Parmesan Chicken Tenders + GIVEAWAY!

“Would you like some chicken with your ketchup??”

Yeah, a co-worker said that to me once. We went out to eat on a work trip and like a little kid, I ordered chicken tenders. (Ok, so I wasn’t in the mood for a kale salad. It happens. Even to dietitians.) Apparently, I like a lot of ketchup on my chicken tenders. More than the average person, so I’ve learned. I’m fine with that.

Are you a good protein eater? Eating protein has been a challenge for me my whole life. As a kid, the foods I remember loving and eating all the time? Not protein. I loved cereal, toasted bagels with strawberry jelly, macaroni and cheese x 1,000, canned peaches and pears (for real), pancakes, pizza, and spaghetti with mom’s version of Nana’s Italian Tomato Sauce hold the meatballs. I was just not into meat. Chicken, eh. Steak, eh. Seafood, eh. They just didn’t excite me. Until I met sauces.

I still remember the day my mom made a quick béarnaise sauce with the help of an inexpensive packet from the grocery store. You know, the { powder + butter + milk = béarnaise } kinda thing. Suddenly I’d eat that steak.

Thankfully, my parents didn’t have to pass the “take two more bites of chicken and you can be excused” baton to my husband. Now, there’s many proteins I love. However, you’ll rarely EVER find me eating a protein without a sauce of some kind. You can see this theme over and over again in my cooking: the sauce to my protein might be a salsa, a marinade, a salad dressing, a pesto, a mother sauce, a simple sauce, a dip, a blackened seasoning, spices galore, or even a jam.  On my plate? …where there’s protein there will. be. sauce.

Let’s get to the sauces in this recipe.

Earlier this year, my big sister took an exciting new job. She’s the Chicago Market Manager for hotel and restaurant sales of Sir Kensington’s ketchups, mayonnaises and mustards. Hollaaaa! The dietitian in me starts dancing whenever she tells me sweet little tid-bits about this health food company like the fact their ketchup is made from vine-ripened tomatoes picked at the peak of freshness and canned within six hours. SIX hours. No wonder they only need half the sugar as the national brands! I’m not usually a spicy mustard fan, but I’m obsessed with theirs because it reminds me of my favorite whole-grain mustard I used to get at university in Australia. My sis tells me it took second place in the WORLD mustard competition! #mustardgoals.

Being that Sir Kensington’s products are all natural and non-GMO verified you can rest assured that they only use high quality, REAL foods. You don’t need a chemistry degree to read their nutrition label. Scan the ingredient lists all you will see are recognizable, natural foods like tomatoes, organic cane sugar, onions, distilled vinegar, sunflower oil, lemon juice, and maple syrup. Say whaaaa? I know. I love. Did I mention one of my other favorite sauces on proteins? Condiments.

You can find Sir Kensington’s condiments at your local Whole Foods. If you don’t go to Whole Foods regularly and you don’t want to make trips to three grocery stores to get everything on your list (I do that more than I’d like to admit) you can order Sir Kensington’s condiments from their website. You can even use the coupon code “chicken” for free shipping on all orders!

Pretend you’re Ina Garten and say it with me now, “how easy is that?”

Oh, you didn’t notice she says that phrase at least once an episode? Just me? Okay.

Now… the GIVEAWAY!!

Enter to win Sir Kensington’s Classic Mayo, Classic Ketchup and Spicy Brown Mustard! To enter, leave a comment in the “Rate, Review & Comment” section at the bottom of this post sharing what foods you can’t wait to put these products on or what recipe you can’t wait to use the products in. 

• Entry to win starts today (Sunday, January 3, 2016) and closes in two weeks (Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Midnight, PST).
• Entry is limited to one submission per person.
• Contest is open to US residents only.
• The winner will be randomly selected and announced Tuesday, January 19th at 7:00 AM PST.
• The winner has 24 hours to use the contact form on the L&L site to provide their shipping address. If no contact is made within 24 hours another winner will be randomly selected and announced at 7:00 AM PST on the following day (January 20th).

Let’s get to the cooking. This recipe is so simple. Just mix mayo and parm together and lightly coat the chicken tenders with it. This keeps the chicken moist while baking… no dry chicken here!

Then coat in Italian seasoned bread crumbs and bake. See? I’m already adding tons of flavor to the protein. But you know me, that’s not enough. You’ll find these Parmesan Chicken Tenders on my plate drowning in sauce (read: ketchup and spicy brown mustard).

Don’t forget:

1. Use the coupon code “chicken” for free shipping on all orders from Sir Kensington’s website.
2. Enter the free giveaway to win Sir Kensington’s Classic Mayo, Classic Ketchup and Spicy Brown Mustard by leaving a comment in the “Rate, Review & Comment” section at the bottom of this post sharing what foods you can’t wait to put these products on or what recipe you can’t wait to use the products in. (**See full giveaway details in the post above**.)

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This post has been sponsored by Sir Kensington’s. Thanks for supporting brands that support Laughter and Lemonade.

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Update 01/18/2016 7:50 PM  I’m a little earlier than I said I’d be…. but the winner is….

…Katie R!! 

Katie – please use the the contact form on the L&L site to provide your shipping address. I hope to hear from you before 7:00 AM on Wednesday, January 20th; if I don’t I’ll be announcing a new winner later on Wednesday. Thank you to all who entered!!

Update 1/19/2016  I have heard from Katie and the giveaway is officially over. Thanks again to those who entered and to Sir Kensington’s for their collaboration!