Parmesan Catfish and Life

Tonight I made a good dinner, in my opinion. I  made Parmesan-Breaded Catfish, homemade mashed potatoes, peas, asparagus, and carrots. I may even make a late night batch of homemade brownies. I love being free of transportation duties and school duties and just being able to be a stay at home mom with time to cook, clean, spend time with my boys and my husband, and still have time to myself at night to blog :)


This is how life should be. Yes we are in a financial mess, because lets face it, when it rains it pours, but as Michael so eloquently put it, when it pours you just have to get an umbrella!


But despite our financial circumstance, I still get to spend time with my family and cook for them and do our housework and throw in some grey's anatomy when I get a chance.


In the past few years I have watched many people I know of, some through Facebook and family friends and some close, go through loss of their children. Some were miscarriages, some were NICU babies, some were precious precious toddlers not far from Caleb's age. I want to treasure my time with my family, because God can choose to call them home at any time and that will be it until the other side.


So today I choose to cherish the time and family that God has so graciouslly given me and I chose to praise him despite our circumstances, because one he ALWAYS has a plan and purpose, and two because he deserves that praise all the time and circumstances come and go but my family is here right NOW and God is ALWAYS FAITHFUL to his children!


Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, 
and your faithfulness surrounds you ----Psalm 89:8

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.----Lamentations 3:22-23

I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.---Psalm 89:1

For anyone interested here is my Parmesan Catfish Recipe:

somewhere between 1/4 to 1/2 cup all purpose flour

about 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

about 2-3 tbsp cornmeal

about 1-2 tsp paprika

salt and pepper at your discretion

3 tbsp of egg white 

about 1/4 cup of fat free milk (any milk works, but that is what we use)

4 4-6 oz catfish filets 

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. combine cheese, cornmeal, paprika, and flour in a small mixing bowl and mix together

3. combine egg white and milk together in small bowl and mix together

4. dip each filet in bowl of milk mixture and then coat in breading mixture then place on nonstick baking pan

5. cook for 35-40 minutes (fish should flake easily

Nutritional Info (made a recipe on caloriecount.about.com) (1st number is 4 oz serving, 2nd is 6 oz serving)

Calories: 215 (4 oz) 275 (6 oz); Fat: 7.5g; 11g; Sat Fat: 1.6g; 2.4g; Cholesterol: 43 mg; 64mg; Sodium: 98mg; 147mg; Carbs: 9.5g; 14.2g;  Fiber: 1g; 1.3g; Sugar: 0.6g; 1g;  Protein: 16.4g; 25.6g

Tips: add seasoning and parmesean cheese as you would like to add a little more flavor. This is a very light breading, so it will not be similar to the type of breading that you find in like parmesean chicken at Olive Garden. It may seem bland if that is what you are expecting!