Remember last week I mentioned that I had discovered many new blogs while it was raining so much and we were stuck inside? Well, one of those blogs was Muffin Tin Monday. Here, you’ll find a weekly challenge to serve meals to your family in fun muffin tins. A take on the bento style lunches (more on that later!), muffin tins jazz up the presentation of food and help make it more appealing for kids. Since I’m new to this whole thing my effort this week was a bit low key and I actually didn’t use the muffin tin. Instead, I used silicone muffin cups to hold cut up watermelon, guacamole and sour cream to go along with the chicken and cheese quesadillas I made for the kids.
It was funny because when I served up the plates, both their eyes got big and they got these funny smiles on their faces. They really loved them. And the bonus? They ate nearly all of their lunch! Here’s looking to more ideas to make lunchtime (or anytime) a little more fun this summer–or whenever!
That looks great! It's so much fun (I also love it b/c some things don't always work well in actual bentos but the kids like the foods).
This looks wonderful! I love the quesadillas.
@Shannon, thanks for your comment. I'm slowly learning about bentos and trying to figure out what I already have at home to use. Just found some neat cocktail forks that were my grandparents in a drawer yesterday that I can use!
@JDaniel4's Mom–thanks to you too! Quesadillas are our Texan version of grilled cheese sandwiches around here.
So easy to make too!