Sea bass is usually an expensive fish, but if you get a deal on it (as I did buying in bulk at Costco), here’s a simple baked bass recipe that I found surprisingly tasty and quick to make. You can find the complete recipe on Food.com.

First, the ingredients, most if not all of which, you should already have handy:

• 1lb sea bass (cleaned and scaled)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced or crushed
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning or 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves
• 2 teaspoons fresh coarse ground black pepper [I found this a lot of pepper, adjsut accordingly]
• 1 teaspoon salt [omit this to stay low-salt}
• 2 lemon wedges
• ¹⁄₃ cup white wine vinegar (optional) or 1/3 cup white wine [I used white wine vingar, it made the dish].

To make the dish:

• Preheat oven to 450F°.
• In a cup, mix garlic, olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
• Place fish in a shallow glass or ceramic baking dish.
• Rub fish with oil mixture.
• Pour wine or vinegar over fish.
• Bake fish, uncovered, for 15 minutes; then sprinkle with parsley or Italian seasoning and continue to bake for 5 more minutes (or until the thickest part of the fish flakes easily).
• Drizzle remaining pan juices over fish and garnish with lemon wedges.

I served my sea bass with a side if steamed carrots as you can see in my photo.