Panko Breaded Fish Nuggets

I’ve been trying to work more fish into our dinner rotation. But some of the recipes out there are not exactly family-friendly.

These panko breaded fish nuggets are perfect for kids of all ages. They’re light and crispy and just the right amount of flavor to please the picky eater and the adult.

The first time I made these, my kids devoured them.

My picky daughter even asked for seconds.

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Tips for making this cod nuggets recipe

• Let your kids help! Give them a bag of panko crumbs and let them shake the nuggets.
• If they are old enough, they can even flip the fish inside the pan.
• Make sure to let them cool slightly on paper towels. This will help with excess oil.
• If you don’t have coconut oil, feel free to sub with whatever you have on hand.
  

How to make panko-breaded fish

Below is our recipe for panko-breaded fish nuggets. Feel free to print it for easy reference.

Yield: 4 Servings

Panko breaded fish recipe

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Quick and delicious breaded cod recipe. Kids will love helping to make them and eating them!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Cod cut into pieces, about 1 inch long.
• 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 3/4 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
• 3/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 3/4 teaspoon Oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 Eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup Coconut Oil

Instructions

1. Place Flour in a gallon Ziploc baggie.
2. Combine Panko bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, Oregano, and Salt into a second Ziploc baggie.  Shake to combine.
3. Melt Coconut oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
4. While the oil is melting, place a handful of fish pieces into the flour bag.  Shake to coat. 
5. Shake off excess flour and dip fish into eggs to coat.  Make sure the excess egg drips off.
6. Transfer to the Panko mix bag.  Shake until well covered.  
7. Repeat until all of the fish pieces are completely covered in the Panko mix.
8. Arrange pieces in the hot skillet and fry until golden brown.  About 5-10 minutes, depending on the thickness.
9. Flip and cook for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until golden brown.  For extra-thick pieces, you may need to rotate a 3rd or 4th time.
10. Once browned on all sides, place pieces on a paper towel lined plate.

More easy dinner ideas!

• Grandma’s Spaghetti Sauce – Almost as easy as opening the jar!
• Gluten Free Meatballs – All the flavor without the worry!
• Chorizo Stuffing – Perfect any time of the year.

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Chorizo Stuffing

If there’s one thing that every holiday spread needs it’s stuffing!

The one thing about stuffing… Everyone makes it different. In the past, we shared with you a tasty classic homemade stuffing recipe.

While that is still a go-to recipe for us, sometimes you just want to mix it up. For that, I give you My Man’s Easy Chorizo Stuffing!

Now as the name suggests, this is another recipe that My Man actually came up with… he just loves to cook, and I love to be his taste tester.

This is a really fast stuffing to put together, so you can make it on its own or in addition to your more traditional stuffing.

Making your chorizo side dish:

Brown the chorizo and remove any excess grease.

Add the onions and give them a good sautee.

Add your bread, chorizo, basil, onion, egg, and a pinch of salt into a baking dish.

Then slowly add in your chicken stock as you lightly toss the bread. You want it to be wet but not dripping.

Your hands work great for this. If you prefer a spoon make sure not to squish your bread! (You may have some liquid leftover depending on the dryness of the bread)

Place into an oven at 350 degrees for 35-40 mins or until the tops are golden brown.

Take it out and enjoy this oh so tasty side dish that is sure to please your crowd!

Yield: 10 Servings

Chorizo Stuffing

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This is a really fast stuffing to put together, so you can make it on it’s own or in addition to your more traditional stuffing.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

• 6oz Chorizo
• 1 Loaf of French Bread, cubed
• Basil (about 5 leaves), roughly chopped
• 1/2 of a Small Onion, diced
• 1 Egg
• 1 1/2C Chicken Stock
• Salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Brown the chorizo and remove any excess grease.
3. Add the onions and give them a good saute.
4. Add your bread, chorizo, basil, onion, egg, and a pinch of salt into a baking dish.
5. Then slowly add in your chicken stock as you lightly toss the bread. You want it to be wet but not dripping.
6. Bake for 35-40 mins or until the tops are golden brown.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 219Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 576mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 10g

The chorizo will give it a slight heat and the basil adds in the savory making this such a tasty dish along side of any meal.

