Rice Chex Chicken Nuggets

RICE CHEX CHICKEN NUGGETS:

(Note: I used to make these with commercial "Rice Bread Crumbs" that I found at our local health food store, but they turned out soggy and tasted weird. So we tried RICE CHEX INSTEAD!)

 I had Z and S (age 3) bash baggies of Rice Chex cereal into crumbs (about 5 cups). 

Then I mixed about 1/2 tsp oregano, 1tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper together and A and N (ages 8 and 9) combined the seasonings with the Rice Chex crumbs. 

I cut a pound of chx breasts into 1.5 inch pieces. A and N formed an assembly line coating them in extra light tasting olive oil (with salt and garlic powder sprinkled in it), then in Rice Chex mixture, then onto the cookie sheet.  (NOTE: You have to really push the crumbs into the chicken.)

Baked for 20 mins at 400 degrees, then turned on the broiler for 3 mins to crisp the tops.  THEY WERE AWESOME!!  Even I, the chicken nugget hater, LOVED these!  ENJOY!

(Update: After eating these for lunch and dinner 3 days in a row (by request), we've determined that the twins are sensitive to oregano.  Boo.  THANKFULLY these still taste AMAZING without it!)

Allergy Friendly Valentine's Day Lollipops

Friends!  Here's an update on the lollipops.  They turned out so CUTE! The recipe for making them is HERE-Corn-free Lollipops .  This time I tried 100% frozen grape juice concentrate for flavoring.  I used about 1.5 Tblsps of thawed concentrate and it wasn't enough.  They still tasted good, but not like grapes.  So I will try 3Tbsps next time.   

I am sooooo excited that I found HEART SHAPED MEASURING SPOONS to use as molds.  I found them in the Target dollar spot, so if you head out there now, you might just find some.  I also have a mini-muffin pan with hearts in case this hadn't worked.  The muffin pan is not ideal because you can't control the distance between each mold, but I think it might have worked as an alternative.

I ran out of lollipop sticks, so I used the smaller measuring spoon to make small hard candies instead of lollipops. 

Note: be sure to be patient and wait for the lollipops to really reach hard candy temps.  I didn't let mine go long enough so they still made good lollipops, but they became floppy and sticky as we ate them.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!