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My Favorite Fish Recipes

In Denmark the official recommendation from the government is that you should eat fish minimum two times a week. Fish contains many healthy elements and it therefore super good for your body. On this page you can find my favorite fish recipes. Continue browsing if you are looking for some great inspiration or just looking for some healthy fish recipes which can be used to live a healthier lifestyle.

Nordic Fresh Pasta with Salmon And Spinach

Categories: All Recipes/ Dinner/ Fast and Easy Food/ Fish

Homemade and Fresh Pasta with Spinach and Salmon

This recipe for Pasta with Salmon and Spinach is one of my favorite pasta dishes. The taste is just wonderful and the time it takes to make this dish is only about 30 minutes. Therefore, it is absolutely a dish I will recommend to you if you are looking for a quick and delicious dinner. [Read more...]

Pan-Fried Flounder with Avocado and Danish Rye Bread

Categories: All Recipes/ Dinner/ Fast and Easy Food/ Fish/ Healthy Food/ Lunch

Recipe for Danish Pan-Fried Flounder with Rye Bread

Today, I am sharing my top-1 favorite lunch dish. It is a pan fried fresh flounder fish, served on a slice of toasted Danish rye bread with thin slices of Avocado. The great things, and what I really like about this dish, are that this recipe is fantastic simple, easy to make, it is healthy and it has a wonderful taste. [Read more...]

Risotto with Fried Cod and Fresh Peas

Categories: Dinner/ Fish/ Healthy Food

Recipe for homemade Risotto with Cod and Fresh Peas

This recipe for risotto with fried cod and fresh peas is a super delicious dish which is relatively easy to make. Risotto is an Italian rice dish, where the rice is cooked on a pan in broth. In this recipe the broth is based on chicken and some white wine, and is used to boil the rice into a nice and creamy consistency. Normally Risotto is just the creamy rice. However, this recipe is twisted a bit, we have added some fresh peas and the juice from half a lemon - it adds a nice freshness to the dish. In addition, we thought that the dish should have a little more than just the Risotto rice, so we have added a nice piece of fried cod - it goes great with the delicious Risotto rice. As we have mentioned in previous recipes on this blog, in Denmark the official recommendation is that you eat fish at least two times a week. The Risotto with fried cod is a perfect dish to get some delicious fish. [Read more...]

Salmon, Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Pasta

Categories: All Recipes/ Dinner/ Fast and Easy Food/ Fish/ Healthy Food/ Lunch

Salmon, Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Pasta

This recipe for a salmon, Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Pasta is just super delicious and absolutely one of my most favorite pasta dishes. The great thing about this pasta dish, besides that it is very delicious and tasteful, is that it is a great source of good vitamins from the Spinach, good proteins from the ricotta cheese and then the good and healthy fat from salmon. Furthermore, it is quite easy to prepare the ingredients for this dish and in general simple to make. [Read more...]

Smoked Salmon Rolls with Avocado Cream

Categories: Fish/ Healthy Food/ Snacks/ Tapas

Recipe for Homemade Smoked Salmon Rolls with Avocado Cream

These small and delicious smoked salmon rolls with avocado cream are perfect as a starter, a snack or maybe as a part of a tapas dinner. We both love avocado - the avocado cream in this recipe has chopped red onions and lemon juice and it goes perfectly together with the smoked salmon fillet. [Read more...]

Nordic-style Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Categories: Dinner/ Fast and Easy Food/ Fish/ Healthy Food

Recipe for Nordic Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Recipe for Nordic Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

This fish recipe has without doubt the best easy-to-cook vs. taste ratio that we have ever tried. This oven baked salmon with honey and almonds only takes about 30 minutes to prepare and you only need four different ingredients. The sweetness from the honey and the crunchy feeling from the chopped almonds goes perfectly together with the delicious salmon fillet.

The official recommendations in Denmark is that we should eat fish at-least two times a week. This can, for some people, be a difficult task to manage. Fish can be very delicious but some people think it can be difficult to prepare or maybe they simply just lack inspiration on where to start. If you want to eat fish two times a week, it has to be easy. Many people has a lot to do in the afternoon and evening - so dinner has to be fast and easy. This recipe surely is very easy to prepare and does not require much cooking skills. The fresh salmon fillet is simply just greased with honey and sprinkled with chopped almonds and then baked for about 15-20 minutes - it is that simple!

