Classic holiday dishes usually are fattier, sweeter and heavier than our normal fare, so when a traditional dish actually is healthy without any tweaks, that’s something to celebrate, indeed!
So if cioppino isn’t somewhere on your holiday menu, let’s change that. Cioppino is a tomato-based fish stew that relies on simple (and healthy!) ingredients for flavor. Plus, it’s the ultimate guilt-free comfort food.
Cioppino is incredibly versatile. You can make it as simple or fancy as you like depending on the seafood you use. Anything from the fishmonger’s best catch to frozen seafood mixes will work. And a mix of fish and seafood each week is one of the best health moves we can make for our brain and heart health.
My cioppino version is super quick. The result is a light-and-lovely tomato broth that satisfies without weighing you down, which is the perfect foil for those belt-loosening meals that dot the holiday landscape.