Bitsy’s Baked Chicken (+ a HUGE giveaway)
This post is sponsored by Bitsy’s Brainfood.
Hi friends! How’s the morning going? I hope you had a wonderful weekend! New post is up on the PBB site here. I’ll be back later today with a recap from the weekend, but in the meantime I have a new family-friendly recipe for you + an amazing giveaway from my friends at Bitsy’s Brainfood.
I’ve mentioned this before, but sometimes Liv will surprise us with the things she prefers. She has an adventurous palate and will try anything, which is a lot of fun. She has tried many things that the Pilot and I didn’t have until our 20s or 30s (escargot?!), and I always have a blast checking out new restaurants and sharing recipes with her.
We try to involve her in the cooking process as much as possible, and for meals, I’ll give her a couple of options to choose from.
As she’s gotten older, some of her favorites are not-so-favorites anymore. She doesn’t really like salmon as much (ok, so she doesn’t like my salmon, but Seasons 52’s is just fine hahah), and something she liked yesterday she may not be in the mood for today. And I get it; I’m the same way. Now that she is more verbal about the things she wants to eat, I depend on some of the no-fail options, like Bitsy’s Brainfood.
You can check out their full line of products here!
We’re huge fans of Bitsy’s in our house. The cereals, crackers and cookies are delicious -I think I like them as much as Liv does- and I love that they don’t hide the fact that there are veggies in their foods. I think that this can help kids associate healthy foods with *fun* foods, and enable them to make smarter choices as they grow.
Also, they are nut-free and the cookies and crackers are made in a nut free facility for kiddos with nut allergies, or those who attend nut-free schools.
We enjoy them while we’re out and about,
packed in lunches,
and as components of baked goodies, like this Bitsy’s cookie crumble, and this baked chicken.
Chicken tenders are another one of those fail-proof Livi meals, and I used the maple carrot crackers as a savory coating, with a hint of sweetness. They kind of remind me of chicken and waffles! I baked the tenders in the oven until crisp, and served with a Ranch and honey mustard for dipping sauces. They’re a great dinner option, and I’ll freeze them and heat for quick lunches.
Here’s the recipe if you’d like to give it a try!
Ingredients:
1 box Maple-Carrot Bitsy’s Brainfood Smart Crackers (ground into breadcrumb-sized pieces. I found it was easiest to put them into a plastic bag and roll/break with a rolling pin)
1 lb chicken tenders, seasoned with salt and pepper
2 eggs
Salt, pepper, garlic powder
Coconut oil
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 425 and grease a cookie sheet with coconut oil.
2. Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl, and pour the Smart Cracker crumbles into another medium bowl. Season the crackers with salt, pepper, and about 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Mix well.
3. Dip each chicken tender into the egg mixture and then coat completely in seasoned Smart Cracker crumbles. Shake off any excess crumbles and place on the cookie sheet in an even layer. Spray or drizzle lightly with coconut oil.
4. Bake for 15-17 minutes until cooked through and golden brown.
5. Serve with dipping sauce of choice!
And now, it’s giveaway time! Bitsy’s Brainfood offered ONE YEAR of free Bitsy’s products (in the form of VIP coupons) for a lucky reader. 20 second place winners who will receive a set of coupons for free products (1 coupon for each product line).
All you have to do is enter via the widget below.
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I’ll announce the winner in Friday Faves!
Ready, set, go!
xoxo
Gina
This post is sponsored by Bitsy’s Brainfood. Thank you so much for supporting this blog and the amazing companies who help to support our family.
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Either of their cookies sound delicious!
Smart crackers look good!
Id like to try any of the cereals!
Omg all of these sound great!
i’d like to try the smart crackers!
My 2 year old already loves the cookies! And I love that she is getting in some veggies!!!!…I would love to try out the smart crackers as well as the cereal!
Love finding new and healthy snacks!
I’d love to try the smart crackers, cause who doesn’t love a crunchy snack!
The sweet potato oatmeal raisin cookies sound yummy!
I’d love to try new snacks that are healthy!
Those chicken tenders look amazing!
I would love to try the crackers! The flavours sound amazing
I would love all of the crackers! Al of the favours sound amazing!
I would love to try the Bitsy’s Organic Sweet Potato Cinna-Graham Smart Crackers.
My lil one loves the Maple Carrot crackers, and the baked chicken tenders sound yummy!
Their crackers look delicious!
The zucchini cookies look yummy! My toddler would love them.
The smart frackers look great!
Mmm the Maple Carrot Crisp crackers. But everything sounds good.
I would most like to try the sweet potato cinna graham crackers!
I’d love to try the smart crackers!
Just tried some of their products last week. I was pretty impressed!
Any of the cereals, I’m a cerealaholic 🙂
I think my 4 year old would love the Smart Crackers!
I don’t have kids but I still like the cheese chia crackers.
The cookies!
this recipe looks great! I can’t wait to try the smart crackers!
Sounds like a great recipe!!! Can’t wait to try it for my girls.
I LOVE their cookies for my toddler and preschooler (AND ME 🙂 ) – but didn’t know they had cereal- that is a must try for me!
They all actually sound pretty tasty but the Zucchini Gingerbread Carrot Smart cookies sound rather intriguing.
I love the idea behind these snacks!!
That’s a great giveaway! 🙂
I love their products but my target seems to have stopped carrying them.
I cannot wait to give these chicken fingers a try for my little guys! Thank you!
I would love to try some of those smart crackers!
Zucchini gingerbread sounds about right as we head toward Autumn. Thanks!
I am a sucker for oatmeal cookies so I would try those!
The Sweet Potato Cinna-Grahams sound delicious but so does everything else!
I love their snacks! the kids love the cinnamon and zucchini letter crackers!
I already love the cookies as much as my one-year-old. Now I’d love to try those Smart Crackers with him!
crackers!
I’d love to try any of the flavors and I know my little boy will love them!
Sweet potato oatmeal raisin cookies!
All of their options look delicious, but the zucchini gingerbread carrot cookies sound like a favorite-to-be!
I would love to try the crackers! They look delicious!
My 3 yo loves the chocolate, orange beer cookies and id love to try more!
Hahahah beet! Not beer!
I would love to try any of the cookie flavors….because well let’s face it, who doesn’t love cookies! I know I do and so does my 4-1/2 year old son 🙂
I’m starting grad school soon, and would love to have easy healthy snacks on hand. Even though, I know these are geared towards kids, I’d like to give them a shot!
All those snacks for a year would be amazing for my boys!
Sounds amazing!
The Crackers Look amazing and I would love to have healthy snacks available for my 2 year old (and myself!)