Posted by: piseco | 29th Sep, 2008

Muffin Tin Monday: Shapes

Muffin Tin Monday, hosted at Sycamore Stirrings, is the easy response to the bento box lunch craze - serve your kids lunch in a muffin tin, putting different yummy foods in each cup. We have been enjoying the idea of Muffin Tin Monday for several weeks, but I hadn’t snapped a picture of our snack yet! This week they were having a themed Muffin Tin Monday: Shapes. Head over there to see all the deliciousness; here’s ours.

Sept 29 Muffin Tin Monday

We had: candy corn (triangle), banana slices (circle), cheddar cubes (square), starfruit slices (star), the O’s from Heart to Heart cereal (circle), celery slices (crescent), green pepper slices (circle and crescent), the hearts from Heart to Heart cereal (heart), ham slices cut with a cookie cutter (star), TLC crackers (rectangle), chick peas (circle), Laughing Cow Swiss cheese (triangle).

BabyGirl is a big eater who loves to sample many things and graze throughout the day. Muffin tin meals are perfect for her, and we usually set ours out mid-morning. My carnivore kids plow through meats and cheeses first and then start on the fruits and other foods. I was surprised that the candy corn wasn’t the biggest draw, since we don’t usually include candy or sweets in these - but the kids were fighting over the ham and Swiss cheese!

Responses

That’s a cool idea. We actually did something similar very often when the kids were small, but not in an actual muffin tin. We used several of the divided plates left on our low table. I called them grazing days.

I love the candy corn and cheese,2 great ideas I hadn’t thought of!! Thanks for sharing.

Yum! I am getting hungry just looking at it. This is such a fun idea for the kids. I have seen it on several other blogs. I have really got to try it sometime for the boys. They would love it.

You found star fruit! I looked all over for some, couldn’t find any. Lucky! Like your tin.

star fruit! of course - how could I forget! Great muffin tin. I’m so glad you joined in!
xo
Katy

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