Chunky Fish and Shrimp Chowder

½ lemon, juiced

1 tablespoon dried basil

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 ½ pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined - thawed if frozen

1 pound grouper fillets, thawed if frozen

1 pound tilapia fillets, thawed if frozen

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

3 cups chopped onion

10 cloves garlic, diced

7 cups peeled, cubed potatoes

3 carrots, sliced

2 zucchinis, sliced

1 cup canned sweet corn kernels, drained

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro

2 quarts water, or as needed to cover

2 cups skim milk

⅓ cup unsweetened coconut cream

1 tablespoon whole wheat flour, or as needed

Mix lemon juice, basil, 1 tablespoon onion powder, and salt in a large bowl; toss the shrimp, grouper, and tilapia in the marinade. Remove fish fillets and allow shrimp to continue to marinate.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over high heat and cook grouper and tilapia fillets just until outsides are white, about 3 minutes. Remove fish with a slotted spoon. Cook and stir shrimp in the same skillet until firm and white on the outside, 3 to 5 minutes, sprinkling shrimp with black pepper and 1 more tablespoon onion powder as they cook.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large soup pot; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is translucent and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes.

Transfer shrimp to the soup pot and mix in potatoes, carrots, zucchinis, sweet corn, and cilantro. Stir in water to cover and bring soup to a boil; simmer over medium-low heat until potatoes and carrots are tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in skim milk and coconut cream. Gently mix in grouper and tilapia fillets, bring chowder to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer chowder until fish are no longer translucent and break apart into chunks, about 10 more minutes.

For a thicker chowder, scoop up about 1/2 cup of soup into a small bowl and whisk whole wheat flour into liquid until smooth. Stir the flour mixture into chowder and let simmer until thickened, about 5 more minutes.