Muffin Tin Monday!

That right folks! It's time for another edition of Muffin Tin Monday! You don't know about Muffin Tin Monday? Oh no! That means you haven't been reading my blog very long. To find out all about it go here to find out all about the Muffin Tin Craze.
This week we were only supposed to use muffin cups (not the actual tins). I found these great polk-a-dot cups at Target so I decided to go with the dots and used that theme through out the lunch.

Here are the boys plates full of muffin cups

See, aren't the muffin cups cute?

And finally, here's what we had to eat: Circle Crackers (Ritz) with Circle Cheese (I used a biscuit cutter to cut the cheese), Ranch (okay, not really a circle), Carrots sliced to be circles, M&M's (I just happen to see these on a shelf at our house and thought "Why Not? They're circles after all), Mini Circle Peanut Butter and Honey Sandwiches (I used the biscuit cutter on the bread as well).

Muffin Tin Monday

I finally did Muffin Tin Monday for the kids again. Truthfully they ask to do it all the time, but I've just put it off. I definitely need to get back in the habit. If I start doing this for them on a regular basis again I am going to invest in some fun muffin tins and accessories.
Unsure of what MTM is all about? Then just hop on over to Muffin Tin Mom's blog and check it out.

In our muffin tin the boys enjoyed mini pb&j and pb&honey sandwiches, goldfish, a little bite of honey graham z-bar (along with their vitamins), banana, grapes and strawberry, string cheese and craisins.

*please excuse the crummy picture. I took it with my phone.*

Muffin Tin Monday - GREEN

We enjoyed our Muffin Tin with dinner the other night. I made homemade pizza (I'll post the recipe later) and the boys had their muffin tins for side dishes. This muffin tin was awesome because it got them to try some things they hadn't before. Suprisingly Wyatt (my most picky eater) liked it all. He especially liked the asparagus (it was raw and normally I steam it...so from now on I'll serve it to him raw). The granny smith apples were VERY sour so the peanut butter dip came in handy for that.
We had asparagus, avocado, brocolli, ranch, green bell pepper, more brocolli, a green spoon, peanut butter (for the apples), green granny smith apples, green grapes, and green apple pudding.
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Muffin Tin Monday is YELLOW!!

The theme for this weeks Muffin Tin Monday was Yellow. I'm really enjoying the color themes that we've been doing and honestly, the boys are loving them too. Wyatt saw me putting up this post and asked why he never gets to do Muffin Tin Monday anymore. I told him that we do it while he's at school and he said that I should send one in his lunchbox. So, now I'm on the hunt for something I can do in his lunchbox. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
For this week's lunch we enjoyed: Yogurt covered pretzels, a Yellow banana, Strawberries and Blueberries, Yellow Bell Peppers (which Seth loved, but Reece wasn't fond of), Ranch for the Bell Peppers, and Quesadillas with Yellow Cheddar Cheese.

It was such a nice day that the boys had their lunch outside. We've been stuck inside a lot recently with rain, so it was really great to get out and eat.

Muffin Tin Monday!! Wooho!

Won't you join us for another exciting edition of Muffin Tin Monday? We're excited you're here! So, pull up a chair and join us for some yummy food right out of a good old fashioned muffin tin! Seriously, everything tastes better in a muffin tin. Don't believe me? Just give it a try.
Today we have clementines, ham, string cheese, vanilla yogurt, craisens and gold fish.

Muffin Tin Monday

It's that time again...Time for Muffin Tin Monday! We haven't done this in a while, but the boys just love it. If you're interested in joining in head on over to Muffin Tin Mom and see what the theme is. This week's theme was ORANGE.

We had Orange Juice, Clementines, Carrots, Ranch, Goldfish, Colby Cheese, Applesauce that I colored orange and an orange gumdrop.

Muffin Tin Monday and some special guests

This week there was no theme for Muffin Tin Monday. We had mini turkey sandwhiches (on Hawaian Rolls), Veggie Straws, Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels, Pineapple, Strawberries and Cottage Cheese.
We also had a couple of special guests join us for lunch; The Flash and two Ninja Turtles.

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Muffin Tin Monday, Copy Cat Theme

This weeks theme for Muffin Tin Monday was Copy Cat. We were supposed to look at other Muffin Tins from other families and copy one that we really liked. When I originally saw the fishing themed Muffin Tin that Michelle did over at Her Cup Overfloweth I knew the boys would love it and I was waiting for the opportunity to share it with them. I was right and they loved "fishing" for their food.
In our Muffin Tin we had crushed graham crackers sand at the beach, chocolate and cheddar goldfish crackers, banana starfish, pretzel stick fishing poles, blue sprinkle water, and peanut butter bait. The boys dipped the pretzels in the peanut butter and then stuck it to whatever they wanted to fish out to eat.
If you haven't participated in Muffin Tin Monday, you definitely should. You can check it out over at Her Cup Overfloweth.

Muffin Tin Monday

I took a break from blogging about our Muffin Tin Monday Meals, although we've still been having them every week, but I decided to start blogging them again.
This week we had watermelon, tomatoes, grapes, cheese quesadillas, and Winnie the Pooh Crackers, as well as some milk. My kids love eating their lunch out of muffin tins, so if you're looking for a fun way to have a meal with your kids you should definitely try it. There's group of mom's over at Her Cup Overfloweth and they share their Muffin Tin meals every week. Sometimes there's a theme and sometimes there isn't. It's just a fun thing to do with the kids.

