Homemade chicken nuggets

So, Cecilia is now 11 months old and wants next to nothing to do with baby food. I get tired of eating hot dogs for dinner every day so I got to thinking today..."what can I make for dinner that we will both eat?" I decided to try my hand at homemade chicken nuggets. It was pretty simple to make, but I'm posting it here for ya'll anyway!

First, I thawed the chicken. I cut it into about 1 inch pieces. In a pie plate I scrambled 2 eggs and in a separate plate, I combined regular bread crumbs with a little garlic powder, black pepper, and Italian seasoning. You can figure out what I did next...yep, soaked the chicken in the egg then coated it with breadcrumbs. Before I did this, I preheated the oven to 350 and sprayed some Pam on a cookie sheet. I arranged my bread crumb-covered chicken bites on the pan.

This is one (large) breast worth of chicken nuggets. As the nuggets baked, I cooked some velveeta shells and cheese and some peas. I cooked the nuggets for 20 minutes. Then I flipped them over and cooked for a few more minutes. When I make these next time, I will flip 10 minutes in so that they cook a little more evenly.

 

This was Cecilia's first plate. She ended up eating two full plates of dinner; I guess it was good!

 

 

 

I prefer Heinz ketchup with my nuggets.

 

 

 

 

The beginning of dinner. This kid loves mac and cheese!

 

 

 

 

After two plates full of dinner, she was ready to relax. And ready for a bath!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the post! Try some nuggets yourself! They are so much healthier than storebought nuggets!