Caviar Waffle Bites
Waffles are cut into strips, and the pockets are filled with Caviar, Crème Fraîche, and snipped Chives to form the perfect pop-in-your-mouth morsel.
From Food & Wine
Stories · Feb 3, 2026
Your Guide to Winter Seafood Cooking
As the winter chill sets in across Ottawa, it’s the perfect time to bring warm, comforting seafood dishes to your table. Winter calls for hearty, comforting meals, and we’ve rounded up some of the best seafood recipes for Winter 2025 to inspire your next home-cooked feast.
From braising Atlantic Cod, to roasting buttery Chinook Salmon, or simmering Mussels, these easy and delicious seafood recipes are perfect for home cooks of all skill levels.
Stock up on the freshest fish, shellfish, and prepared seafood from Pelican Seafood Market & Grill and turn your meals this winter into something truly special.
We’ve gathered these recipes from across the web for your convenience. Pelican Seafood Market & Grill is not associated with nor endorses these websites, we simply hope you enjoy the recipes!
Why Shop Local for Your Winter Seafood
At Pelican Seafood Market & Grill, we pride ourselves on offering the freshest seafood in Ottawa all year round. From sustainable fish to live shellfish, our Market has everything you need to make these winter recipes shine.
Supporting local not only helps family-run businesses like ours, but it also guarantees the highest quality ingredients for your home-cooked winter meals.
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Heavenly Halibut
This easy Halibut recipe pairs Halibut fillets with rich Parmesan cheese. Great for a quick weeknight dinner with rice and asparagus, or a crisp green salad.
From Allrecipes
Pan-Roasted Lobster with Chive Beurre Blanc
This recipe for Lobster is an excellent choice for the holidays and pairs well with linguine, crusty bread, or hot jasmine rice.
From Food & Wine
Garlic Oysters
This restaurant classic is sure to be a welcome addition to your dinner table for the holidays and beyond. Garlic Oysters make for a great appetizer, and this recipe is quick and easy.
From Ask Chef Dennis
Perfectly Seasoned Grilled Haddock
It's the best of summertime grilling, except all year long. This tasty grilled fish recipe brings a bit of summer warmth to cold winter months.
From The Weekday Pescatarian
Baked Stuffed Clams
Baked Stuffed Clams are a classic appetizer that's perfect for the holidays. With a topping of grated Parmesan, they bake up beautifully golden in just 20 to 25 minutes.
From Simply Recipes
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Perfect Ten Baked Cod
This baked Cod recipe is simple, fast, and delicious. Cod loins are baked in butter, then topped with lemon juice, white wine, and buttery crackers for the perfect dinner.
From Allrecipes
Baked Halibut Recipe With Blood Orange Beet Purée
Halibut sits on a bed of blood-orange beet purée, which takes only minutes to prepare. This baked Halibut recipe is flavourful, beautiful, and easy to make.
From Tastefully Grace
Classic Lobster Newburg
Classic Lobster Newburg is tender chunks of Lobster meat bathed in a cognac-spiked cream sauce and served with puff pastry or toast points. Easy to make and supremely elegant.
From The Suburban Soapbox
Pan Seared Japanese Style Scallops
Seared in butter and topped with a handcrafted savoury mayo sauce, this recipe for Scallops has a quick prep (and cook!) time.
From LCA Recipes
Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
This Shrimp cocktail calls for cucumber, celery, red onions, avocados, and lots of Shrimp. It's the perfect appetizer for entertaining this season.
From Simply Recipes
Smoked Salmon Scotch Eggs
Take entertaining to the next level with these scotch eggs, flavoured with herbs, capers, lemon and cayenne.
From GoodFood
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Brown Sugar Baked Salmon
This brown-sugar-baked Salmon recipe is an easy dinner. The brown sugar rub caramelizes and turns into a sweet, smoky glaze in the oven.
From Inspired Taste
Lobster Risotto
Salty, briny clam juice and a little bit of saffron add a delicious touch to this simple Lobster Risotto recipe.
From Food & Wine
10-Minute Salmon Poke Bowl
This Salmon poke bowl recipe gives you a restaurant-worthy dish in less than 10 minutes.
From The Big Man's World
Spaghetti with Clams and Garlic
For this classic Italian recipe, pasta is tossed with garlicky clams and crushed red pepper for a dish that's greater than the sum of its parts.
From Food & Wine
Sea Bass Mediterranean
This recipe for Sea Bass (or Branzino) calls for cooking it whole. Stuff it with lemon slices, oregano, and rosemary before roasting, and you'll have an easy dinner that's full of Greek flavour.
From Allrecipes
Prosciutto-Wrapped Halibut
This easy recipe for Halibut wraps your fillets in prosciutto and places them on top of a bed of Brussels sprouts and kale couscous.
From The Food Network
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Baked Arctic Char with Herbs & Sherry
This baked Arctic Char gets a bold flavour from rosemary, garlic, lime, cayenne, and sherry.
From Allrecipes
Garlic Butter Cod
This garlic butter Cod recipe is incredibly easy to make. The Cod is pan-fried in oil until crispy on the outside and around the edges. It is then finished in garlic butter sauce.
From The Dinner Bite
Seafood and Tomato Fregola
Break up your week with a seafood recipe that's easy to prepare and packed with flavour.
From delicious
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