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Banana Pepper Pizza

Pizza night is a favorite for a lot of families. Let your kids keep the boring cheese pizza. Take your pizza up a notch with this banana pepper pizza recipe.

We make homemade pizzas on a regular basis… A while back I shared with you the secret to no-flop pizza crust. This recipe makes the bottom of the crust perfect and you just cook it on a baking sheet.

I promised I would share my man’s white banana pepper pizza with you and the garden is full of peppers, so now is the time!

Well, the garden has been full of peppers so it was time to come up with a great recipe to use them all up!

Perhaps the best part of making homemade pizza is you can each make your own! The kids can have their cheese and pepperoni and you can have a delicious, slightly spicy, banana pepper pizza all to yourself!

The way My Man cooks is usually very unmeasured, but always good. I have snagged a few of his recipes for you so far. Like his baked wings, Vietnamese coffee, and buffalo sauce. Those have been a big hit and I know this one will be as well.

This is one of those crave-able pizzas when you want it, you want it! Lucky for you it’s super easy to make!

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Pizza Ingredients

• Pizza Dough (this recipe is super easy to remember!)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Italian Seasoning
• Garlic Powder
• Pickled Banana Peppers
• Salami (optional)
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (or an Italian blend)

Building your White Pizza:

Stretch out your dough and add about a teaspoon of Olive Oil and rub on the crust. Avoid the edges just like you would with sauce.

Make sure to pat dry your Banana Peppers. This is very important!

Add the Peppers, Salami, Italian Seasoning, & Garlic Powder.

Then Cheese on top.

Bake for 12-15 mins at 425 degrees.

And Enjoy!!

Now, this pizza has a little kick, but that is why I like it! The peppers and salami give it such a great-tasting heat.

Don’t forget to check out the Secret to a No-Flop Crust here for your perfect crust, even without a pizza stone.

Other dinner ideas you may enjoy

• Baked Wings
• Easy Fried Rice
• Cheater Enchiladas
• Grandma’s Spaghetti Sauce

Yield: 1 pizza

Homemade White Banana Pepper Pizza Recipe

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This quick homemade pizza is delicious and easy.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

• Pizza Dough
• 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1/4 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
• 1/8 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• Pickled Banana Peppers to taste
• 1 1/2 - 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (or an Italian blend)
• Salami (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
2. Stretch out your dough and add about a teaspoon of Olive Oil and rub on the crust. Avoid the edges just like you would with sauce.
3. Using a towel or paper towel, pat dry your Banana Peppers.
4. Add the peppers, salami (optional), Italian seasoning, & garlic powder to the crust.
5. Next, cover toppings with cheese.
6. Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 234Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 440mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 4gSugar: 3gProtein: 14g

Additional toppings you may enjoy:

• Grilled chicken
• Pepperoni
• Ground beef
• hot peppers, sweet peppers, or green and red peppers
• feta cheese

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What you need for your Cheater Chicken Enchiladas:

• 1lb chicken. Cut into bite size pieces
• 1 16oz jar chunky salsa
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 package of tortillas.
• 3 Cups shredded Mexican cheese
• 5T of taco seasoning – split  -OR- make your own using:
  • 2T chili powder – split
  • 2T cumin – split
  • 1/2t paprika – split
  • 1/2t turmeric – split

Making you Cheater Chicken Enchiladas:

Start cooking your chicken over medium heat.

Take half of your Taco seasoning and add it to the chicken. The other half add to a can of tomato sauce over med heat.

As the chicken cooks stir and break it up a bit. When the chicken is cooked add the entire jar of salsa.

Reduce heat once the salsa starts to bubble. Start your oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

Building your Chicken Enchiladas.

In a 9×13 pan coat the bottom with your enchilada sauce.

Take a tortilla add a scoop of chicken mixture and a handful of cheese. Roll up and add to the pan.

You should get 8 in the pan.

Top with the rest of your enchilada sauce.

Then a good layer of cheese.

Throw in the oven and bake until the cheese looks nice and gooey. About 10-15 mins.

Serve up with your favorite toppings!

Most packs of chicken aren’t just a pound so with your leftover chicken wrap them in foil and throw in the freezer for a quick lunch later in the week!!

My whole family Loves these enchiladas! Since the shopping list is so small it is one of my favorite go-to meals.

I hope you give these a try! Let us know what you think!!

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Now the ingredient list might seem a little long, but the only thing, besides the shrimp and bacon, that I have to go and buy is the chili sauce. Most are staple pantry items. (At least in my house)

What you need for your PiggyBack Shrimp:

• 1C finely chopped onion
• 2T unsalted butter
• 3/4C chili sauce
• 1/4C water
• 3T Worcestershire sauce
• 3T packed light brown sugar
• 1T distilled white vinegar
• 1T tomato paste
• 1/4t dry mustard
• 1/8t Tabasco sauce
• 20 medium or large shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 20 2 1/2-inch strips of bacon (one standard pack of bacon cut in half)
• toothpicks

How to make your PiggyBack Shrimp:

In a saucepan, cook down the onion in butter for about 5 mins, until translucent. Add the chili sauce, water, Worcestershire, brown sugar, vinegar, tomato paste, mustard, and Tabasco.

Heat to a boil, then reduce and simmer for 20 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat.

Take and dip each shrimp in sauce and let rest for 10-15 minutes, then wrap in bacon.Broil close to the heat source for about 3-4 minutes on each side.Warm up the rest of the sauce for extra dipping and serve.This will make 20 PiggyBack Shrimp. Depending on your crowd you might want to double the recipe… This bacon wrapped shrimp is deliciousness and won’t last long!!! So make sure to get in at least one or two for quality control, or you might miss out!

Keep this in you back pocket for the next holiday party or event when you want to wow your friends and family.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

I’ve been making Thanksgiving dinner for several years now.  It’s my holiday.  I’m kind of a nerd about it.

A couple of years ago, I vowed to make sure our Thanksgiving was delicious and full of whole foods that everyone will enjoy.  Which meant I had to replace a couple of our traditional recipes.

I haven’t found the perfect replacement mac and cheese recipe yet… but I did master my Sweet Potato Casserole sans marshmallows.

This recipe is sweet, with a little crunch.  A perfect addition to your holiday spread.

Doesn’t it look so much prettier than a pile of marshmallows?

How to make sweet potatoes with pecans:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Peel and cube your sweet potatoes. Cover them with water and cook until soft.

While they are cooking, lightly crush your pecans.  I like a good mix of sizes.  How much you crush them is up to you.

Once your potatoes are done, drain and mash them.  Then mix in your butter, brown sugar, OJ, and cinnamon.

I prefer my sweet potatoes to have some texture to them, but if you like them silky smooth, now would be the time to break out your hand mixer.

Fold in about 1/2 cup of your pecans.

Place everything into a baking dish and bake for 25 minutes.

Serve your sweet potato casserole while it’s still hot, preferably alongside a nice slice of turkey and a heap of stuffing!

I swear…you won’t even miss the marshmallows!

Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans

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A sweet potato casserole with pecans that’s so good, you won’t miss the marshmallows! It’s sweet, with a great texture. Possibly my favorite holiday side dish!!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 4-5 medium sweet potatoes, cubed
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 Tablespoons OJ
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup pecans, divided

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cover sweet potatoes with water and cook until soft.
3. While they are cooking, lightly crush your pecans. I like a good mix of sizes. How much you crush them is up to you.
4. Once your potatoes are done, drain and mash them.
5. Then mix in your butter, brown sugar, OJ, and cinnamon.
6. Fold in about 1/2 cup of your pecans.
7. Place everything into a baking dish
8. Sprinkle the remaining pecans over the top.
9. Bake for 25 minutes.

