Mozzarella Sticks

Got this one from Rocco Dispirito's book "Now Eat This!"  And I did. Eat it, I mean... the mozzarella sticks, not the book.

Ingredients are modified a bit from the original recipe to make it easier for us starving (broke) students.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 3 large egg whites
• 8  reduced fat cheese sticks
• Garlic salt
• Pepper
• Cooking spray
• 1 cup pasta or pizza sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 450°F and place foil on a baking sheet.
2. Put the flour in a shallow dish. Put the bread crumbs in another dish.
3. In a medium bowl, whip the egg whites until they are extremely foamy but not quite holding peaks.
4. Cover the cheese sticks in flour, then egg whites, then cover in bread crumbs.
5. Put them all on the baking sheet, and season generously with garlic salt and pepper.  Then spray them all with the cooking spray.
6. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the breading is golden brown and the cheese is melted throughout.*
7. Serve with the pizza/pasta sauce for dipping.

*I tried putting these on a wire rack in the oven and quickly learned that the cheese began dripping between the slats in the rack.  So keep a close eye on the sticks to make sure they don't melt all over the place.
The good news is, even if they're messy, they taste delicious!