26th Oct 2009
I just made DIET Fried Catfish and if you love fried catfish like I do - YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS AS SOON AS POBBILE!!!
Look at this! And it tastes as great as it looks!
in a gallon baggie put …
1 - cup cornmeal
1 - cup whole wheat flour
2 Tablespoons Lawry’s seasoned salt
2 Tablespoons Garlic salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground thyme
…and shake this a lot so that it is well mixed.
Take your catfish filets and if they are big or long cut them into medium sized pieces.
Dip the pieces in skim milk.
Then drop about four pieces at a time into the gallon baggie and shake until the dry batter mix covers them completely.
Lay the pieces on a paper plate and spray generously with butter flavored cooking spray.
Take those same pieces and lay them on a raised grill that you make on a baking pan, butter flavor sprayed side down. In the photo above you’ll see that I used skewers at the top of the photo and they lay across the pan perpendicular. Once the fish is on the raised grill (butter side down) spray the remaining side with butter flavored cooking spray so that the fish is sprayed on both sides equally.
I also used a grill that came with my toaster oven to raise the fish above the pan too. You can see it in the photo as well.
The secret to making this just like real fried catfish is raising it above the surface of the pan. If it lays on the flat surface - the fish juices up.
I baked mine 25 minutes on 350 and then my husband made a low cal (40 calories for the whole recipe) tartar sauce:
4 T fat free mayo
1 T dill pickle juice
dash of Kosher salt
dash of Worcestershire
1/2 tesp horseradish
and the totals on 1/4 of the whole batch of fish in the photo - and that’s a lot of fish-
217 calories
3g fat
1g fiber
18 carbs
I looked up Popeyes Fried Catfish and the same amount of their fried fish is 410 calories..
Neil, my husband, with eyes about to fall out of his head - said I can’t tell that this is not FRIED catfish. I couldn’t either…it was wonderful, so if you cook this is a real winner and VERY healthy!
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17th Oct 2009
You can make them yourself now for only 70 calories each! (and NO fat!)
You don’t have to look for the low cal whole wheat tortillas anymore. Neil and I made some this morning. I took a photo of mine and the kind from the grocery that has 120 calories side by side and there’s not much difference. can you tell which is which? See photos below
Here’s how you make them.
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup skim milk
Spray your skillet with butter flavored cooking spray and mix all items in a medium sized mixing bowl (I used a fork to whip it till smooth) Get your skillet hot but you don’t turn it to high - that’s too hot - and pour your batter on the skillet till you have about 4 inches (diameter circle) of batter - then and this is key - lift up your skillet and tilt it in a circular fashion until the batter spreads out and covers a greater space and it will expand to about 7 inches. Once it is firm flip it and cook till desired brownness. I turned off the stove in between each one and resprayed with cooking spray. This recipe makes 8. I also made a dessert crepe using this same recipe except instead of salt I added 3 Tablespoons of Splenda. I spread 2 T FF Cream cheese and 1 T sugar free Smuckers strawberry jam and rolled it up and wow was that good.
And here’s the comparison in a photo. Mine has 50 less calories and ZERO fat!
Love,
Kitty
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12th Oct 2009
I made a magnificent discovery this weekend!!! I made a southwest dressing that knocked my own socks off! And it’s so low in calories I had 1/4 cup on my salad with NO guilt!
It might be a while before I post the recipe so here it is.
1 cup fat free mayonnaise (10 calories per T)
1 cup skim milk
3 T dry taco seasoning (the kind of dry seasoning you add to beef when you make Tacos.
And mix well. This was absolutely delicious and I think it’s my new favorite thing! I made a Chipotle Fried Chicken Salad (using my faux Fried Chicken - 4 ounces of it ) and had 7 Sun Chips for some crunch. I felt I was at Out Back Steak House have a really decadent salad with all the trimmings.
And can you imagine this as a dipping sauce for shrimp! WOW!
So - go make yourself some. It’s easy, delicious and LIGHT!
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7th Oct 2009
Last week was a tough week. We scheduled a shoot for my diet cooking show we’re developing, ”Kitty’s Lighter Weigh”, and that is quite an undertaking with grocery shopping, and cooking all the dishes - so I was whupped! And some of that carried over into this week. The tired part I mean.
If you struggle with food or weight issues I don’t have to tell you that when you’re tired your defenses are down. And on top of that I had gained a few pounds this past spring and summer and FINALLY got them off and back down to 126 so the combination of being tired and cutting back on food to start with made me ALMOST fall into a bad habit as I came home Monday from work. I CAME HOME HUNGRY and the whole way driving home I noticed all the fast food joint - Carl’s JR, Burger King, MacDonald’s, I-Hop (not sure this qualifies as fast food but I overate MANY times in one of those restaurants) and the list goes on and on. It was all I could do to get home and not stop.
So I decided to make myself some fast food and I made 4 of my diet pizzas. 2 for me and 2 for Neil. I made mine out of Portabella mushroom and low fat salami as the main ingredient so they would both be under 300 calories and I ate 450 calories worth and saved the rest for lunch today. I should have only eaten one of them, but I knew what was happening to me and so decided to let Fat Kitty have a good time “within reason” and now I’m back on track.
If you have a day that you feel especially vulnerable - cooking helps. As I made all these pizzas Monday - the urge to overeat did get better. I didn’t fall off the cliff…
But who know what tomorrow will bring. For today at least, I have half of a pizza for lunch. That’s okay with me.
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