I need to confess that this in not one of my best muffin tin meals. Things just didn’t come together the way I pictured them in my head. That happens sometimes.
An Earth made of blueberries and green grapes looked amazing in my head. My husband tried to guess what this creation was and couldn’t. Even after pointing out the Florida he was unsure. Telling him it was the Earth seemed to help, but it was still too abstract for him.
So what do you do when your Earth does work, you deconstruct it. The fruit salad Earth became fruit in a muffin tin. Some of the fruit was used to top blueberry yogurt which isn’t really blue by the way. Some went into its own cups and some was used to make blueberry jelly. (I am just kidding.) The jam came right from a jar and was spread on English muffin earthlings. I guess without eyes, a nose and a mouth the Earthlings may look a little abstract too.
I placed homemade granola in the cup between the Earthlings. It was placed there mostly because JDaniel helped me to make it. He is loves to snack on it or have it appear in a meal.
JDaniel didn’t seem to care about how the meal looked. He just dug right in and enjoyed it. Maybe on Earth Day Earthlings really want to eat their favorite foods. It doesn’t matter if they are in abstract or deconstructed forms. It seems to work that way at my house.
Here are some other Earth Day ideas I think you will like:
I totally knew that was an Earth! Very creative.
I love the little earthlings!
Such creative meals! Love them both!
This looks so fun! Great job!
Blessings,
Kristine
I knew it was the earth, so creative!
I knew I liked the way you see things.
Oh! Sorry it didn’t work. But yes, kids will LOVE it anyway. 🙂 Yum!
Central America was the toughest to make work.
Awww I think you did a great job making the earth!
Thank you so much!
Love that fruity earth!
=)
It tasted wonderful!
At the end of the meal, the food all ends up in the same place but I love how hard you tried for the Earth.
You are so right!
You did a great job! I also love the idea of eating out of the muffin tin. Hmmm, maybe that would encourage my kids to eat dinner!
There is a site for muffin tin lunches listed above. The blogger has wonderful food ideas!
I see Florida! You really do such a great job feeding your son so well
I am so glad you can see it.
I think you did a great job. Love the earthlings too. I tried to think of a way to make something that would be Earth day related, but I completely blanked.
There was amazing Earth Day Bento blog hop. I was amazed at what they came up with last week. I thought is was a hard theme.
I think it’s adorable. What do husbands know about this anyway?
He loved eating the deconstructed fruit. He knew he would like that.
It looked a little like earth if I squinted.
I think that Earth looks great! You did an amazing job!
looks great to me!!!
Oh goodness – that is soooooo clever! I love the blueberry/grape earth!
I could see it was the Earth – although to be fair to your husband, the title of your post did say “Earth Day”! 🙂 But like you said, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t always work out how you imagined it – the lunch looks really yummy anyway, and JDaniel obviously enjoyed it!
what a creative earth in fruit. love that. my kids would too! thank you for all the inspiration, as always!
i thought it was the earth when i saw it…
great job!! love the earthlings….
I think it looks great! And the fact that he ate is even better!
I’ve read some of your writing and your writing is indeed very good, I’ll try to follow your advice, thank you