Chicken Nuggets and Fries

When I decided that I wanted to start cleaning up my diet I wanted to make sure it was something my family would eat. My husband always dreaded when he knew I was starting a diet! So this time I wanted to make sure to change that! I started by taking some of our favorite recipes and just cleaned them up the best I could. One of my sons favorite meals is chicken nuggets and fries so I ended up with this recipe. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients:

5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cups of whole wheat bread crumbs
2-3 egg whites
1/2 cup of Colby Monterrey Jack cheese
1 TBSP Paprika
1 TBSP Chili Powder
1 TBSP Garlic Powder
1 TBSP Onion Powder
1/2-1 TBSP Cayenne (this is spicy so add none or as much as you like)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cut the chicken breasts into nugget sized pieces. Put the egg whites into a small bowl and in another bowl put the bread crumbs, cheese, all of the spices and mix together. Dip the chicken nugget pieces into the egg whites and then into the bread crumb mixture and get a good coat on them. Then, place them on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until crispy on the outside.

Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients:

2-3 Large sweet potatoes
EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Seasoned salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wash and peel the sweet potatoes. Place them into a plastic ziplock bag with some EVOO and seasoned salt. I just make sure they get a good coat but a little seasoned salt goes a long ways! Then put them onto a greased baking sheet and bake 25-30 minutes or until crispy on the outside!


Enjoy!