Homemade Fish and Chips

Last week one of my readers asked how the homemade fish and chips went so I thought for a change I would put a recipe up.

A little while ago my husband was up in Rarotonga with work and bought us home some fish. For some reason I could not cook it up that night and reduced the fish to being frozen. Now I am not a fish connoisseur by any means but what I do know is that fish is best eaten fresh. By the time the fish got back to New Zealand it was not more than 5 hours out of the water. Lucky us.

Finally after a number of weeks I get round to looking into what to now do to the fish especially since it has been in the freezer and came a cross a nice simple kiddy friendly recipe that not only would they eat but could make with a little help from adults.

So here is the recipe.

Fish Fingers

4 fillets fleshy white fish
1/2 cup flour
1 cup dried breadcrumbs
salt and pepper
1 egg
1 Tbl low fat milk
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
4 lemon wedges to serve

Serves 4

1. cut your fish fillets into finger length strips.

2. Spread the flour and breadcrumbs out on two separate plates, and season the flour with salt and pepper.

3. Beak the egg into a bowl, add the milk and mix together using a fork or whisk.

4. Coat the fish fingers with flour, then dip them into the egg mixture. Then coat them well on both sides with the breadcrumbs.

5. Heat the oil ina fry pan over a medium heat and add the fish firngers. Fry for 3-4 munutes on each side un til browned on the outside but cooked in the middle. The fish fingers are cooked when the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork and the flesh has turned white.


As for the chips.

You will need

two large potatoes
spray oil
flavour of your choice.

Cut the potatoes into even bite sized pieces. Lay them flat on a baking tray that is lined with baking paper. Spray lightly with oil and sprinkle with your flavour.

Bake in an 200 degree C oven for 20 minutes.

My children just loved the result and can't wait for Dad to go to Rarotonga again. If I says so myself the fish was just perfectly light and flaky.

Monday Menu 5 October

I have been away and a bad blogger because the cost of internet access was astronomical. So here I am back today and with the menu ready to go.

This week I am trying to make do with the pantry and freezer items until Wednesday when I get paid. It will take a little doing but be worth it.

Monday Pie (from freezer) baked potato and peas

Tuesday Pie (from freezer) baked potato and peas

Wednesday Meatloaf, home made oven fries and salad

Thursday Chicken and vegie udon noodles from weight watchers

Friday Homemade pizza with vege topping

Saturday Corn fritters with advocao salsa and grilled tomato

Sunday Leftovers

I will be back tomorrow with a recipe

P365 week 37 and 38

Here are my next pages in my Project 365. I cant believe that I am currently working on week 39. Just incredible and I cant wait to see how my book turns out. Anybody got any hints for great printing and binding services in New Zealand?

week 37



The credits can be found here at Nuts4Digi

Week 38



Here are the credits for this page at Nuts4Digi

Monday Menu 28 September

My menu for this week is going to be a little small as we are going away for 5 days.

So here it is.

Monday Fish and chip home made by my children. Fish bought in from Raratonga and then frozen. Okay I know this is not ideal for fresh fish but it is just how things happened this time.

Tuesday Chicken cooked on the bbq, baked potatoes and salad.

Now we are away and trying to do things financially carefully, so this is roughly the plan.

Wednesday Pie from freezer with salad

Thursday Pre Cooked hot chicken from supermarket with potatoes and salad

Friday Pre Cooked hot chicken from supermarket with potatoes and salad

Saturday Pizza and salad

Sunday Eating out

Hmmmm I hope that is easily achieved. We are staying in an apartment and I am trying for take a little break from too much time in the kitchen.

It's the Holidays.

The the third of four school terms is over and we are on a two week break from all the rushing around. The last of the hockey will be over come next weekend and the tournament in Rotorua, spring is well here with all the variable weather and in general we will all be able to catch up on sleep.

So this holidays I have a few goals in mind.

1. Find some new fun and cheap holiday activities that give our family some quality time.

2. Attack the garden, moss, mould and gunge, lawns, house etc to ensure everything is looking perfect before I go back to work.

3. Help DH finish the bathroom renovation. There is only the tiling to go. That means come the end of the holidays it will be ready for sale.

4. Find some time to chill out and catch up with my life.

5. Make a date or two with DH. It is something I have been thinking we should do more of and there is no time like the present to get started on it.


You can see why it all needs a little attention.

A New Fence.

Our neighbours have been subdividing their section. I was not a very happy house owner to find this our but there was nothing I could do about this.

We share a long fence line with this property and it enable me to feel safe about where my children are when they play around the front of the house. Now this long fence has gone, temporarily, right on the arrival of the school holidays. Now there is nothing to stop the children from entering the building site and going even further a field. Normally this would not matter with most children but Hayden is not most children.

I do not feel particularly happy about this timing of events but naturally there was nothing I could do about it. Instead this is what I have to try and keep the children away from. Hmmm don't like my chances much.

Haydens Birthday

I thought that it was just the right time to show a little more of the photos from Hayden's birthday. Good photos with him are hard because of his inability to sit still for long periods of time.

So here you can see

Bugs. My boys are playing with the new toys and very happily sharing.


The Credits can be found here.

What would a birthday be without blowing the candles. So here is 7 Years Old



The credits for Lindsay Janes Design can be found here.

Finally another look at the candles being blown out.




The credits are here.

Monday Menu 21 September

The last week of the school term is here and this will definitely be my sanity saver.

Monday weight watchers spaghetti bolignese

Tuesday Chicken and rice salad

Wednesday weight watchers beef tacos

Thursday meat loaf. This is a link to a whole range of WW loafs that mine is something like.

Friday Weight Watchers Vegetarian Thai red curry with noodles

Saturday chicken vege and salad (bbq)

Sunday Easy Dinner.

100 Days to Christmas

Can you believe that in now less than 100 days Christmas will be upon us. I guess the shops know this because my local Supermarket has already go decorations etc on their shelves. All they need is the music to match and it really would be in the full Christmas mode.

This did prompt me to take a look in my gift container to see what I have accumulated. I like to be really organised when it comes to this time of the year. So now, thanks to the supermarket, I have a list so I know what I have, what I might be looking out for and a rough idea of the budget I have for these things.

I stumbled across this site listplanit which helps you have a look at an organised Christmas. Go a couple of great ideas already. It really suits me as I am a plan and list type person.

I have to say I am looking quite organised and need to be as DD has a birthday in December and DS2 has one early January.

Here is my gift box. Well the bottom box is.

When Plans fall into place.

Isn't it wonderful when things fall into place. I just love that fact that this week has all come together as I needed it to.

1. I got work for each day of the working week;. (Still getting the money together to replace my car)
2. Only one lot of winter sport still operating so I was not rushing around like a headless chicken.
3. The sun has been shining and that always makes me feel happy.
4. We are almost able to tick off the renovation list the bathroom. It is half done. This week should see it almost finished.
5. Even though the end of the third school term is nearing the children are coping very well and not too badly behaved. Long may this last.
6. My after school care for Hayden is just working perfectly. Thank you to the lovely Phyllis.

Here's hoping this week goes just as well.