIPES

Baked Chilean Sea Bass in a Lemon Caper Sauce

Baked Halibut with Sour Cream and Dill

Baked Teriyaki Halibut

Blackened Salmon Caesar

Cedar Planked Salmon

Chunky Shrimp, Avocado, and Tomato Dip

Crab Bisque

Creamy Creole Shrimp with Cheese Grits

Fried Tofu with Shrimp or Chicken Chow Mein

GF Crab Cakes with Lemon Garlic Aioli

Grilled Marinated Prawns

Grilled Tuna Melt Sandwiches

Herb and Garlic Lightly Smoked Steelhead Trout or Salmon

Leftover Salmon Patties

Lemon and Caper Sautéed Halibut Cheeks

Lemony Shrimp Pasta

Mussels in Ancho Chili Cream Sauce

Old Bay Seasoned Crab Cakes

Old Bay Seasoned Fried Fish with Lemon Garlic Aioli

Pan Fried Fish with Lemon Aioli

Parmesan Baked Cod

Poached Salmon with Lemon, Dill, and Capers

Red Hot Fried Oysters with Lemon-Dill Tartar Sauce

Salmon Cakes

Seared Scallops with a Piccata Sauce

Shrimp and Scallop Ceviche

Shrimp Gumbo

Smoked Salmon Spread

Southern Fried Oysters with Louisiana Style Rémoulade Sauce

Spice Rubbed Tuna Steaks with Lemon Aioli

Spicy Fried Fish

Spicy Risotto with Scallops and Shrimp

Tuna Macaroni Salad