• FOOD
  • HOME
  • SELF
  • HEALTH
  • FAMILY

Natural New Age Mum

Happy. Healthy. Holistic.

  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Shop
  • About
    • Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions

Chicken and Vege Bombs – Healthy Chicken Nuggets

May 28, 2012 · 35 Comments

chicken and vege bombs

Just say NO to nuggets! 

I am back with another recipe to make your own chicken nuggets and ditch those nasty processed chicken nuggets.

This one was inspired by a recipe I saw at Taste.com.au.

What I am loving about this recipe:

* It’s so quick and easy! Get the cherubs to help you.

*It’s perfect finger food for babies and toddlers as it makes really soft nuggets that are easy to chew!

*It’s easy to make your own versions – use finely chopped leftover cooked veges,  swap the veges to corn, pumpkin, broccoli – whatever! Got some leftover rice? Chuck that in too!

*It’s gluten-free and dairy-free.

*It sneaks in some veges!

*It tastes yummy!

Okay, so this is what you need:

500g organic or free range chicken mince (or make your own in the thermomix)

1 small organic carrot

1 small organic zucchini

1/2 small organic onion

1 small organic garlic clove

1 tablespoon homemade tomato sauce (or relish/chutney/mustard/pesto)

2 teaspoons organic Herbamare

1 organic, free-range egg

2 teaspoons dried parsley (or use one tablespoon of fresh)

3-4 large slices of wholegrain bread (I used gluten-free)

oil for spritzing
cvb

Okay, so this is how you do it:

Put your oven on to 200 degrees celsius. Whack some baking paper on a large baking tray.

Whizz the bread in your thermomix or food processor to make fresh breadcrumbs and set aside on a plate.

Grate the zucchini, carrot, onion and garlic very finely (or chop really finely in your thermomix/food processor).

Squeeze out all of the moisture of the vege mix – if you don’t the mix will be too sloppy! Keep the juice to chuck into soups/stews/stock.

Mix all ingredients, except the crumbs, with your hands – this bit is fun and a little therapeutic!

Roll small balls of the chicken mixture and then roll in the breadcrumbs. They are a little soft, but they will firm up when you cook them.

Place on the tray and spritz with oil (I use macadamia oil in a glass oil spritzer – cooking spray has lots of nasties!).

Fling your bombs into the oven and cook for about 10-15 minutes, depending on how big you made them. Serve them with whatever you like – my kids enjoyed the leftovers cold the next day in a salad wrap with mayo!

download (63)

Make up a double batch and freeze the chicken and vege bombs uncooked. You will always have a quick, healthy option for the kids on standby!

You might also want to check out the other recipes in my campaign to ‘just say NO to nuggets’.

Make it. Come back. Tell me what you think!

Related

Sharing is caring!

181 shares
  • Share51
  • Tweet
   

Filed In: FOOD / Tagged: chicken, chicken mince, chicken nuggets, dairy-free, gluten-free, kid's food, thermomix, vegetables

Comments

  1. Heidi Lampard says

    May 28, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Absolutely loving all your yummy recipes and natural living suggestions! Thank you for sharing! Definitely my favourite blog at present! Heidi x

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 28, 2012 at 12:09 pm

      Awww thanks Heidi ! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Karen says

    May 28, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks for this. I tried the taste one and found them quite bland. I will definitely be testing out this recipe.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 29, 2012 at 10:24 am

      I think you need the onion, garlic, parsley and sauce for a bit of flavour ! Let me know how you go Karen 🙂

      Reply
  3. Moonbeams and Eco-Dreams says

    May 29, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Looks great. Thank you. Bookmarking. We are GFCF so this recipe looks exciting.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 29, 2012 at 3:23 pm

      Hope you like them Moonbeams! 😉

      Reply
  4. Rhi says

    May 29, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    do I have to use the Herbamare? Can I use almond meal instead of breadcrumbs?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 29, 2012 at 4:45 pm

      Hi Rhi – you can just use some salt and pepper instead of the Herbamare! And of course you can use almond meal ! 🙂

      Reply
  5. mamacino says

    May 29, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    Awesome recipe…very like the one I use which I will get around to posting one of these days, lol.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 30, 2012 at 8:23 am

      the more the merrier!

