Baked Sesame and Bread Crumb Crusted Tilapia Fingers

Thank you all for the sweet comments on the launch pictures! I have one more coming up- Body Attack! We are dressing up all sporty, so I will make sure to take a few pictures to share. I’m soooo glad its my last launch, my head is about to explode from all the new choreography!

Are you having a good week? Mine has been pretty nice so far. I wanted to share one of the creations I made up this week, Baked Sesame and Bread Crumb Crusted Tilapia. I used Aggie’s awesome fish finger recipe as my starting point and just adjusted a bit (I made a scaled down version of the following recipe since I was only making the fish for Josh):


Ingredients:

• 1 lb tilapia, cut into chunks
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 egg and 1 egg white
• 1 cup bread crumbs (or panko)
• ¼ cup each black and regular sesame seeds (or you can just use regular, the black just makes it a little “prettier”)
• Cayenne pepper
• Salt & Pepper (if desired)
• Cooking Spray

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Setup three bowls: 1) Whole Wheat flour with desired about of cayenne pepper mixed in, 2) Egg and egg white mixed well with a fork, 3) Mix panko/bread crumbs & sesame seeds

Place a cooling wrack in a cookie sheet and spray well with cooking spray. Dip tilapia chunks in flour mixture, then egg, then bread crumb mixture and place on cooling wrack. Spray coated tilapia with cooking spray. Bake for 10-12 minutes, flipping once in the middle.

Josh’s tilapia was served with roasted butternut squash and a pear (I had the same squash/fruit but served mine with a giant plate of scrambled eggs & salsa ;)).

Do you guys have any weekend plans? I’ve got some classes to teach (Attack today, Step & Pump Saturday), probably a date night with Josh tonight and out to dinner with friends Saturday night.

Couple other fun things:
First, Check out this awesome article on Expiration Dates that my MIL sent me.
Second, do you want a secret bloggie valentine??? Check out Janetha's sweet Valentine's Day idea:

Body Step Launch & Easy Vegetarian Mexican

Hey All! Hope you're having an enjoyable week thus far. Yesterday night, we launched the new Body Step. It is a fun and FAST release. Few pictures from the launch:

I just finished up work and prepped our dinner for tonight, easy vegetarian quesadillas and "refried" black beans. For the quesadillas, I defrosted frozen corn and mixed it with black beans and chili powder:

I grabbed a bag of 2% milk cheddar cheese:

I then sprayed 1 tortilla with cooking spray and placed it on a hot skillet. I topped the tortilla with the cheese and then the corn/bean mixture. I sprayed a second tortilla and placed it on top of the mess, sprayed side up:

Cook until brown, flip, cook other side until brown. Remove from heat and cut into triangles.

I will serve the quesadillas with salsa and "refried" black beans. For the beans, I cooked up some chopped onions. I then tossed some partially drained, partially smashed (courtesy of my magic bullet) black beans, 1 teaspoon of chili powder and 1 teaspoon of cumin into the pan. Cook over low heat for ~ 5 minutes. The result:

Deliciousness! Now, I'm off to teach Body Attack. How is your week going in terms of workouts? Have you decided to try out something new this year? I encourage all of you to give group fitness classes a try! They basically give you a built in set of workout buddies, a trainer, and they can be tons of fun! Experiment with different classes and instructors. Let me know if you find one that you like, My workout week is shaping up as follows:

• Monday: Taught Body Pump and team taught new Body Step
• Tuesday: Teach Body Attack
• Wednesday: Off
• Thursday: Teach 45 minute Body Step and 45 minute Body Pump
• Friday: Teach Body Attack
• Saturday: Teach Body Step and Body Pump
• Sunday: Off