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Chicken Nugget Potato Boat

A fun & healthy recipe for children!

Surely no other mother on the planet has my problem – a child that prefers to play than eat? Repeated instruction to “sit and eat” and “eat at least 3 bites of your veggies” are ignored.

Well, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em! (As the old saying goes)

Getting my kids to eat chicken nuggets is not even a struggle. I look for nuggets that are 100% all natural ingredients like Tyson chicken nuggets are. It is their veggies they don’t eat. But I created a super fun meal that my kids really dug their veggies into.

Veggie Pirate Boat Recipe

Meet captain nuggey and his band of scalleywags! They sail the sour cream seas on the SS Potato. Armed with carrot cannons and pepper-swords, they are a rough bunch you don’t want to mess with!

The only way to beat this surly bunch is to chomp off their heads!

My 2 year old loved it!

Ingredients and prep are so easy, you can even involve your little helpers to join in the fun.

All you need is:
• a double baked potato
• Tyson Chicken nuggets
• baby carrots
• cheese
• sour cream
• blue food coloring
• a chip
• yellow & red bell peppers.

While the potatoes are baking in the oven, your little helper can make the ocean. Just stir in the desired amount of blue – make it as dark or light as you want.

The, you just cut some triangle shapes of cheese for the ship’s flag and slice some peppers for the sail and swords. I have to admit, Lizzie and I were snacking while cooking!

Your little helper will be able to join you again! Just put the nuggets on a sheet! I have a countertop convection oven, so I was able to cook the nuggets at the same time as the potatoes baked in the oven.

When the potatoes are baked, you can scoop out the insides, mash it up with milk and begin assembling your work of art!

The sour cream ocean is perfect for dipping the carrot cannons and pepper-swords in. And the soft & creamy mashed potatoes, made from one of my favorite slow carb recipes, are so fun for dipping the nuggets in before biting them in half.

Talk about a fun and creative way to encourage your children to eat their veggies and protein! Feel free to use other veggies – be creative. And involve your kids in the creation of this ship, they will love it!

Win It!

One lucky MamaDweeb reader will win a $50 VISA Gift card so you can make this at home!

Closed. Congrats Mary Ward!

Disclosure: I was given a gift card to purchase supplies for a meal involving Tyson Chicken Nuggets. I was also compensated for my time sharing it with you. The fun I had making this pirate ship? Priceless!

Comments

  1. Jill says

    believe it or not, my little one’s favorite food is probably ‘salad’ and by that I mean pepper strips, carrot sticks, tomato slices, anything salad like, she really digs, as long as there is dressing. granted, she’ll eat it without it, but the dipping is the fun part, I suppose!

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  70. Cathy says

    His favorite meal is actually Tyson Fun Nuggets, so I would love to win since I keep having to buy bags of the stuff. Thank you for the giveaway!

  71. Peter S says

    Probably lasagna, though she also enjoys burritos. She’s got a pretty wide taste in food and that’s really nice in a kid. 🙂

  85. Anne R says

    My son’s favorite meal is eggs-either hard boiled or as an egg sandwich with fresh fruit, strawberries or blueberries.

  103. Sarah L says

    What a clever idea. I don’t have a little one, but my favorite meal is shrimp.
    Thanks for the contest.

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  111. Rebecca Shockley says

    My little one’s favorite meal would be breakfast!
    Sausage patty and cheesy scrambled eggs!

  127. Eileen says

    My “little one” is 11 and her fave is probably spaghetti but my grandkids who are 4 and almost 6 love mashed potatoes and gravy and chicken. They hate fast food and I think that is TOO awesome!

  177. Selene says

    When my youngest son was little, his favorite meal was grilled cheese sandwich with grapes on the side.

  184. Jennifer B says

    that is so cute! My little ones favorite meal is steak, corn on the cob and mashed potatoes

  192. Samantha Cuhel says

    Right now we’re still on baby food but his favorite meal so far is oatmeal with cinnamon and blueberries.

  201. tess says

    my son loves pizza AND Breadsticks, but he does love those chicken nuggets too
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  207. Karen says

    If we allowed her to eat a chicken mcnugget happy meal everyday I think she would, but I think her favorite food is macaroni and cheese and black olives (not mixed together, lol).

  249. BusyWorkingMama says

    My daughter loved fresh veggies. No matter what I put in front of her, she eat the tomatoes or cucumbers or corn or peas first and asks for seconds. But salmon is a close second fave!

