introducing...Muffin Tin Monday

I came across this thing called Muffin Tin Monday (MTM) a few years ago and promptly forgot all about it. Actually, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I was pregnant with my daughter at the time, so I think the forgetting is perfectly understandable. ;-)  But I recently was reminded about it when I saw my fellow bento-making mama pal, Alie, participating in MTM on her blog, Food for the Boys.

It's pretty straight-forward, you make a meal using a muffin tin to hold the food. The fun is in the weekly themes. This week the theme was the color green.  Green food is a little challenging. My first obstacle though was the the muffin tin itself. My cupcake-sized pans all have 18 spots, my mini-muffin pan has 24. So I had to use the jumbo-sized muffin pan. It worked. I'd like a normal sized muffin tin for future use (I covet the pan Alie uses, it's perfect!).  Anywho, without further ado, I present to you my girl's brunch today....

She has (clockwise from top left) pasta with pesto sauce, pickles, green Veggie Straws, green Fruit Loops, green applesauce, kiwi fruit.

When my daughter saw her food in the muffin pan she said "oh, did you cook it all up, mama?" hee hee! :)

I think this will be a fun activity for summer lunches for all my kids (well, maybe not the baby!). I think my 8-year-old would enjoy helping out with it, too. :)

p.s. you can click on the MTM button at the top of the post to go to the host's blog and get links to other people participating in MTM. :)