Yesterday, I admitted that I haven’t been in the mood to cook.
And today I’m going to admit that I have serious “same snack burnout”
I’m getting a little tired of my daily snacks of nuts & a smoothie after I workout and string cheese before dinner. I mean, one can eat string cheese everyday for so long…
Like I used the bacon wrapped chicken to get me out of my cooking rut, I made something equally tasty to get me out of my snack rut. Using my boring snack {string cheese} & making it more exciting {baked cheese sticks} was a success.
These are really fun snacks because they taste like the ones you get at a restaurant that are battered & fried, but these are healthier since you’re using whole wheat bread crumbs & baking them.
They are also kid-friendly & “I-refuse-to-eat-healthy”-people friendly. They really don’t taste like a healthy snack.
Make these for a satisfying snack, as an appetizer for a party, or to entice your children to eat something that gives them some protein but looks fun.
I like to serve mine with marinara or pizza sauce {extra veggies!}, but you can always eat these alone.
Enjoy!
Baked Cheese Sticks
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Keywords: bake snack appetizer low-carb no-sugar-added nut-free soy-free vegetarian whole wheat whole grain cheese
Ingredients (Serves 2)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with foil & spray with non-stick spray. Set aside.
In a sandwich sized zip-top bag, mix together the bread crumbs & Italian seasoning.
In a shallow bowl, whisk together the egg & water, and add 2 cheese sticks halves, making sure they are well covered.
Add the egg coated cheese sticks to the bag with the bread crumbs, and shake until fully coated. Put the cheese sticks back in the egg and shake in the bread crumbs again.
Put the breaded cheese sticks on the prepared baking sheet.
Repeat process with the remaining cheese halves until all are breaded and on the prepared baking sheet.
Spray the tops of the breaded cheese sticks with cooking spray.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and the cheese is just starting to melt.
Enjoy!
Based on this recipe from Hungry Girl
mmm… cheesy
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These are wonderful!
I’m a vegetarian, and I just looooooooooooooove these baked cheese sticks.
I’ve eaten them before in restaurants and now I’m definitely going to make these at home
Thanks so much for sharing
Thank you!!! You will love them – I’ve been eating them everyday for the past week and look forward to my snack now
Meme,
These are perfect! All gooey and crunchy at the same time, YUM! I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday
They are one of my favorite snacks! Thanks!