Being dairy free and cooking everything from scratch doesn't mean that everything we eat in this house is super healthy. As you can see from my previous posts, we make cakes and sweet treats, but we also make dairy free versions of all the food the kids know and love, such as chicken nuggets :) We make chicken nuggets very simply, we just take 3 eggs and a cup of cornflour and whisk it together. Sometimes eggs can be larger than other times, so if the batter is too thick, just add water a teaspoon at a time, until the batter looks like a thick cream consistency, like so Then i cut the chicken into strips (or into small rounds with a cookie cutter), dip into the batter and fry. I serve them with salad and french fries or, as today, with rice and steamed green beans. The green beans are dressed with olive oil and garlic (or just a knob of dairy free butter for quick and easy!)
And there is usually enough batter left over to make some tempura vegetables (whatever veggies you have in the fridge- carrots, peppers,courgettes etc,) or even onion rings :)
Oh, and when i am cooking for the whole family, i cook the kid's food first then i had a pinch of salt and pepper, and a teaspoon of dried chilli flakes to the batter to give it a little kick.
The other thing i do with leftover batter (as long as i haven't spiced it up that is!) is dip some pineapple rings in it. When the pineapple rings come out, i dust them with icing sugar- the kids just can't get enough!! :)
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