Muffin Tin Monday

This week the boys' muffin tins had:

Spoon for the Cottage Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Tortilla Chips, Apple Slices

Candy Corn and Pumpkins, PB&J, Queso, Carrots

Juice, Animal Crackers, Raisins, Ranch

Seth ate everything except the queso, it was a little spicy
Wyatt ate everything and declared, "Look mom, I'm eating carrots, just like the guinea pigs!" Usually, we have the little baby carrots, but since I have a huge bag of big carrots for the guinea pigs I just peeled those and sliced them for the boys today. He was sooo excited.
Reece had Raisins, PB&J, Animal Crackers, Apples, Cottage Cheese, and Tortilla Chips. He was very pleased : )

Muffin Tin Monday

We had another fun Muffin Tin Monday. My boys just love these! They look forward to them every week.

Our muffin tins this week consisted of:

Tortilla Chips, Juice, Spoon for Cottage Cheese

Raisens, Turkey Bacon (I had it in the fridge and it needed to be cooked before it went bad: ), 1/2 a Kids Z-Bar, Cottage Cheese

Winnie the Pooh Animal Crackers, Blue Berries and a Plum Slice, Mozzerella Cheese, Strawberries

Reece loved his mini-muffin tin. His had tortilla chips, z-bar, blueberries, plums, strawberries, mozerrella cheese, and winnie the pooh animal crackers.
Seth would be happy if I only ever fed him fruit.
Wyatt went for the Turkey Bacon first and then requested humus for his chips.

Muffin Tin Monday-Shapes

The challenge for this week's Muffin Tin Monday was Shapes. Since Wyatt is always asking what shape any given letter is I decided that I would make that our challenge. I made the boys' names our "shapes".

Wyatt's Muffin Tin had:

W Shaped PB&J Sandwich, Y shaped String Cheese, A shaped Raisens, and 2 T shaped Z Bars

Juice, Pineapple chunks, Animal Crackers, Spoon

Tortilla Chips, Hummus, Cottage Cheese, Strawberries

Seth's Muffin Tin had:

S Shaped PB&J Sandwich, E Shaped String Cheese, T Shaped Z Bar, H Shaped Raisens

Juice, Pineapple Chunks, Spoon, Animal Crackers,

Tomatoes, Tortilla Chips, Cottage Cheese, Strawberries

Can you tell how excited they were about their names in their food?

A few tips: The letter sandwiches work much better if you use a rolling pin to roll out the bread nice and thin and then put the two slices together and cut out the letter shape. All the other shapes are held together with toothpicks.

Muffin Tin Monday

Yeah! Another wonderful Muffin Tin Monday!
We had the following in our muffin tins:

Cars Cookies, Grape and Stawberry Kabobs (specifically requested by Wyatt to be sprinkled), Water, More Fruit Kabobs

Blueberry Stoneyfield Yogurt, PB&J, Grapes (no sprinkles this time), Swiss Cheese

PB&J, Raisens, Ranch, Tomatos

Reece always loves his mini-muffin tin (he did not have the fruit kabobs, tomatos, or ranch)

Seth didn't really care for the Swiss cheese, but ate everything else

Wyatt was checking to make sure he got at least one Lightening McQueen cookie

Muffin Tin Monday-Children's Literature

This weeks theme for Muffin Tin Monday was Children's Literature. We chose Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat. It is such a cute book. The basic theme is that when you don't want to try new foods if you will try them a little at a time you might end up liking them. Gregory doesn't like normal goat food ("junk food"), tires, boxes, shoe laces, newspapers, etc. and would rather eat healthy foods like, orange juice, cereal, fish and scrambled eggs. His parents don't know what to do with him and take him to a doctor who recommends that they introduce one new food at a time so that he'll learn to like new things (which he does).

For our lunch we had:

Broken Down Cars (Car Movie Graham Crackers), Grapes, Shoe Strings (Pull apart Twizlers), Blueberries, A Necktie (A strip of candy that cut to look like a necktie), Cheese, Pretzels, Turkey, Yogurt, Tomatoes, Juice, Flat Tires (Donuts)

Pictures of the "junk food" Gregory doesn't like in the beginning of the book.

Muffin Tin Monday-Breakfast

The theme for Muffin Tin Monday was breakfast foods. This is probably the boys' favorite meal of the day, so it was a delight for them to have it again at lunch!

Their Muffin Tins Contained:
Syrup for Dipping, Waffles Cut into Strips, Grapes, Orange Juice
Kashi Summer Berry Granola, Yogurt, Blueberries, Cheerios
Banana, Raisens, Kashi Autumn Wheat, Strawberries

As always, Reece enjoyed his mini-muffin tin. His did not include raisens, granola or yogurt.

Muffin Tin Monday with a Friend

Today we had Muffin Tin Monday with a friend. Wyatt and Seth's friend, Jonathan, came over for a playdate this morning and stayed for Muffin Tin Monday. We had a great time and I think he and his mom really enjoyed it too.

Our Muffin Tins Contained:

Ranch, Ham, Tomatos and Carrots, Raisens

Apples, Chex, Almonds, Strawberry Wafer Cookies a Z-bar Bite

Grapes, Strawberries, White Cheddar and Pretzel Goldfish, Stringcheese

Seth, Wyatt and Jonathan enjoying their Muffin Tins
Reece Enjoying his Mini-Muffin Tin