Catfish Nuggets w/ Mac and Cheese

Dinner Tonight: Catfish Nuggets w/ Mac and Cheese




For Breakfast this morning I toasted a Healthy Life Whole Grain English Muffin and topped it with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. And as always my morning cup of Bigelow Decaf Green Tea. Out side another beautiful Fall like day. Started out at 49 degrees and had a high of 75 degrees, and mostly sunny! This was our coolest August that I can ever remember, we had 2 days where it hit 91 degrees. Right after Breakfast went to see Dad. The doctor told us his lungs and heart have about had it. We'll just have to wait and see if we can ever get him home again. Back home got the cart out and did some yard work. For Dinner tonight Catfish Nuggets w/ Mac and Cheese.



Picked up the Catfish Nuggets at Meijer and had it in the freezer. Set the bag in the fridge overnight to thaw. To prepare them I rinsed the Catfish Nuggets off in cold water and patted dry with a paper towel. Seasoned them with Sea Salt. Then put them in a Hefty Plastic Storage Bag and added Zatarain’s Crispy Southern Fish Fri Breading Mix, shook the bag until all the Nuggets were coated. Then pan fried them in a medium size skillet in Extra Light Olive Oil. Fried each side about 3 1/2 minutes, until a golden brown. The Zatarain’s Crispy Southern Fish Fri is perfect for the Catfish, great flavor and the Nuggets were good size and meaty.



To go with my Catfish I made a single cup serving of Annie's Real Aged Cheddar Microwavable Mac and Cheese Cup. I picked a cup of this for free last week at Kroger on their Free Friday Give Away. I believe it's the first time I've tried this. I've had several of the Annie Products before but not this one until today. It comes in a microwavable, single serving cup. Just remove the lid and take out the Cheese Sauce Packet. Add cool water to the fill line in the cup and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Remove the cup from the microwave and stir in the Cheese Packet. It's ready! It makes a good cup of Mac and Cheese. Pasta was good and plenty of Cheese. I'll have to get more of these. For Dessert/Snack alter a bowl of Skinny - Pop Pop Corn and Diet Dr. Pepper to drink.





Catfish
The most commonly eaten species in the United States are the channel catfish and the blue catfish, both of which are common in the wild and increasingly widely farmed. Farm-raised catfish became such a staple of the diet of the United States that on 25 June 1987, President Ronald Reagan established National Catfish Day to recognize “the value of farm-raised catfish.”

Catfish is eaten in a variety of ways. In Europe it is often cooked in similar ways to carp, but in the
United States it is popularly crumbed with cornmeal and fried.… Wikipedia

Nutrition Facts
Catfish, breaded and fried
Amount Per 1 fillet (87 g)
Calories 199
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12 g 18%
Saturated fat 2.9 g 14%
Polyunsaturated fat 2.9 g
Monounsaturated fat 4.9 g
Cholesterol 62 mg 20%
Sodium 244 mg 10%
Potassium 296 mg 8%
Total Carbohydrate 7 g 2%
Dietary fiber 0.6 g 2%
Protein 16 g 32%




Annie's Real Aged Cheddar Microwavable Mac and Cheese Cup
Now there’s a microwavable mac and cheese cup made with organic pasta, 100% real cheese, whole grains and no artificial flavors, synthetic colors or preservatives. It’s easy to make! Just add water, microwave two minutes and enjoy.  Also available in a twin pack.

* Made with real cheese

* Made with organic pasta

BEST INGREDIENTS: Organic Wheat Macaroni (Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Whole Grain Wheat Flour), Tapioca Starch, Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Non-Animal Enzymes), Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Organic Coconut Oil, Whey, Butter, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Cultured Whole Milk, Sunflower Lecithin, Sodium Phosphate, Annatto Extract For Color, Silicon Dioxide For Anticaking.
CONTAINS MILK, WHEAT, AND COCONUT INGREDIENTS.

http://www.annies.com/products/pastas/real-aged-cheddar-microwavable-mac-cheese-cup