Recipe: Healthy Homemade Fish Sticks

Do your kids love fish sticks, but you hate thinking of all the grease they are fried in?  Try this tasty homemade baked version that will make both you and the kids happy! You can also freeze these and reheat them later for a quick meal when you're pressed for time.

Healthy Homemade Fish Sticks
(Serves 4-6.)

Ingredients:

Fish sticks. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tartar Sauce:
1/2 cup sour cream
1 Tbsp finely chopped pickles or pickle relish
sprinkle of dried dill, optional

Fish Sticks:
1 lb firm white fish, cut into finger-size strips
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/4 tsp garlic powder
dash cayenne
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 egg whites
1 whole large egg
1 tsp fresh lemon juice

Directions:

• Make the tartar sauce first: Put the sour cream, chopped pickles, and dill in a bowl and stir to combine then cover and refrigerate.

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and put a cooking rack on a baking sheet.
• In a blender or food processor, combine the cornmeal, almonds, garlic powder, and cayenne, pulsing until a fine consistency. Pour out into a shallow dish; set aside.
• In another shallow dish, stir together the whole wheat flour and black pepper; set aside.
• In another shallow dish, whisk together the egg whites, whole egg, and lemon juice; set aside.
• Arrange the shallow dishes in this order - flour, egg, cornmeal.
• Dip each fish strip into the flour first, then the egg, then the cornmeal, shaking off excess in between each, then laying on the rack covered baking sheet.
• Repeat until all fish is coated.
• Bake fish in preheated oven for 15 minutes, flipping carefully with tongs once during the cooking time.
• Remove and let cool slightly on the rack before serving with the tartar sauce you prepared earlier.