I begin my 21st week today and after next week, I'll be starting my 6th month of pregnancy! I have definitely noticed a surge in hunger in the past few weeks. All the baby books say, you will be ravenous all the time but don't eat extra calories until your 3rd trimester. Are you serious?!?!?! I subscribe to the 6 small meals a day regiment, but this growing baby always wants MORE.
My number 1 craving so far has been Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich (sorry Laine!). If I could eat that everyday, I would. But for obvious reasons, it cannot be:( Why does the good stuff have to be so bad for you?! Sounds like baby girl knows she's a southerner and loves fried chicken (just like her daddy)!
The past few weeks we've been trying to be especially healthy because we know once we land in Houston, we are not holding back on our cravings. So in an effort to curb my fried chicken craving, I decided to try this recipe I recently pinned. It's meant to be a healthy version of "fried" chicken, and I found it to be really satisfying.
All you need is chicken, butter and the following dry ingredients (3/4 cup of each):
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| Used a rolling pin to get the corn flakes the same consistency as bread crumbs |
Then you dip the chicken in melted butter (I used about 1/4 cup for 6 pieces of chicken and still had a little left over to drizzle on them halfway through baking) and cover in your "breading" mixture.
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| Dredging |
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| Oven ready! |
45 minutes later, voila! As I mentioned earlier, I drizzled a little more butter on the chicken pieces to make sure they didn't dry out during baking and I flipped them over at the halfway mark. Of course, the meal would not have been complete without mashed potatoes (no substitute for that!). Equally important, the meal got Ram's stamp of approval, so it was a win-win:)
What foods have you found healthy substitutes for?
Yum. I have a similar recipe with potato chips. I use an egg instead of butter to make the breading part stick but butter sounds super yummy. I hope you enjoy some Wendy's for me while you are stateside! What I would give for a cheeseburger and a frosty!!! Baby boy for sure knows he's American:)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I had no idea you weren't supposed to add calories until the final trimester. I've been under the impression that you can add 200 per day. Not sure where I pulled that from, but I think I'll stick with it:)