Healthy Lent Recipes: Latin-Inspired Fish and Seafood

You'll be hooked at first bite with this Peruvian Ceviche. Who could possibly resist the silky smoothness of the fish with salt and sour flavours?

This Halibut Ceviche recipe is super popular with all of our friends. It’s tart, yet salty and spicy. Perfect for eating with tortilla chips, plantain chips, or sliced cucumbers.

Aguachile is a cold dish that is a perfect summer lunch for the upcoming hot days. It’s healthy and fresh, full of strong flavors and contrast textures.

Firm white fish in a blood orange and beer broth with spiralized and roasted vegetables...

In  Guatemala, Mexico and the rest of Latin America, bacalao Spanish-style is especially popular for Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Semana Santa,  the week leading up to Easter Sunday. It’s a must-eat during Lent when Guatemalans purchase the thin slabs of pescado seco (dried cod) in the mercados around Antigua and other towns in Guatemala.

Salmon cooked in a creamy, zesty green sauce made with tomatillo salsa and sesame tahini and English peas. Serve with rice or cauliflower rice to sop up the delicious, creamy sauce!

This Easy Baked Tilapia Veracruz is a shortcut version of the traditional Mexican dish. It's quick enough for a weeknight dinner, and captures the flavors of the original.

A flavorful, creamy, spicy tangy sauce to dress up fish (any way you like it)!

Cod fillets are quickly sautéed in a skillet on the stovetop until tender and flaky then covered in a creamy chili and lime corn relish. 

This sweet, spicy and smoky salsa negra easily comes together and tastes deeply complex! The intensely flavored, moist and tender salmon is perfectly balanced by a refreshing seasonal fresh fruit salsa on top!

A fiesta in bowl, Mexican Arroz con Camarones combines Mexican flavors - cilantro, cumin, and garlic - with shrimp, rice, black beans, and veggies. Garnished with avocado, jalapeño, more cilantro, and lime wedges, it's quick, healthy, and flavorful... Ready in 30 minutes!

This Cuban-style marinated grilled salmon is gluten-free, keto and paleo friendly, and delicious. Best of all, it is easy and quick to make. 

Salmon with Passion Fruit Sauce is made with pan-seared salmon and passion fruit sauce, sweetened with honey. Bold romantic flavor, easy recipe.

This is quick and easy Brazilian Fish Stew (Moqueca Baiana). Everyday pantry staples like coconut milk, lime and fish are combined into making this Traditional Brazilian Seafood recipe.

Healthy fish and shrimp in a savory coconut-based broth with healthy plantains and sweet potatoes. Make it in your Instant Pot or on the stove. It's quick either way!

Healthy Mexican? Yes. It is so easy to make Mexican food healthy! Just skip the cheese and go for the incredible fresh flavors of cilantro, lime, poblanos peppers, and such. This easy Shrimp Chalupa dinner recipe does all that and more with succulent shrimp and a light and creamy sauce made with roasted poblano peppers.

These tacos are filled with cod that you season with chili powder and garlic and then pan fry until just charred. Then you top them with a roasted pineapple coleslaw. The contrast between the sweet and spicy flavors is delicious.