Looking to spice up your week? Read on! McCormick, giants of the Spice Scene, have released their annual Flavor Forecast, and it’s full of mouth-watering suggestions…

This yearly roundup “pinpoints top trends driving global culinary innovation in the coming years,” and showcases six growing trends:

• Honoring Roots
• Quest for the Ultimate
• Veggies in Vogue
• Simplicity Shines
• Flavorful Swaps
• No Boundaries

Although we had a good laugh imagining those as chapters in some long-forgotten Home Economics text book, the team over at McCormick has a good record seeing their predictions come true, so we thought it was worth looking further into.

How can you incorporate tons (literally) of seafood from your favorite wholesale seafood provider (that would be us)? It’s easy! Here’s a few ideas:

Honoring Roots; really, just buying from us honors some deep roots in world of California family-owned business… since 1939! The Cigliano Family has been bringing great seafood to the West Coast for decades, these roots are deep!

Quest for the Ultimate; this one’s a little vague… McCormick describes it as:

For flavor fanatics, what satisfied yesterday will not do for tomorrow. Those searching for the pinnacle of fulfillment in food are on an endless quest to achieve ever-greater sensory heights. Culinary explorers are seeking out combinations that create powerful, harmonic bursts of elemental flavors—be it zesty, refreshing, umami or pungent—for the ultimate taste experience.

The combos they list in this section are simply made for seafood! Dill with mint, melon and cucumber and Meyer lemon with lemon thyme, Limoncello and lemon peel… add some Santa Barbara spot prawns or a nice piece of wild Alaska halibut come spring and you’re set!

Simplicity Shines offers two more no-brainers for your seafood section: Ginger with coconut (we’re thinking mussels or corvina – although McCormick offers recipes for a shrimp po’boy and braised cod ) and Vanilla with butter – what about lobster or Mano de Leon scallops? Mouth watering! McCormick has some additional ideas for shrimp and grilled snapper which also look fantastic.

No Boundaries asks us to “shed the rules”! Okay! But how to incorporate Sweet Soy with Tamarind & Black pepper? What about a thick wild Alaskan king salmon steak? And Blueberry with Cardamom & Corn Masa? We’re thinking that one might just be for your dessert menu…

Check out McCormick’s website for the full meal deal including recipes.