If you’re ready to take the plunge into cooking seafood but don’t want to feel like you’re swimming upstream, cod is your new best friend. It’s the fish that’s so chill, it practically cooks itself—quick, versatile, and impossible to mess up. This easy oven-baked cod recipe teams up with cherry tomatoes, lemon, and garlic to deliver sweet, tender perfection to your plate in under 30 minutes. Dinner? Done. Chef vibes? Achieved.

You can fancy this up by adding small potatoes, asparagus, feta, or goat cheese.

Looking for more healthy recipes? Try this low-fat Tilapia taco recipe, or this carrot ginger soup – also made with SEA-soning!

Ingredients:

• 1-2 tbsp Dan-O’s SEA-soning
• 4 cod filets, about 1″ thick
• about 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 lemon, sliced, plus more for garnish
• 2 garlic cloves, slightly crushed
• 3 sprigs thyme
• fresh thyme or parsley, for garnish
• fresh ground pepper
• small potatoes (about 1 inch, or cut larger ones into cubes) – optional

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.

2. Pat cod filets dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle Generously^® with Dan-O’s SEA-soning.

3. In a baking dish, pour in olive oil, add cherry tomatoes, lemon slices, garlic, and thyme. Mix it up and spread into an even layer. Add in the small potatoes here if you got em, mixing them into the oil.

4. Place cod pieces into baking dish on top of all that goodness. Sprinkle with some fresh ground pepper.

5. Bake about 25 to 30 minutes, until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork. Time will depend on thickness of filets.

6. Serve garnished with thyme or parsley, lemon slices, and a drizzle of sauce from the pan.

Recipe Provided by Dan-O’s Seasoning