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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Quinoa Crusted Baked Chicken


Last night I made a super yummy meal that I had never made before and I was super pleased with the outcome. It was one of those last minute experiments that kinda got thrown together. I love those! The best part was that I was able to turn it into baby food for my 6 month old. The first time we all ate the same dinner together. The above final picture was taken in such a rush and is actually Daniel's serving, hence the Diego place mat  Everyone was so starving that when I tried to get a good final photo the food was half eaten. I'll take this as a good sign. :)

Here's what you do. Start by boiling  1 cup of quinoa. (keen-wa)
Add Italian style breadcrumbs to the quinoa till fluffy. Then add salt, black pepper and garlic powder or Adobo to taste. It will look like this.


Cut your chicken into strips any size you like. I chose smaller sized strips for my son. Coat your chicken with quinoa mix. This part was almost like coating the chicken in dough since the quinoa is sticky and crumbly. Fill a pan with olive oil and fry till brown. About 5 minutes. 


Once all the chicken is fried, place them all in the oven to bake for 15 minutes. With that I added cheesy potato julienne as a side dish in single serve loat pans.I have been looking for an excuse to use them. The were only a dollar at Micheal's!

I warmed a pot of pasta sauce and poured on top of the chicken then served.  Yummy!
 

For the baby, I grabbed one crusted chicken put it in the food processor, added 2 oz of formula and blended. 

 Liam LOVED it. Dinner for all was a success AND it was healthy. 


Happy eating!



Thursday, October 6, 2011

Sick Season

 When you are a mom, getting sick is not an option, but it is inevitable. It seems to always hit me quick and hard and never during the weekend. I have been unable to move from my couch all day. Thankfully Dave stayed home and helped out with the baby since I was pretty much a zombie all day.

 "Brainssss!"

 Or actually it should be "Grainsssss!" since it is Vegan Month of Food. I had planned a cookie post, but that will have to be for the weekend. Till then stay healthy my friends!





Saturday, October 1, 2011

Lunchables

 While trying to find inspiration for Daniel's bento lunches, I turned to his school schedule. Every week they explore a new number, letter and shape. I recently bought a box of 100 cookies cutters so now I know the perfect way to utilize them! I have to say this was a great idea because he has been eating everything I pack and is learning at them same time. Bonus points!!


I made nutella sandwiches then cut into the P's and 4's. Those are his favorite! Made some heart ham and star cheese cracker sandwiches as well.  
                                                

Some granola for a snack with a marshmallow for dessert. He choose the marshmallows while at the store which ended up being really fun to work with. Oink!

We finished off the week with show and tell. Daniel chose Po from Kung Fu Panda.
Kinda resembles Daniel and Liam a little bit. hehe 
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