Pecan Chicken

5 Ingredient Pecan Chicken!!

1 CUP PECANS

1/2 CUP BREAD CRUMBS

1 TEASPOON DRIED BASIL

4 SKINLESS, BONELESS CHICKEN BREASTS ( ABOUT 1 1/2 POUNDS TOTAL)

1/4 CUP HONEY MUSTARD

PREP TIME: 10 mins    COOK TIME: 20 mins    4 servings

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Using a food processor, grind the pecans into fine crumbs. Transfer to a wide, shallow bowl and stir in the bread crumbs and basil. season with salt and pepper. Rub each chicken breast with honey mustard, then coat with the pecan mixture. Place on a nonstick baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Bake until the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes.

Yummy and Fun Finger Foods

Here is a list that I found in one of my baby magazines a while back that has really been helpful in giving me some new ideas for finger food for Emma. I hope this might be helpful to any of you new Moms that might read this.

• Small pieces of string cheese
• Slivered strawberries
• Diced kiwi
• Cooked chickpeas or black beans, mashed
• Diced pieces of well-cooked carrots
• Small cubes of seedless watermelon
• Well-cooked string beans, cut in tiny pieces
• Scrambled eggs (after 12 months)
• Fig Newton, broken into small pieces (one of Emma's favorites)
• Oyster crackers
• Small Jell-O cubes
• Cut-up fish sticks
• Gerber fruit and veggie puffs
• Bite-size pieces of cheese quesadilla with sour cream
• Diced cooked veggies and ranch dressing
• Slivers of fruit with yogurt
• Cubed banana rolled in Rice Krispies
• Graham cracker pieces with cream cheese and fruit spread
• Toast with thin layer of peanut butter (after 12 months)
• Soft granola bars like Nutri-Grain
• Whole wheat minis pancakes or waffles, quartered, with syrup, jelly, or yogurt

This list really helped me get out of a rut of applesauce, peas, crackers, cheese and so on. With Emma I learned that the more colorful the food is...the more likely she is to try it. 

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