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Yogurt and strawberries layered in a mason jar and topped with breakfast cereal. It's an easy quick portable breakfast soluti...

It's Monday! And that means it's Muffin Tin Monday. What's Muffin Tin Monday you ask? Simple dimple: It's a weekly blog link up where I share the muffin tin meal I made for my kids and you join me! What's a muffin tin meal? Easy peasy: It's a snack, dessert, or meal served in a muffin tin. It's like an Americanized bento box meal. For more on MTM's visit the FAQ page.We had our muffin tin snack in these fun wilton brand silly feet silicone muffin cups!Our Muffin Tin Snack: pears,...

Here's a little Sunday link love:The Babba Box: Would your kids love to receive a box in the mail filled with themed crafts, activities, and books? The folks at Babba Co. have done all the work for you and put together just such a box. The Babbabox is perfect for ages 3-6 years. Perfect Holiday or Birthday giftBHG:Apple Cider in an Apple Mug This is an adorable idea from Better Homes and Gardens. Hallow out a large apple and fill it with your favorite apple cider recipe. Fun fall...

Did you know that Muffin Tin Mom was nominated for a Parents' Magazine Best Food Blog of 2011 award?By Best Food BlogIf you like what you read here at Muffin Tin Mom, then I encourage you to click over and vote for me and this bl...

Our local farmer's markets (we have so many in the greater San Diego area) are full of not only organic produce but they also serve local sweet treat like these Cake Pops from Cakey Pops. They have a booth at the La Jolla Open Air Market Cake Pops were made famous by the incredible Bakerella and Starbucks makes them widely available to the public en mass. Cakey Pops is a local business that is bringing Cake Pops to the residents of San Diego County. She was recently even featured here on the...

Today I packed my son's lunch with items I knew were his favorites in hopes of getting him to eat his lunch after 5 days of coming home with a lunch box full of food. This is not like him to not eat his food entirely. And I even implented my MTM stylings to his lunches with no luck. So I am at a loss. I decided to video my concerns, discoveries and frustrations. Can you relate?Email subscribers can click here to see the video.UPDATE: Thank you so much for your comments and encouragement!...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! Every Monday here at Muffin Tin Mom it's Muffin Tin Monday. It's been a multi-year super fun journey serving food in a muffin tin for kids and hearing your feedback and reading your emails about how muffin tin lunches have made a difference in your child's (or toddler & preschooler) eating habits or how much fun they have has been such a blessing! Here's what we had:tangerines, raspberries, monterey jack cheese cubes (natamycin* free-woohoo!), zucchini...

My friend Kate of San Diego Deals and Steals posted the most amazing and simple recipe recipe for homemade slow cooker crock pot applesauce with organic apples and cinnamon."So about a month ago my mom brought over a HUGE bag of organic apples from her neighbor John’s apple tree.On one hand – SCORE – free organic apples.On the other hand – organic apples don’t keep as long as their pesticide ridden counterparts and I immediately began stressing about how we would consume them all before they went...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! We remembered the events of September 11th, 2001 quietly and without fanfare. I haven't told my 6 and 7 year old about it yet. In fact, I am not even sure when the "right time" will be or if they will ever understand the magnitude and significance of that day.I also had a sick-ish child at home today. So we opted for a laid back muffin tin meal. My son's new favorite fruit is the pluot (center). He loves them and was even more excited when I told him this particular...

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday!A trip to our local farmer's market this weekend yielded some delicious late summer fruits and vegetables. We we able to get some late harvest strawberries (I love living in California!), some pluots (they're delicious!), crisp gala apples, and zucchini.Rounding off this Muffin Tin Meal is are some whole wheat mini turkey apple-shaped sandwiches and leaf shaped cheddar cheese.I was worried that the farmer's market strawberries would go bad before we could eat them all,...

photo by partie traumaticMuffin Tin Mania: Amazingly simple way to get more nutrients and vitamins in your (or your kid's) smoothies: make and freeze "green" smoothie shots with protein rich almonds, cancer preventing celery, and antioxidant rich spinach. Brilliant!Chickabug: A compilation of 6 super delicious looking sweet flavored popcorn recipes. They had me at Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn....In fact I found this via Gourmet Mom's Pinterest board, check out all of her other fun pins.Filth...