#muffintinmeal

#muffintinmeals today! . A few bites of crunchy salad, pb crackers, mozz cheese stick, grapes, hard boiled egg whites, nutrigrain cereal bar, corn, & strawberries. . The veggies and the cereal bar weren’t eaten but everything else went pretty quickly 😋 . #feedingpickyeaters #muffintraymeals #muffintinmeal #feedingtoddlers https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnT2NMlSpc/?igshid=1tiq0xrwvxsjw

After a failed breakfast attempt (everyone under 5 woke up on the wrong side of the bed), we had banana milkshakes for morning snack (frozen bananas, huge globs of pb, chocolate protein powder, and a mix of chocolate and vanilla pea milk) that were huge. So they weren’t really hungry at lunchtime and a muffin tray meal was just right: . @babybelus “roll up” cheese that they love, first thing to go . Strawberries “2 ways” (cut and not cut...) . Vegan pancakes I made for baby with some @barneybutter chocolate almond butter (so good!) . Green bell pepper (clearly wasn’t gonna be touched) . Goldfish, blueberries, and mango “2 ways” (fresh and dried) . #muffintinmeals #muffintraymeals #muffintinmeal #muffintinlunch https://www.instagram.com/p/CEnfJkRFh6f/?igshid=a6ufao8fhm62

They came inside for lunch, washed their hands!!!, and were so quickly into lunch that I didn’t get a picture with our #muffintinmeal full. We had some energy bites — I tried a mix where you just add your liquids but none of us loved it. So those were tried but not eaten. Everything else was eaten!! Yay! 🍇🥝🍓 Annie’s mac n cheese PB crackers (not pictured — eaten first!) A few Doritos from dad’s stash in the pantry Hard-boiled egg white Veggie straws dipped in hummus https://www.instagram.com/p/B9neol4FnM8/?igshid=xze578sltss3

I don’t typically fill so many spots in a muffin tin with the same thing, but I had avocado and a hard boiled egg yolk to use up, sooooo here we go. I did purposefully cut the toast into different sizes — a big deal for my crew. Ideally we could move towards open-faced avocado toast...baby steps 💗 Also have some chips in hummus (we love the roasted garlic from @wegmans and it’s soy free unlike others we’ve had) More fruits — 🍍 🍇 & blueberries on skewers A few veggie bites (🥕🥒& bell pepper) Plus some marshmallows 😋 #muffintinmonday #muffintinmeal #feedingtoddlers #pickyeaters #avocadotoast #eatyourcolors https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZvM7AFh2g/?igshid=16t7e2axxmfxo

Muffin trays for dinner tonight...Recognizing that some foods are “love it” foods for one child and “learning it” foods for the other, I tried to adjust the quantities of those foods on their trays instead of leaving off something. . Avocado: M won’t eat straight avocado chunks but H loves. Leftover corn Cheese + crackers (daiya for M) Hummus + pita chips: this M will eat w a spoonful but H rarely even tries Ian’s GF chicken nuggets: M ate these so quickly I’m not sure she tasted them, while H cried bc they weren’t dinosaurs A few bites of carrots: not touched but they did play with them to make letters — exposure, right? . As soon as he saw the tray, H announced he wouldn’t eat all the things and “maybe wouldn’t try them all either.” How to respond? It’s a fine line between encouraging to eat and requiring to eat. In the end, I was just glad he tried the nuggets and hummus. No dice on eating those scary carrot things still 😜 #muffintinmeal #feedingpickytoddlers #feedingpickyeaters #pickyeaters #healthyeatinghabits #likeitloveitlearningit https://www.instagram.com/p/B618rS0FsqG/?igshid=141fj33lwfpol

Muffin Tray dinner tonight: Strawberries and some banana left from snack Dinosaur nuggets Carrot puffs PB puffs and dark chocolate covered raisins American cheese, Blueberries, & Carrots Big wins for us: 1. Despite numerous “orange cheese” attempts, neither kid will eat cheese that isn’t white BUT tonight quickly ate this cheese — no idea why tonight, but I’ll take it! 2. While the carrots were untouched, no one screamed or flipped out about having them on the tray. Progress. 3. After eating most of her tray, M then actually asked for my steak and salad!! She ate a good couple bites of steak. And then she sucked the balsamic dressing off a pile of lettuce....spit the lettuce out instead of swallowing it, but what great exposure! #feedingpickyeaters #feedingpickytoddlers #muffintinmonday #muffintinmeal #foodwins https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fuzrHFE-B/?igshid=yqj7fibokp0m

Muffin tin meal tonight: Roasted pumpkin seeds & @enjoylifefoods mini choc chips Berries Roasted carrot sticks w/olive oil Pizza bites Cheese stick & peas Grapes (which M reminded me to cut) Cantaloupe Mini PB sandwiches Chicken “sticks” @theskinnypop crackers Kiwi I’d give them a B- overall score on eating tonight. But an A in trying new stuff since they each ate a carrot and M actually put a lot of peas in her mouth! She spit most of them out but then kept putting them back in...still counts for trying! #feedingtoddlers #pickyeaters #muffintinmeal https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkbPTYl4Lw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ditfzk7ig4lx

A Perfect Picnic Muffin Tin Meal You can read more here: http://www.mamabelly.com/2013/06/muffin-tin-monday.html