We normally serve this salmon fillet together with a crisp salad and some freshly baked bread. A simple salad can easily be prepared while the salmon is in the oven. You can find inspiration for different salads in our archive with salad recipes.

Because this fish dish is so easy to prepare and has a wonderful taste - we can easily say this is our top-1 fish recipe.

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5 from 1 vote

Nordic-style baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Recipe for SUPER easy Nordic-style baked salmon with honey and almonds. Delicious, easy and very healthy. Done in only 25 minutes!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Fish Recipe
Servings: 4 people
Author: NordicFoodLiving.com

Ingredients

  • 800 g salmon fillet with skin
  • 70 g almonds
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • salt
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Place the salmon fillet in an ovenproof dish. Face the skin side down.
  • Coarsely chop the almonds.
  • Using a table spoon; distribute the honey on the salmon fillet.
  • Season with salt and then sprinkle the chopped almonds on the honey coated fillet.
  • Bake the salmon fillet for about 15-20 minutes at 200 C (400 F). The salmon is done when the meat turns light-pink and the meat easily fall apart.

Notes

Serve the salmon fillet together with a delicious fresh salad and some freshly baked bread.

Recipe for Nordic Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Recipe for Nordic Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Recipe for Nordic Baked Salmon with Honey and Almonds

Danish Smoked Mackerel on Rye Bread

Categories: Fish/ Healthy Food/ Lunch/ Traditional Danish

Recipe for Danish Smoked Mackerel Salad

Recipe for homemade Smoked Mackerel Salad

This recipe for smoked mackerel salad is healthy, super delicious and very easy to make. In Denmark the official recommendation from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is that you eat fish at least two times a week (total of 350 g - 12 oz). Fish is known to be a good source of several good nutrients and vitamins like D-vitamin, protein and fish oil.

This mackerel salad will help you comply with this recommendation. Fresh fish can at some places be difficult to get a hold of due to large distances to the ocean. In Denmark we have about 7300 km (4500 miles) of coastal line and no matter where you are the distance to the coast is maximum 1 hour by car.

See also: Recipe for Nordic stone age bread

This means that we have really good opportunities of getting fresh fish - so at least we can't have any excuses of not eating enough fish. We normally eat this smoked mackerel salad together with some fresh rye bread or our healthy and very delicious stone age bread. You can also serve the mackerel salad with a lettuce and a some tomatoes - then you have a lovely starter.

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5 from 2 votes

Danish Smoked Mackerel Salad

Super delicious and very easy-to-make Danish smoked mackerel which is typically served on a slice of Nordic rye bread. Very healthy and full of vitamin and protein. The smoked mackerel salad done the Nordic way!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Fish
Servings: 3 people
Author: NordicFoodLiving.com

Ingredients

  • 300 smoked mackerel
  • 1/2 red onion (finely chopped)
  • 3 tbsp low fat sour cream (or similar)
  • 1 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • pepper
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Remove the bones from the mackerel.
  • Mix the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, the finely chopped red onions and pepper in a bowl.
  • Pick the mackerel into pieces and add it to the dressing. Mix well.


Recipe for Danish Smoked Mackerel Salad

Recipe for Danish Smoked Mackerel Salad

Recipe for Danish Smoked Mackerel Salad

Pan-Fried Coalfish with Rye Bread

Categories: Fish/ Lunch

Recipe for Homemade Pan-Fried Coalfish with Rye Bread

Pan-fried coalfish with rye bread is one of our favorite dishes for lunch, it's super simple to make and it taste very delicious. In Denmark it's an official recommendation by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries that you eat fish twice a week which is equal to 350 g (12 oz) of fish. Fish is a great source of omega-3 oil, D-vitamin, iodine and selenium which are known to be good and important for your body. Fish twice a week can [Read more...]

Salmon in Creamy Red Curry Sauce

Categories: Dinner/ Fish

Recipe on homemade Salmon in Creamy Red Curry Sauce

Sometimes you are just hungry for some really delicious food but you do not have the time, or energy, to cook. The recipe for salmon in a red curry sauce is really simple and do not take forever to cook. The dish contains fresh salmon, red curry, chili, ginger and are all together in a creamy sauce. All these great ingredients gives a great taste to the dish and at the same time many good vitamins for your body. In Denmark the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries recommends that you eat fish two times a week. This is equal to 350g (12 oz) of fish where 200g (7 oz) of that should be from 'oily' fish like [Read more...]

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