      Reply
  6. S. says

    May 29, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Just made these tonight for my fussy 2 year old… she loved them!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 30, 2012 at 8:22 am

      great to hear 🙂

      Reply
  7. ohmamma says

    May 29, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Just made these tonight for my very fussy 2 year old.. She loved them! Great way to get in sneaky veggies 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 30, 2012 at 8:22 am

      that’s fab ! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Sueanne says

    May 29, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    I might attempt a vegetarian version of this and use quinoa maybe!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 30, 2012 at 8:22 am

      sounds good

      Reply
  9. Sonia @ Life Love and Hiccups says

    May 30, 2012 at 8:32 am

    Thanks so much lovely – I have been looking for a good recipe for homemade nuggets as my kids love them, but I cant stand the idea of giving them rubber ones. These look delicious. xx

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      May 30, 2012 at 8:40 am

      hope the kids like them 🙂

      Reply
  10. The Scrumptious Pumpkin says

    June 2, 2012 at 9:58 am

    Sounds really delicious – love all the healthy veggies you’ve managed to sneak in 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 2, 2012 at 4:50 pm

      it makes it taste better too! 🙂

      Reply
  11. Janet bell says

    July 12, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Wow these bombs were such a hit with the grand children and my son says they are “The best” My husband and I fully agree, they are wonderfully yummy and very more ish.. Thankyou so much.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 12, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      you are so welcome Janet !! so glad the kids loved them 🙂

      Reply
  12. Catherine Webster says

    February 21, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    Thankyou these were really yummy & easy to make. My 3 year old loved them too. Love your blog, thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 21, 2013 at 11:29 pm

      thanks for the feedback Catherine – so good to hear your 3 year old loved them!

      Reply
  13. Louise says

    June 6, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Oooh I’m getting hungry just thinking of these. I bought some chicken mince yesterday so guess what I’ll be making tomorrow?! Might turn them into nuggets on a stick- like a nugget lollipop 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      June 8, 2013 at 11:09 am

      Oh wow! That is an awesome idea Louise! Please take a photo for me if you do!!!!

      Reply
  14. Kim says

    September 2, 2014 at 9:57 am

    My 9 month old just wants to feed herself so finding healthy finger foods is just great! Thank you so much- I’ll be trying these this week 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      September 2, 2014 at 3:14 pm

      Let me know how you go Kim x

      Reply
  15. Kim says

    September 6, 2014 at 5:48 pm

    Hi Sonia,
    The chicken and vege bombs were a massive success with my daughter Winter! I just left out the breadcrumbs and Herbamare so they were more suitable for a 9 month old and she wolfed them down.

    Thank you so much again for sharing x

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      September 8, 2014 at 10:04 am

      Thanks so much for the feedback!! 🙂

      Reply
  16. Ainsley says

    March 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    Yum!!! Thanks for a brilliant recipe 🙂 Mr 3 is scoffing them down after helping me make them.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 10, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      Brilliant!!

      Reply
  17. Terri says

    November 7, 2017 at 3:15 pm

    Do you think these would freeze ok for school lunches ?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2017 at 5:00 pm

      Hi Terri, yes they should definitely. 🙂

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. The Great Home-Made Chicken Nugget Competition | Natural New Age Mum says:
    October 10, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    […] Chicken and Vege Bombs […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I’M A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

PEOPLE I RECOMMEND

 

Search

Categories

  • FAMILY
  • FOOD
  • HEALTH
  • HOME
  • SELF

PRAISE

Archives

Copyright © Natural New Age Mum | Branding + Site by Robyn Birkin