Notes

I prefer my sweet potatoes to have some texture to them, but if you like them silky smooth, you can use a hand mixer after step 5.

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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Back when we first started eating clean, I thought it might be a good idea to try my hand at making homemade spaghetti sauce from scratch.  

You know, buy a ton of tomatoes, cook them, simmer everything on the stove for hours, and then use the batch for several rounds of spaghetti….Yeah, that NEVER happened. Even after I mastered my Oatmeal meatballs, I never made time for that sauce.

At this year’s garage sale, I sold an old recipe cardholder.   As I was flipping through it, I found a few recipe cards that I had shoved in it…probably about 15 years ago.  One of which was for Spaghetti Seasoning Mix.  It was written, for me, by my grandma.  I knew I had to try it.

If you have any leftovers, check out this collection of leftover spaghetti sauce recipes.

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Tips for making this simple pasta sauce

I make this meal on a semi-weekly basis, so I’ve pretty much mastered it. Here are a few tips to get it right every time.

• If you are making your sauce with ground beef, cook and drain the beef first and then mix all the ingredients right in with the cooked meat.
• Save time by measuring all of your seasonings together ahead of time. 
• To help get the tomato paste mixed in well, I add it first. That way it gets mixed a bit further every time you add an ingredient.
• Add the cooked sauce to a batch of al dente noodles and let them sit together to really get the flavor into the noodles.
• You can easily tweak this recipe to match your family’s tastes. Sometimes I hide extra veggies, sometimes I mix in some extra seasonings. It’s easy to make it your own.

Pour this pasta sauce over meatballs

or add it to cooked ground beef.

If you want to make this sauce even easier, you can take 5 minutes and make a batch of the seasoning mix. Measure 1/3 Cup of seasoning mix each time you make your sauce.

How to make easy spaghetti sauce seasoning mix

Below is our step by step tutorial for creating homemade spaghetti sauce. Feel free to print it for easy reference.

Yield: 1 large batch

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

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An easy homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that will quickly become a family favorite.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Tbs Onion Powder
• 1 Tbs Dry Parsley
• 1 Tbs Cornstarch (make sure it’s GMO free!)
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Basil
• 1/2 tsp Oregano
• 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 can Tomato Sauce (15oz)
• 1 can Tomato Paste (6oz)
• 2 2/3 Cups Water

Instructions

1. Mix all your dry ingredients together.
2. Pour the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water into a pot.  Mix well.
3. Sprinkle your seasoning mix on top of the tomato sauce.
4. Mix well and bring to a simmer.
5. Let it continue to simmer for about 30 minutes.

More easy dinner recipes you will love!

• No-Fail Pizza Crust – If pizza night is a regular in your house, you don’t want to miss this one!
• Cheater Chicken Fried Rice – It doesn’t get much easier than this. And the whole family will love it.
• Oatmeal Meatballs – Super easy and a perfect pair for this sauce!

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Quick Pizza Dough Recipe:

• 1 packet of yeast
• add in 1c of warm water (between 105-115 degrees)
• then add in 2tsp of sugar

* let sit for 10 mins while yeast activates*

• add 2tsp salt
• 2tbs of olive oil

• add in your flour 1/3c at a time mixing at a medium speed. You will use around 2c of flour. I do not level off the cups just add it slowly until the dough all pulls from the side and is on the dough hook.

The Secret to No Flop Homemade Pizza Crust is…

Pre-Heat your Pans!!

Like we discussed in our “Use It, Don’t Lose” it post, anything goes! You can use up leftovers or veggies that are close to turning on you. Making pizza is always a family affair in our house.

…all that’s left is to ENJOY!

See No Flop!

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