With the average American eating as much as 16 pounds of seafood a year, it’s no wonder that whatever one’s religious preference or faith (Catholic or not), many use the Lenten season as an excuse to add more fish and shellfish to their daily diet.

Now that Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras are behind us, here’s 18 recipes from our popular Fish on Friday Recipe of the Week Series to help you do just that whether you love shrimp, crab, salmon, tilapia, halibut, oysters, mussels, lobster, or clams!

• Baja Fish Tacos

• Steamed Seafood Dumplings

• Cornmeal Crab Puffs

• Creamy Seafood Pot Pie

• Salmon With Figs, Saba and Watercress

• Stuffies (Stuffed Clams)

• Panko Crusted Shrimp Lollipops

• Shrimp Saganaki

• Curried Crab Pizza Recipe

• Crab and Coconut Risotto with Mango

• Ginger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia

• Drago’s Style Charbroiled Oysters Recipe

• Steamed Mussels With Almonds

• Southern She-Crab Soup

• Lobster Savannah

• Miso-Marinated Sea Bass

• Seafood Lasagna

• Grilled Halibut Fajitas

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