Day 9: Not Fried Chicken Fingers and Pom Mocktails

Tonight I decided to take the evening OFF from ALL WORKOUTS! My body needed some major rest after an hour of YOGA and 5 mile run yesterday. Plus I really wanted to play in the kitchen ๐Ÿ˜‰

Peanut/Almond Encrusted Baked Chicken Fingers (a mouthful I know)

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I have made something similar, but this time I used my own recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 2 boneless skinless free organic chicken breasts
  • 2-3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup peanuts ground up peanuts
  • 1/3 cup almonds ground up almonds
  • 1/3 cup whole wheat flour

Directions:

Place chicken on a cutting board and cover with plastic wrap. Then beat the heck out of it with a mallet (I used a rolling pin) until about 2 inches thick. Then cut up into strips.

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Line up your dipping station. Flour, eggs, and peanuts (then after your our of peanuts switch to almonds).

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Can you belie this is only two small chicken breasts?? It’s all in the pounding! Into the oven at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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While those baked away so did my sweet potatoes! The best I have ever made. I just sliced one sweet potato up, drizzled with a little EVOO, sprinkled with sea salt and paprika and put in the oven at 450 for 20 minutes. Then stuck them in the broiler for about 5 minutes!

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TA-DA! Home made baked fried chicken! I liked the almond and peanut crunch!

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I also made myself a Mocktail. Thanks to POM Wonderful, who sent me some of their newest flavor Cranberry Pomegranate, to try out. I added a little Pellegrino for some bubbles.

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All in the POM glass ๐Ÿ™‚

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Dinner for two.

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I ate every last bite!

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I also steamed some broccoli and added a little fresh graded parmesan cheese.

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One REAL GOOD meal!

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Before I made dinner I blended up some frozen cherries and made homemade popsicles!

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Dessert here we come ๐Ÿ™‚

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We just threw in the ingredients to our new bread maker. Hubby and I are crossing our fingers and hoping this bread actually comes out !!!!

Now time to edit some photos in Photoshop and then write my first letter ๐Ÿ™‚

Hope you all had a wonderful Wednesday!

P.S. Check out Hubby’s new post!
DAY 7 – http://mattmccormick.com/?p=35
DAY 8 & 9 – http://mattmccormick.com/?p=38


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