Monday, January 02, 2012

Oven "Fried" - say what?

How many of you know you can "fry" things in the oven?  That's right! You can give some of your favorite foods a "fried" flavor by simply baking them - it's awesome!  This time I decided to make oven "fried" fish nuggets.  I chose to serve this over a bed of fresh organic spinach with cherry craisins, torn up half slice of Swiss cheese (leftover from the balsamic steak recipe) and a homemade lemon vinaigrette.  The flavors just POPPED in this dish, and it was just a real delight to eat.

Oven "Fried" fish nuggets With Spinach Salad
4 3-4oz cod fillets thawed and cut into 2" chunks
2C fiber one original cereal ground up finely
3T low-fat Parmesan cheese
1/2t No-Salt
1/4t pepper
garlic, and any other seasonings you really like (I added garlic powder, and onion powder and Mrs. Dash table blend)
Butter Flavored cooking spray

In shallow bowl or pie pan, combine ground cereal, Parmesan cheese, and seasonings. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray as well.
Spray each individual chunk of fish with cooking spray, dredge through dry topping to coat evenly, place on cookie sheet.
Bake in pre-heated 375* oven for 15-20 minutes until fish flakes easily with fork.

Salad
As much fresh spinach as you desire
1/2C per serving cherry craisins
1/2 slice per service swiss cheese, torn into tiny pieces
Vinegarette
 1/3C extra virgin olive oil
2T fat free or light mayo
1.5 lemons juiced (approx 1/4C juice) or 1/4C white wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
pepper (to taste)
(blend all ingredients in a shaker and drizzle over salad)

This was all so wonderful especially with some fresh lemon squeezed over the top - great, refreshing and best of all, HEALTHY!

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