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It is not easy trying to feed 2 year olds, and our son is no exception. A lot of times he picks one thing on his plate to eat and that is it. He won’t touch anything else no matter how much we try to persuade him. And trust me we have made some pretty desperate attempts.
Our latest meal-time battle was over chicken. That’s our main protein, so most nights it is safe to assume that dinner is going to be chicken fixed in some way. Well, my precious little one decided to go on a chicken strike. Would he eat the rice on the side? Of course, but that was it. So, after about three days of this vegetarian kick (Can I even call it that? He wouldn’t eat his veggies either. OK, ricetarian, then) I was ready to do anything to make him eat his meat. All kids love fried, bad for them chicken nuggets or tenders, right? Well what if I made him think that was what he was eating. The closest I could get was Homemade Shake ‘n’ Bake. I have been making this for a while now and it is awesome, even better than store bought. I just save my leftover stale bread in the freezer until I have enough to make a batch. It makes quite a bit, so I store it in the fridge for days when I need a quick meal or am negotiating with a strong willed son.
Homemade Shake ‘n’ Bake
4 cups dry bread crumbs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon minced onion
1 pinch dried basil leaves
1 pinch dried parsley
1 pinch dried oregano
I think the easiest thing to do is throw all the ingredients in the food processor and let it do all the mixing for me. If it has been a rough day combine all the ingredients in a resealable plastic bag and shake the crap out of it.
Prepare just like you would normal Shake ‘n’ Bake. Coat the chicken in the mixture and bake. For chicken tenders cook at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes.
I have tried this mixture on bone-in-chicken and pork chops, and it worked great with both.
Check out my side dish recipe- Cheesy Broccoli Gratin
Aubrey @ Real Housemoms
My mouth started watering just looking at these! Thanks for sharing with the Real Housemoms. Looking forward to hanging out with you during Online BlogCon
Brenna
Thanks. So glad for the chance to meet you through Online BlogCOn.