Healthy Pizza Chicken Fingers

I ran out of eggs...so I dipped the chicken in pizza sauce instead. My 4 year old loved them and asked for seconds.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 12 fingers

Ingredients

• 1  lb chicken breast, cut into strips
• 1⁄2 cup  pizza sauce
• 1  cup  whole wheat bread crumbs
• 1⁄2 cup  ground flax seed
• 1⁄2 cup oats, blended in blender for 5 seconds
• 1⁄4 cup  grated parmesan cheese
• 1  tablespoon garlic powder
• 2  tablespoons oregano

Directions

1. Place all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well. You can use Italian breadcrumbs and omit the seasoning. I eyeballed the measurements, so these are best guesses at the quantities. Adjust to suit your taste.
2. Dip the chicken in the pizza sauce. I added a bit of oil to the pizza sauce, but I think it would still come out okay to just use on its own. It would probably be even better to let the chicken marinate in the pizza sauce for a while. You don't want the sauce too thick.
3. Then dip in the breading. Be sure to pay it and get it to stick well.
4. I sprayed a baking pan with cooking spray and placed them on. If you do that, let them sit for a few minutes before trying to remove them from the pan as the bottoms got stuck. Next time I'll pro a my cook them on a baking rack so the bottoms don't get too soggy from the sauce.
5. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.
6. Serve with extra pizza sauce for dipping.