Fish

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Poisson à la Niçoise Typical Niçois ingredients—including tomatoes, fennel, anchovies and olives—flavor this dish from Auberge des Arts. At the restaurant it's made with red mullet (rouget), which is a local fish. We've substituted red snapper.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This innovative take on the classic features an intensely flavored olive and raisin tapenade that is also great teamed with breadsticks or spread onto bruschetta. Crispy egg-bread croutons are also a nice addition

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Anchovies really perk up plain wax beans, while celery adds a crisp, clean element to the dish. Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 25 min

Great with pumpernickel bread.

(Roasted Potato Slices with Salt Cod Purée and Roasted Red Pepper)

This entrée from Chateau Lake Louise at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, would be perfect for a dinner party. The fish is especially good accompanied by broiled red onion slices and steamed asparagus. To make this even easier, have the salmon skinned and boned at the fish market.

This delightful open-face omelet is aptly named; it's bursting with flavor and style.

(Provençal Tuna and Vegetable Sandwich)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, but requires additional unattended time.

Here's a delicious new take on smoked salmon.

Companion recipe to Smoked Fish Trio .

Here's an easy but impressive dish from the Admiral's Inn in St. John's Antigua. When ordering the whole snapper from the fish market, have them clean and scale it. If you cannot find whole red snapper, use fillets and bake them about 25 minutes.