#fully cooked

Farm Boys Maple BBQ Pulled Pork!

My sister loves pulled pork and has been missing it recently so when I saw this at farm boys I knew she would be so excited! For an added bonus for 100grams of pulled pork it is only 150 calories! It was so easy to make! It comes fully cooked so all you do it is place the bag it comes in on a dish and cut a 1cm hole. Microwave for 2 mins. DONE. So Easy and so Delicious! To keep this meal a low…

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How excited am I?! I'm flying out tomorrow to attend my first SoFabCon conference in Arkansas. It’s the retreat-like blogger conference where I'll hang with brands, bloggers and other industry folks; and discuss the ins and outs of social media. Even better... Tyson Foods invited me – as a VIP – to a take an exclusive tour of their Springdale headquarters!

But before the big weekend in Arkansas, my son and I had a family dinner on Monday night. I made a prehistoric meal featuring Fun Nuggets from Tyson. 

These whole grain nuggets – shaped like dinosaurs – have been HUGE in our home.

Why?

A while back, Clint tried meat for the first time thanks in part to the fun Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex breaded shapes. They helped reduce his resistance to trying them.

Clint ate his “dinosaurs” (we don’t call them nuggets) with some bites of tomato, snack bar and a glass of milk. 

Each "dinosaur" bite had a small drop of honey, as well.

As for me, I ate my "dinosaurs" with a Prehistoric Jungle Salad.

It consisted of Marketside Spring Mix greens, slices of avocado, rings of red onion, kalamata olives, diced tomato, shaved Parmesan, pecans and balsamic vinaigrette.

Hahaha… I’ll be the first to admit, the nugget salad looked kinda silly, but I can get Clint to eat WAY more of his dinner if the both of us take bites of the same type of food together – throughout the course of a meal. He also loves the idea of sharing his Tyson dinosaur nuggets with me. This comradery really helps encourage him to try new foods... and fill his belly.

And I’ll tell you what... It was a surprisingly good salad. I plan on making this meal idea again.

I got most of the ingredients – including the Fun Nuggets from Tyson – in the grocery department at Walmart. 

The nuggets – strangely enough – came from the chicken section in the Frozen Pizza aisle.

If you're interested, the recipe is below for my Prehistoric Jungle Salad with Tyson Fun Nuggets. You can make the salad for yourself... or your little “dinosaur” lover at home.

I'm curious... What techniques or foods have you found helpful when introducing something new to your children? I would love to hear ‘em. Heck, chances are... I'll try them out!

Prehistoric Jungle Salad featuring Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets from Tyson

Serves: 1 Prep time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients:

3-5 Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets from Tyson

1/4 Red onion

8 Kalamata olives

1 1/2 Handfuls of mixed greens

1/4 Tomato

Shaved Parmesan

8 Pecans

1/4 Avocado

Balsamic vinaigrette

Directions:

Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Then cook the frozen Fun Nuggets for 11-14 minutes.

Cut 1-2 slices of red onion.

Cut two slices from tomato and dice.

Quarter 8 kalamata olives.

Cut three slices of avocado.

Put rings of red onion, diced tomatoes, olives, pecans, avocado and mixed greens into bowl.

Top bowl with shaved Parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette.

Place Fun Nuggets in bowl.

Enjoy.