An Open Letter to the Chicken Nugget

....cross posted from our sister site, New Jersey Moms Blog.

Dear Chicken Nugget,

If I had to do a rough estimate, I would say that my sons have eaten a few thousand of you. Considering the fact that you make up an overwhelming percentage of their diet, I thought we should become better acquainted. First, here’s a little about me.

I never wanted to be a chicken nugget mom. In fact, I was hoping to be more of a “get your five servings of organic fruits and veggies every day no matter what or heads will roll” kind of mom. Somewhere along the line, I got terribly lost. It might have had something to do with the fact that my oldest son refused to eat anything that wasn’t you during his toddler years. I mistakenly thought that he would grow out of this phase and eventually he’d try at least one of the dozens of foods I presented to him, but I foolishly underestimated your grasp over his taste buds. For that, I am truly sorry.

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Comments

[Amy@UWM]

Our chicken nugget count is probably in the millions at this point. There are healthy ways to make chicken nuggets. I highly recommend the "Sneaky Chef" cookbook. It has a chicken fingers recipe with a great breading recipe that has lots of good stuff in it (like wheat germ) that can be made into nuggets. My girls loved it!