Lemon Pepper Fish Nuggets

I got really tired a while ago of feeding the girls chicken nuggets.  We pre-make chicken nuggets and always keep some in the freezer but I could tell that they were getting bored with them.

Both of the girls LOVE fish.  I'm so glad that they do.  I decided to combine two of their favorite foods, fish and nuggets, into one!

First I gathered up what we would need to even attempt my idea!

I love olive oil spray and foil!  I hate cleaning pans.

My set up, from right to left; fish cut into nuggets, flour, egg and panko bread crumbs seasoned with lemon pepper, yum!

First dip the nuggets into the flour and coat evenly.

Next dunk into the egg.

After coating in bread crumbs place on the foil lined pan.

All done!

What you need:

2 fillets of cod, cut into nugget size pieces
2 teaspoons of lemon pepper seasoning
2/3 cup of panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup of white whole wheat flour
2 eggs
non-stick cooking spray

Directions:

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Spray pan lined with foil (optional, it just makes for an easier clean up) with non-stick cooking spray.
Line 3 bowls on counter, one with flour, one with eggs (beaten) and one with bread crumbs mixed together with lemon pepper seasoning.
Start by putting each nugget piece in flour lightly coating.
Next dip fish into egg.
Then put fish into bread crumb mixture.
Put nuggets on baking sheet.

Once all the nuggets are coated in bread crumbs bake in the oven for 13 minutes.


This was the girls' dinner that night.  Fish nuggets with a side of leftover spaghetti along with some watermelon (Annabel's favorite) and a Cutie (little orange).  They both ended up requesting a side of ketchup for their fish nuggets.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Happy New Year!!  Welcome to my first recipe on this blog!

Please note, my disclaimer:

Our pictures are not perfect, we are totally working on the quality of pictures taken.  It seems when we built our house that we didn't realize that the 2 story house next to us would block so much natural lighting in our kitchen!  

As a New Year's Resolution we have decided to try at least 2 new recipes each week.  This will help us and our girls try new foods!  Thanks for stopping by and checking out our recipes!


Peanut Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies, whoa, what a long name for a cookie!



Our oldest daughter, Annika, grabbed up a packaged of peanut butter chips at the store a few weeks ago and I wanted to come up with some sort of cookie to add it too.

I didn't want to do just plain chocolate cookies so I added peanut butter and cocoa powder to the batter and these turned out perfectly!

Some things we use that might not be around your kitchen.

Cornstarch, these make the cookies thicker.

Our favorite cocoa powder.

We always use natural peanut butter so I'm not sure how these cookies would come out with any other kind of peanut butter.

Also our favorite white whole wheat flour, I'm not sure what it is but this mixed with all purpose flour has always given us the best texture and flavor.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup of butter, melted

1/2 cup of natural peanut butter

1 1/2 cups of dark brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 cup of cocoa powder

2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1 cup of white whole wheat flour

2 tbs. of cornstarch

2 tsp. of baking soda

1 tsp. of salt

1 bag of Reeses peanut butter chips

Directions:

Mix melted butter, peanut butter, dark brown sugar and granulated sugar with electric mixer.

Add eggs one at a time beating throughly before adding the next egg.

Add vanilla, baking soda, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt and mix well.

Slowly add flour in 1/2 cup increments throughly mixing before adding the next 1/2 cup.

Dough will appear slightly flaky but will form a dough that sticks together still.

Mix in chips by hand.

Scoop dough using 2 tablespoon measuring spoon (if you don't have use a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon and combine the two tablespoons together to form a cookie).

Place cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Place cookie sheet in freezer for at least 2 hours (very important step!).  After the 2 hours you can either bake the cookies or place them in a freezer safe plastic bag to bake up to 3 months later!

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.  Let cool for 10 minutes as cookies continue to bake even when they are out of the oven.

Enjoy!

Welcome!!

Starting January 1st this will be your place for simple recipes that can easily be made at home by busy families!

I will warn you that I'm not always the best cook or baker but all of my recipes have been tested.  I won't be posting anything that we didn't love or at least like!

Our girls love to help us bake and cook and a lot of the recipes we make are easy enough for them to help too.

Just check out our outgoing, Annika (age 4), helping me make the BEST chocolate chip cookies.

Or Annabel (age 2) helping to make popcorn balls.

And Annika and Josh making popcorn balls together too.

I can't wait to start sharing some of our favorite recipes!