If you’re heading to the beach this spring and looking for some great recipes to enjoy while at your beach vacation rental, we have a great list of ideas for you that are delicious and spring-themed ocean cuisine.
With fresh ingredients that are easy to put together and fun to make, you’ll have a great time with your family making these for dinner. From seared tuna to grilled fish tacos, there are various dishes for every night of the week.
If you’re looking for a light dinner on a warmer night, this light salad features seared tuna steak, mixed greens, sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and a lemon vinaigrette. For this refreshing dish, the trick is to select a high-quality, sushi-grade piece of fish for the best taste. You can sear it on a hot skillet or grill pan until just cooked, leaving it red in the center. Or you can cook it all the way through if you prefer.
To make the lemon vinaigrette, combine lemon juice, olive oil, honey, and Dijon mustard for this easy salad dressing. Then add avocado slices or crumbled feta cheese if you want extra flavor on your seared tuna salad.
Lobster Rolls are a New England classic sandwich perfect for dinner or to take to the beach. This super easy dish only requires mixing cooked lobster meat with mayonnaise, celery, lemon juice, and your preferred seasonings of salt, pepper, and other herbs or spices. Serve the mixture on a buttered and toasted bun.
The trick with this dish is in how you cook the lobster. If you overcook it, the meat will be tough and rubbery, so watch carefully. Once it is cooked and has cooled down, you can remove the meat from the shell and chop it into bite-sized pieces.
These skewers are great fun to make on a grill night when you want to get outside and enjoy the beach atmosphere for dinner. Light a few candles and get your favorite drinks while enjoying grilling these tasty bites.
To make these grilled shrimp skewers, marinate the shrimp in a marinade of olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and herbs. Then skewer and grill them until cooked all the way through. Serve them with salad, or add veggies like bell peppers, zucchini, or asparagus to the grill.
An excellent tip for skewers is if you’re using wood, soak them in water for 30 minutes before using them to prevent the shrimp from sticking. Or you can use metal skewers to help with that.
If it is a cooler spring day, this delicious soup will warm you right up. First, cook bacon in a pot, then add onions, celery, potatoes, and clam juice. Let this mixture simmer until the potatoes are tender. Then you can add the clams and cream. This hearty soup is rich and a great comfort food.
You can use fresh or canned clams but throw away clams that don’t open during cooking. Also, leave the bacon out for a vegetarian version of this soup. If you want a thicker consistency, you can make a roux, a butter and flour mixture that you can add before adding the clams and cream. Here’s an exact clam chowder recipe if you’d like to make this soup!
Tacos always feel like a little party, so these are great for gathering the family, making out on the grill, and enjoying on the deck on a gorgeous beach island. For this fish taco recipe, season and grill your favorite fish. Mahi-mahi, tilapia, or any firm white fish like halibut, cod, or snapper will also work. A great way to season the fish is with a spice rub or marinade, which you can add before grilling. You can also bake the fish if you don’t want to grill.
For the spicy mayo sauce, combine mayonnaise, lime juice, hot sauce, and garlic to taste. Then for toppings, you can chop cilantro or green onions and add them to the other taco toppings like shredded cabbage, diced tomatoes, avocado, and the spicy mayo you made. Serve on soft tortillas, and you’ll have a fantastic dinner!
Seared scallops are one of the best ways to eat them, and they are delectable with lemon butter sauce! To make this dish, sear scallops in a hot skillet until golden brown. To help get a seared crust, pat off any extra liquid from the scallops with a dry paper towel.
Then make the lemon butter sauce by melting butter in a saucepan and stirring the lemon juice and minced garlic. If you want extra flavor, chopped fresh herbs like thyme or parsley go great with this sauce. This dish is excellent with sauteed spinach or other veggies you might like.
This delicious meal is another east coast favorite that is super easy to make. All you need to do is mix crab meat with breadcrumbs or saltine crackers, eggs, mayonnaise, and seasoning, which you then form into patties. Make sure to pick through the crab meat for parts of the shell and cartilage, and then refrigerate them for 30 minutes before frying. It helps them not fall apart when cooking. Then you can pan-fry the patties until golden brown.
The remoulade sauce combines mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, capers, pickles, and herbs. Crab cakes go great with potato salad or coleslaw. Here is another similar version of this recipe for crab cakes you might also enjoy!
With these super easy recipes, you can have dinner planned every night of the week for your beach vacation. You’ll experience a real east coast treat and save plenty of time to hang out with your family and friends at your vacation rental. Nothing creates better memories than an exciting meal everyone gathers to enjoy together. We hope you’ll enjoy it!
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