Seafood is already a quick and easy protein to cook during the week, but there are ways to prepare it so that your efforts can stretch throughout the week — cook once, eat thrice. These cooking hacks are featured in the Live Better Wild meal plan.
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Meal prep: Eat well all week by planning ahead. Certain recipes can easily be doubled or tripled, then portioned into ready-to-eat lunches and dinners.
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Batch cook: Think casseroles and stews. These recipes set you up with large batches of food that you can tuck into, anytime.
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Repurpose leftovers: Flake any leftovers into a bowl, add an egg, and voila, you’re on your way to making easy fish cakes!
5-Minute Leftover Salmon Salad
This simple salmon salad is the perfect recipe for repurposing leftover fillets, a quick and easy mixture that you can scoop onto a salad, roll into a wrap, or layer onto sandwich bread.
Easy Baked Fish Cakes
This recipe for fish cakes repurposes leftover, cooked fillets by adding lots of flavor to the fish, reviving them in a fun new format. Unlike some fish cakes recipes, these are baked. Knowing how to bake fish cakes in the oven makes it easier to prepare these, as they’re less likely to fall apart — no flipping required.
Salmon Rice Bowl with Crunchy Veggies and Ginger-Sesame Dressing
This riff on a poke bowl dresses cooked, flaked salmon in a zesty ginger-lime poke sauce that transforms leftover fillets into a punchy topping for steamed rice. Salted cucumbers, spicy kimchi, and ripe avocado, add fresh components and crave-able texture to the meal.
Creamy Coconut Chowder with Pacific Cod and Sweet Potatoes
This hearty fish recipe is a citrusy, flavor-packed stew to keep in the fridge and return to throughout the week. It’s also a quick stew to make, ready in under an hour.
Cheesy Rockfish Stuffed Peppers
The stuffed peppers are well worth the time and effort to prepare, especially because each pepper offers a complete meal with protein, lots of vegetables, rice, and cheese. They’re perfect to stash in the fridge for when you want a comforting meal.
Did you miss it? Learn how a few basic ingredients can set you up to cook any fish, anytime in Week 3 of the Live Better Wild meal plan.
