I have to admit, these aren't the healthiest choices for dinner that I could have eaten...but they were delicious, and they are semi healthified versions, so they could have been worse! We couldn't really decide what we wanted for dinner, so I decided to make some homemade mozzarella sticks, and mini 'healthy' pizzas.
Who knew that mozzarella sticks could be so easy to make from home? Or that I always have all of the ingredients to make them? And also, why is it that I always have all of the ingredients on hand for things that I shouldn't be eating often?
Homemade mozzarella sticks are super easy to make and take a minimal effort.
Ingredients:
- String cheese, unwrapped and cut in half
- 1/8 - 1/4 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 3/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs
- Vegetable oil
Make 3 stations, 1 with flour on a plate, 1 with bread crumbs on a plate, and one bowl with the eggs and milk whisked together. Take the string cheese and roll it into the flour, then the egg mixture and then the bread crumbs. After the whole piece of string cheese if fully breaded, place onto a clean plate. When this process has been completed for all of your pieces of string cheese, place the plate with the breaded cheeses into the freezer for at least, AT LEAST, 30 mins. This will do a quick freeze so that when you cook them, the cheese won't melt before the coating is golden.
After they are chilled, remove from freezer and place into a frying pan with enough oil to coat the bottom. The heat should be medium high, and the oil should be preheated before the mozzarella sticks are placed in it. Turn the mozzarella sticks until all sides are golden. Remove from oil and place on a paper towel to soak up the excess oil. Serve with tomato sauce.
The other recipe that I made was for mini, healthier pizzas. I took a Whole Wheat English Muffin, and forked it open. I then put about 1 tbsp of my canned tomato sauce on eat slice and topped it with Mozzarella Cheese, salt, pepper, and a pizza seasoning. My hubby likes a little meat on his pizza's, so I took some pulled chicken (that had been cooking in the slow cooker) and placed it on top. I then put the pizzas into a 375 degree toaster oven and cooked for about 5 mins, or until the cheese was melted!