  290. JLJMommy says

    My 14 month old’s favorite meal is toast, green beans and strawberries. He’s not much of a meat eater yet. =)

  298. Micah Pearson says

    My wife is pregnant with our first child so I can’t say for certain what her favorite meal is but my wife craves chicken and tomatoes quiet a bit, so I’m going to guess baby Eden likes that!

  306. Pat says

    His favorite meal is Tyson Chicken Nuggets and now I plan to make your recipe with him so we’ll both have more fun with lunch.

  308. Lori B says

    Lbrouse1 at gmail dot com
    Right now, it’s breast milk! But I’m OFTEN cooking for his little cousin whose culinary world seems to revolve around Mac&Cheese and chicken nuggets.

  316. Debbie Welchert says

    We have five of them. One likes hot wings, one likes chicken nuggets, one likes hot pockets, one likes spaghetti-O’s and the last likes pizza.

  331. Sarah Mutzbauer says

    My daughter is 14 months old, so her favorite meal changes daily! 🙂 Currently it happens to be chicken nuggets and grapes.

  363. Monica K says

    My son loves “cheesy bread” (pizza dough with cheese and no sauce) My daughter is at the wonderful age of eating anything colorful (including veggies!)

  375. Kerry says

    My son loves mashed potatoes, chicken, vegetables and gravy

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  382. Lynda E. says

    Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. He’s eaten so many he’s probably going to turn into one!

  394. Meredith says

    My son’s favorite meal is mac and cheese with chocolate milk! thanks so much for the chance!

  419. Dana says

    actually anything but her favorite is chicken nuggets although we never tried it like this

  438. Lorri Jeanne says

    I don’t have a little one, but I do have nieces & nephews who LOVE chicken nuggets

  439. Alicia E. says

    Pretty sure if I had a little one, he/she would LOVE mac ‘n cheese with a dash of sriracha.

  447. Raven In A Blue Room says

    my younger daughter luckily digs into everything edible. Her favorites are food what she can eat with her hand – Tyson Chicken nuggets are a great way.
    My older daughter is a very picky eater. A guaranteed meal what she actually enjoys and ask for more is pasta with tomato sauce

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  482. Angela A says

    My kid’s favorite food is pizza for sure! (and me too!) 😉

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  539. Hannah Avery says

    He is pretty small still, but he really likes mashed potatoes, rice, beans, and CHEERIOS!

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  565. Geoff K says

    His favorite meal would actually be chicken nuggets with mac n cheese and hot fudge sundaes for dessert. Thanks!

  598. Cindy Merrill says

    My little one’s delight: Camper’s Chicken Parm: Thaw 6 to 8 Tyson chicken nuggets, place on tinfoil square, add a large fistful of shreeded cheese and 1 tlbsp. full of speghetti sauce. Wrap tightly.
    At campfire- place packets on hot coals, sing a few rounds of kookabarra sits in the gumdrop tree, then use tongs to remove packets.

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  605. Karen says

    My son’s favorite meal is macaroni & cheese with applesauce and a glass of milk.

  643. Mrs. Smitty says

    My daughter’s favorite meal is when Daddy makes Hot Dog Octopus’ and a treasure chest made of graham crackers filled with cheese and carrot shred “coins”.

  652. mommydoll13 says

    tacos. when is it taco night she is like can we eat tacos every night mommy.. it is cute.

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  659. Summer Bonner says

    My little one’s favorite meal is Macoroni and Cheese…I am so tired of fixing Kraft Mac+Cheese….but he is going through that phase…and what my boy wants …he gets..LOL..

  669. Theresa Jenkins says

    Required Entry: half of the grandkids like chicken nuggets and fries and the other half like Mac and cheese

  676. ShootingStarsMag says

    All the little ones in my life are still babies….so their food options are limited. LOL When I was little though, I always liked this cheesy chicken my mom made.

  683. denise triece says

    My little one loves it when we have veggie and fruit platters for dinner!! Easy and Healthy!

  936. katfam says

    My kids constantly ask me to make Linguine Carbonara Florentine. They crack me up.

  975. Aisling says

    When my kids were small, their favorite foods were hamburgers, pizza and veggies prepared as finger foods or topped with cheese sauce.

  982. Gayle C says

    Meatloaf, gravy and mashed potatoes is the favorite meal.

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  1004. Jill Myrick says

    My sons favorite meal is Popcorn Chicken with Mac & Cheese.

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