I got one of those wild hairs the other night where I just had to try something new, an escape from the ease of my typical, comfort-level recipe cooking. At my local grocery store last week, they had a big tub of pretzels on sale. Being the crazy impulse buyer that I am, I couldn’t resist. They were fun and in the shape of footballs. My wife and I have been snacking on them off and on for the last week were almost pretzel-ed out.  Well, since I have been TRYING to eat healthier and get away from everything smothered in cheese or fried, I decided to get creative. I made the coolest pretzel-crusted chicken breast. This was fun to make and tasted awesome. I hoped that the pretzels would hold up to baking and crust like bread crumbs do. They did and the flavors were divine. My wife rated this one with 5 stars, and I think if I were in preschool again I would have received big smiley-face rating. It is so fun setting a goal of creating something unique with different combination of flavors. Putting it all together and having it come out better than you expected. That’s what goal setting is all about. Deciding what you want and then going for it. My wife is glad I did…

Pretzel-Crusted Chicken

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

1 Cup Crushed Pretzels

1/2 Teaspoon Season Salt

1 Packet Home-Style White Gravy Mix

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Crush pretzels by placing them in a food processor and grind. (Here’s a hint: I first tried the Ziploc baggy with a mallet to crush. . .  and that didn’t work so well but made one heck of a mess!)
3. Coat both sides of the chicken with season salt.
4. Then, roll the chicken in crushed pretzels heavily coated both sides.
5. In an ungreased baking pan, place the chicken pieces and sprinkle with more of the pretzels (they like to jump off).
6. Bake for 1 hour.
7. Prepare gravy to directions on packet.
8. Serve pretzel-coated chicken with the gravy
9. Enjoy!