When I was in school, up until 9th grade, my Granny and Mom packed my enormous lunch. This lunch would most certainly not leave me hungry. Granny mastered how to make my lunch creative. Amazingly she masted to make soups stay warm until lunch. Lots of trial and error I am sure.
With Princess going to a private school I really do not worry about lunches. I pack her a lunch daily and they provide a snack. These snacks are things I would give her anyway. Infact, they got her to eat celery! (Celery stalks filled with cream cheese topped with raisens!, whatever works!)
Since I have the 3 kids there are somethings that are just automatic for us, my kids will have a lunch made from home. It is cheaper, healthier and lets me know they are getting what they truely like with items I believe are healthy for them. Seeing as the kiddos are sensitive to things it also makes me feel better in that department.
Since I have 3 kids and most of the time it is just me, there will be times where I will need help and knowing that school lunches are there was a bit refreshing. Until now.
If you have not watched this show you should start. It makes me very thankful that my parents took the time out of their days to make my healthy lunch.
I was really preplexed as to some of the things that they fed these kids. Mashed potatoes that came in balls, chicken nuggets that were not really chicken but the entire chicken smushed and mushed, breakfast pizza, pizza for lunch! AYFKM?! WOW!
I understnad standing and peeling potatoes for 450 kids is a but absurd but just as some machine can make those balls, one can peel and cut. Chicken nuggets it seems that they are doing it purely for cost savings.
So that really got me to thinking. I try to make sure the kids eat healthy. Veggies are important to them. They would eat them over meat.
What makes it hard for me is cooking for basically two adults. The kids do not eat to much, so deployment times are hard. I am sure they ate more corn dogs that I would like this time, more frozen waffles then ever before!
As I was doing this thinking I was getting ready for dinner. I had chicken out and frozen fresh carrots.
The kids got homemade chicken nuggets with steamed carrots. It was a hit!
Super easy!!!
I felt better after dinner. They gobbled them up and wanted seconds!
So here is my recipe. Enjoy!
1 chicken breast 1.5in cubes
Tip: Cut chicken while it is about 50% still frozen, makes it easier to cut because it does not move around)
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
bread crumbs
dry Ranch dressing
Parmesan cheese
Mix egg and milk together in bowl
Combine bread crumbs. dry Ranch dressing and parmesan cheese.
I did not really measure. I just poured them out until it looked like the right amount.
Because I was not really prepared to make something breaded I did not have a bag around so I covered them by hand.
A faster way to do this is to add all ingredents in a bag and shake!
I put them on a foil lined baking sheet (easier clean up!) and baked at 350 for 30 minutes. I turned half way through.
They were yummy and all gone after dinner.
Enjoy, if you have some free time DVR Food Revolution and you will be amazed!
