Can you believe that Easter is less than two weeks away?! I cannot! Since The Boy was born, The Texan and I have been feeling our way through holiday traditions. We’ve started celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a Leprechaun Trap and, since moving to Cape Cod, have chopped down our own Christmas tree from a local tree farm. We’ve even tried going out for Thanksgiving Dinner; I don’t recommend because there aren’t enough leftovers! When holiday that we’re just getting into is Easter. Aside from a small Easter egg hunt in our yard, a few decorations and eating, we don’t do much.
After hosting both Thanksgiving AND Christmas this year, I don’t want to prepare another elaborate feast. What I want to do is create a quick and easy meal that my family can enjoy together; something different but not time consuming. When I saw the coupon for $1 off Kraft Fresh Take, I thought it would be fun to give it a try.
Spring-time weather encourages me to incorporate more fresh fish into our diet; and Italian Parmesan Crusted Cod sounded perfect for a balanced approach to our Easter meal. The Boy is going through a phase where his palate is quite picky. My hope was that the combination of parmesan cheese and Italian seasonings would win him over – it worked! I paired it with fresh tomato slices and a medley of black, red, and brown rices.
This recipe is easy, peasy! While shopping at your local Walmart, look for the Packaged Deli section where you’ll find three great varieties hanging near the shredded cheeses. If Italian Parmesan doesn’t delight your taste buds, give the Southwest 3-Cheese or Cheddar Jack with Bacon a try! {We had the Southwest 3-Cheese with chicken. Oh. My. Deliciousness!}
I purchase my fish from our local fish market, however thawing frozen fish will work just fine in this recipe. Cod is a reasonably priced fish and readily available here on Cape Cod; if it isn’t available in your area try another flaky whitefish such as grouper or halibut.
While your oven preheats, open the packing to mix the breadcrumbs with the cheese. Add your fish one piece at a time. By the time you’re finished prepping the fish, your oven should be ready to bake them. I cannot get over how easy the instructions were to follow. It was three simple steps! Open the package to combine the ingredients, wet your protein, coat your protein. Done.
I slid my baking sheet into the oven and let them cook for 15 minutes.
Because there was virtually no cleanup (win!), I used that time to create a few Easter printables.
Download the Chevron Easter Printable here
Download the Somebunny Loves You Printable here
This meal was amazing. So simple. So easy. So delicious.
What type of meal will you be serving for Easter?
Oooooh! This makes me hungry! 🙂
We are not a seafood family, but even I will admit that this looks ah-mazingly delicious!
This is actually the first year in about 10 years that I am not hosting Easter dinner and it’s such a relief.
I’m jealous! I’ve been hosting EVERYTHING for the last four years! It’s nuts – but at least we get the leftovers!
These Easter printables are super cute. We’ll be having ham, mashed potatoes, glazed baby carrots and dinner rolls for Easter.
Thanks, Erica! Enjoy the glazed baby carrots – those are my favorite.
Oh my goodness that looks delicious. I am actually trying to eat more fish, and I think the cheese would make is tastier.
I am not a fish fan but my husband is. So I will have to make this for him one night!!!
We adore Kraft fresh takes they are so good and keep your meat moist during cooking.
Normally we have ham for Easter, but this year I refuse to have the ham. I don’t eat it and my Hubs doesn’t really like a lot of it. I haven’t decided yet what we are having, but you fish looks very promising.
That is funny! No one in my family really likes ham either, yet that is what they always request for Easter! I don’t eat it, so we’re not having it.
I am always wanting new things to do with fish- this looks good.
I also adore the easter printables.
Oh yum this looks delicious I wish I had a talent for cooking x
My mom is hosting a LARGE crowd so we are having turkey AND ham!
WHOA! Turkey AND ham – that IS a large crowd. Enjoy!
Yum! I love how yours turned out! Those printables are adorbs, too. (Yes, I just said “adorbs”) Pinning! 🙂
Thanks so much for your kind words! I’m cracking up that you pointed out your use of the word “adorbs”!
I love how Fresh Take can be used on so many protein choices and vegetables. This is a great, light, meal for the Spring holidays! #Client
My husband mentioned that he is looking forward to trying it with shrimp! I think I’m going to offer the shrimp as an appetizer for Easter to keep the flavor profile going.
This looks AMAZING!
This looks really good and relatively simple to make. Thanks for sharing, we’re going to try it! my husband and I are trying to do more traditional holiday stuff now that we have kids too. I never grew up doing holiday stuff and my husband and I didn’t do much for the holidays before we had kids, its a lot of work! Keep up the good effort! You’re kids will remember all the fun times you had!
I cannot believe how much work it is! I certainly have a greater appreciation of the effort that my parents put into the holidays now.
Why did I not think of this!!?? I love the Fresh Take and use it all the time. And I have some Tilapia fish that needs some breading. How brilliant! But now I want to go get some COD and try it out. Lol. 🙂
I’m sure it will be delicious with the Tilapia you have on hand, too.
Yum!This looks delicious. And it’s perfect for lenten dinner tonight.
I bet my husband would love to try this. cute bunny printables too
That looks creative and yummy, too! And thanks for the printables!
This looks like an incredibly delicious meal. Easter is low key for us. Church and light eating. No feasts
Preparing a feast is too much work. I’m thankful for a smaller (and easier) meal this year!
Oh my. My husband would go absolutely bonkers for this recipe!
Kraft Fresh Take packs are so convenient! I am going to have to pick one up and try this with the cod we have in our freezer.
We are basically ham people for Easter but I might just change it up this year. This recipe looks simple and delicious and I am not having a big crowd. Maybe we will do something like this.
I have not tried the Fresh Takes on fish yet, I have had it on chicken a few times and no one in our family likes them. Maybe they are better on fish.
This looks really good and easy to make . I made some a few weeks ago but will try this recipe
This sounds like a recipe our entire family would enjoy. Especially since we are huge fish lovers!
Yum! This looks really great. I love the crispy crust.
I am not a fan of cod, but this does look like something my husband would like.
This is such a easy yet tasty recipe! I still have no idea what we are having for Easter or if we are even going to have Easter dinner at my house this year!
Though I will never get away with not doing an Easter ham with all the trimmings, I love these new blends for chicken and fish.
I love using Kraft Fresh Take! I started using it as soon as it came out and it’s made dinnertime so much easier!