This Healthy Homemaker: Nothin' but the Nugget

Friday, March 9, 2012

In a blender/food processor blend together 2 cooked chicken breasts ( I actually used like 7 cooked chicken tenders) with 2 eggs and a dash of salt.

Blend until smooth, dough like (Adelle kept asking if she could eat the dough!!)

Spoon into small balls and roll in almond meal (just plain old almond meal). I used Bob's Red Mill.

Flatten into shapes (next time I will get fancy! Today I was in a hurry so I just flattened them into blobs.)

Bake in 400 oven for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

My Friend, Erryn, shared this recipe with me and I thought it sounded too good to be true. Nope. Totally true. Totally easy. Totally yummy. Totally doing this again and again and again.

I thought it would be fun to get a bunch of mom's together and make up a bunch to throw in the freezer. I have been buying the organic chicken nuggets at the store and they are SO expensive. I still use organic chicken and it is still more expensive but I love how few ingredients are in these. Less is always more when it comes to ingredients in my book. If you are local and like the idea of getting together and mass producing these chicken nuggets let me know!

Next time I will add a bit more salt. They were a tad blah, but the kids of course dip them in ketchup so they didn't notice.

I love that they are pure protein! I am all about that. Just chicken, eggs, and almond meal. NO additives whatsoever. Perfection!

And since my little Adelle's favorite food is chicken nuggets..... we are in business!
(excuse the blue, my blogger has a mind of it's own lately ;)

I am This Healthy Homemaker

My name is Andrea and I am This Healthy Homemaker. I am passionate about being healthy and raising a healthy family. I love to cook and bake and garden and I am happiest when my table is full of good food and surrounded with good friends and family.
Being a healthy homemaker is not easy! It takes dedication and effort. I have to tell myself multiple times a day, "nothing tastes as good as I feel when I am healthy" because otherwise it is easy to forget and grab McDonalds on the way home from the park.
I am committed to my families health. My husband works hard to make ends meet and I work hard at what we eat!
I am an opinionated woman, scary stuff right there, but I try not to share my opinions unless I am invited. That is difficult when you have so much to share... which is why I started this blog!
This is my place to let it all out. I am not judging you. I am not perfect. I love ice-cream and bacon. I am sharing what I know because I think it is worth knowing and I am scared to tell you to your face. Ha, not really you in particular, but you get what I mean.
I am not an expert but I am working on it! I am reading a lot of books and I am taking classes via correspondence to become a licensed Nutritionist, specializing in children's nutrition. I am learning and sharing as I go and I am inviting you to come along.
So follow me on this journey. You can be a healthy homemaker too!
And when I am certified you can totally come back and be my client! Sound good?

3 comments:

AmandaMarch 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM
That is too funny!! I was JUST looking at the pin Erryn posted of this recipe and totally want to try it. I LOVE the idea of using almond meal. I don't do breadcrumbs so that's the perfect alternative. Maybe with a little garlic powder mixed in? I might be old but I do love chicken nuggets but don't eat them because of the nasty stuff they put in them. Perfect!! Can't wait to try it, in fact I think it will be lunch tomorrow :) These would be great to make for meals for new moms (who have other kids) to pull from the freezer as needed.
ChristenMarch 11, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Good idea! My boys love chicken nuggets but I refuse to buy them after I saw a clip of what actually goes in those little nuggets-disgusting! But do you think using flax instead of egg would work just as good?
Christen