I wrote a little while ago that because my doctor does not want me to eat real bread crumbs my new nutritionist gave me a great idea for coating fish and chicken .

Well, we finally tried the coating on one of our favorite dishes, chicken parmesian, and it was great and very healthy. Here is what we did.

Ingredients:

1 small can cashews

1 small can roasted almonds

2 packages of skinless/boneless chicken (about 5 pieces per package)

2/3 cup All Whites egg substitute

Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Parsley to taste

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Tomato Sauce (fresh made, jar or can)

Grated parmesian cheese optional

Baking pan - sprayed with Pam or any non-stick coating

We emptied both cans of nuts into our food processor and pulverized them into a fine "bread crumb" texture. Pour some onto a large plate and repeat as necessary.

In a separate bowl, mix the egg substitute, garlic and onion powder and parsley in a bowl.

Rinse your chicken and then dredge the chicken through the egg mixture and into the nuts to coat both sides then place in prepared baking pan. I found I had to press the coating onto the chicken to have it stick better.

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cook the chicken for 30 minutes. I did not turn the chicken over during cooking. When the 30 minutes are up, put 1-2 tablespoon of sauce on each piece of chicken, depending on size of the piece, and top with some of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Put the chicken back into the oven and cook another 10 minutes allowing the cheese to melt.

I served the chicken with steamed veggies and it was delicious.

Please remember, all ovens cook at different temps, so make sure your chicken is cooked all the way through before you eat it.

If you don't like cashews or roasted almonds, substitute any other type of nuts. I prefer the egg substitute to real eggs, but if you don't like the egg substitute, use 2 real eggs.

I made 2 packages because I like to keep prepared food in the freezer so I can grab one on my way to work. I had one piece of chicken for dinner, my husband had 2 pieces. That left me enough for us to have a 2nd dinner and some lunches.

We have not tried this topping on fish yet, but it was so good I am sure we will do so in the very near future.

Enjoy! :wink: