Friday Edition: Have Your Health and Crave it Too

So, you want to be a healthy birthmom (or mom or dad, sister, brother, lady, friend)?
It’s not hard to be healthy with recipes like these. Enjoy a healthy indulgence that includes protein from a "pregnancy safe" fish, whole grains, all natural seasoning, and vital potassium and other nutrients from sweet potatoes, in the following recipe. I just made this on Monday for a couple of good friends and it was a huge hit!

Catfish Fingers with Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients:
1 lb Catfish
1 egg
½ cup milk
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup Ian’s Panko Bread Crumbs
1 Tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
2 Tsp dried yellow mustard
2 Tsp oregano
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 cup olive oil
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced, julienne

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
2. Mix the milk and eggs until combined in a shallow bowl
3. Mix all dry ingredients gently with your fingers in another shallow bowl
4. Slice the catfish into one inch thick pieces, salt generously
5. Drizzle sweet potatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
6. Roast the potatoes for twenty minutes in preheated oven
7. Meanwhile heat the oil in a heavy skillet until hot but not smoking
8. While the oil heats, soak the catfish slices in the milk wash until coated
9. Dredge the fish in the seasoned flour mixture
10. Put all fish into the hot oil, cover with a mesh screen if possible and cook, stirring occasionally until cooked through about ten minutes (fish should easily flake with a fork).
11. Remove the fries from the oven; serve both catfish and fries with organic ketchup, or Melissa’s special spicy aioli (recipe next week).
Serve this meal with a green salad or steamed broccoli.
Enjoy!