Thank you Mrs. Seinfeld

Jared got me Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook last Christmas because I had been adding pureed veggies to foods and wanted to try it in other recipes. Her recipe for chicken nuggets is wonderful and very healthy. Jared loves them and asks for them weekly. Grey will eat about 8 chicken nuggets at a sitting. I make a honey mustard dip with 2 parts low or fat-free mayo, about one part yellow mustard and one part honey. I don't measure it out, so keep checking and tasting it to get it right. The original recipe is cooked in a skillet, but I prefer to bake them.

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (I use panko from Sunflower Mkt)

1/2 cup flaxseed meal

1 tbsp grated parmesan

1/2 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 cup broccoli, spinach, sweet potato or beet puree (I use spinach and sometime half spinach/half sweet potato)

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast, rinsed, dried and cut into small chunks

1/2 tsp salt

Nonstick cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Set out a large cookie sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.

2. In one bowl, mix first six ingredients. In a shallow bowl, mix puree and egg with a fork

3. Sprinkle chicken with salt. Dip chunks into egg mixture and toss in bread crumbs until well coated.

4. Arrange chicken chunks on the cookie sheet. Give a quick spray over the tops with nonstick cooking spray to make them a little crispier. Bake for about 25 minutes. Cut into one to check that it is cooked through.