justJENN recipes

My kids love chicken fingers, as most do. This is an effort to try and get a healthier version inside of them. They don’t eat fast food. So this is as fast as it’s gonna get for us.

ingredients:
2 boneless chicken breasts - cut into strips
3/4 flour
salt
pepper
1 egg
3 Tablespoons milk or water
1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil or parchment.

Set up a work station - that is - three deep dishes, side by side. In the first dish, put the flour and season with some salt and pepper. Second dish, whisk the egg with the milk. Third dish, mix the breadcrumbs and the cheese.

Now go down the line and take your chicken strip, dip in the flour (make sure you shake off the excess or your batter won’t stick!!), then the egg, then roll in the breadcrumbs. Put on your baking sheet.

Once you are done with your assembly line, pop that tray in the over for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken strips over, and cook for another 10-15.

Kids love these, and especially like to dip them, so pull out the ketchup, mustard and bbq sauce!

This is sticky, and sweet - obviously, just like a melted marshmallow. The kids love it, but cleanup is a bitch.

ingredients:
1 Tablespoon milk
3 Tablespoons sugar
half a bag of marshallows (approx 6 oz)
1 Tablespoon boiling water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a tiny sauce pan on VERY LOW heat, warm the milk and sugar. Make sure it doesn’t boil over, you just want to heat it up.

In a double boiler, melt the marshmallows. When they start to soften, add the boiling water and stir.

Remove from the heat. In your mixer bowl pour the melted marshmallow in as well as the vanilla and beat. Beat in the melted milk/sugar until cooled.

I find that using an offset spatula is the best method for frosting this stuff because it is very very sticky.