Tips on Buying Fresh Seafood For All Your Seafood Recipes

With any seafood, the most important consideration is the freshness of the product.

Clams, mussels,or oysters should be purchased live or freshly harvested. Canned clams can be used in recipes such as chowders, but fresh fish has a much fuller taste.

Buy Your Crabs and Lobsters Live!

Crustaceans such as lobster and crab should always be purchased live if possible, although fresh cooked is the next best option. Prawns and shrimp can be bought fresh, cooked, canned or frozen, but when buying fresh always check the smell and look for any brown spots starting around the head. If there is a strong fishy smell, choose another fish market.

Fresh Fish Doesn't Smell!

Seafood Recipes

Once you have purchased your favorite seafood here are a few recipes to try.

Scallop Recipes
Coquille Saint-Jacques and a recipe for baked scallops.

Salmon Recipes
If you like salmon, try the Salmon Steaks with Orange Butter Sauce or the Citrus Salmon. Smoked Salmon Potato Cakes is another great recipe.

Crab Recipes
Classic Crab Louis and several crab appetizers can be found here.

Shrimp Recipes
Spicy Prawn and Vegetable Stir Fry on Chow Mein Noodles, Shrimp Jambalaya, and Corn and Shrimp Chowder are some of the recipes on this page.

Prawn Recipes
Prawns and ceasar salad. Learn how to clean and cook prawns.

White Fish Recipes
Lemony Stuffed Fillets, and Fish Fillets With Lemon and Dill are two of the recipes for the whitefish lovers among us.

Clam Chowder Recipes
Manhattan Clam Chowder is one of several varieties of clam chowder you will find on this page.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

Pacific Seafood Recipes
A collection of recipes that use seafood found in the Pacific Northwest.