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Muffin Tin Monday- Summer Storm

July 11, 2011 By Deirdre

We seem to be having major rainstorms every other day here in South Carolina. We’ve see wind and we’ve seen rain. We’ve heard thunder and seen lightning . There have also been rainbows.

Some storms have been strong enough to break limbs off the birch trees in the backyard. This limb cracked in an earlier storm and then fell down completely in one two weeks ago.

I decided to create muffin tin in memorial the summer storms.

The tin contains a rice cake cloud with Alouette’s new Light Spinach Artichoke Soft Cheese ( I will be reviewing it later this week.), chicken nugget lightning bolts, blueberry balls of hail, catsup to dip, broken trees tops of broccoli and cauliflower, and playdough looking rainbow cookies.

The rainbow cookies are loosely based on Red Ted’s Rainbow Cookie recipe. I tried to take a short cut by using cookie dough from a mix. It was way too sticky and looked like playdough when I added flour to the dough. I really should have used her recipe and made them from scratch. JDaniel loved them, but they would have been better without the short cut. If you want to see them as they should have looked, please check out her link above.

I am still looking for recipe ideas to feature on Muffin Tin Monday. I am calling this series Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom. Just leave me a comment on this post or an upcoming Muffin Tin Monday post with a link to a recipe you think I should get JDaniel to try a muffin tin. If I use your recipe, I will mention your blog in the post it appears in along with a link back to it

What has the weather been like where you live?

Muffin Tin Monday on Sunday- Happy Fourth of July

July 3, 2011 By Deirdre

I am participating in the Displaying Independence sponsored by Mom Loop tomorrow so, I decided to post this yummy tin a day early.

JDaniel had a burger with a cheese and bread star, Two Bears Farm’s Corn and Black Bean Salad, potato salad made with red potato stars, strawberries, red grapes and peanut butter fudge brought for me to the Type A Conference by Lisa of Two Bears Farm.

JDaniel loved everything. He is still into eating with his hands rather than a fork. He was able to pick up the stars, burger and fruit with his finds. A fork was used for the corn and black bean salad.

The corn and bean salad is the first recipe to be featured in my summer series. Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom series. It runs through July and August.

How does the Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom work?

You just leave me a comment on a Muffin Tin Monday post with a link to a recipe you think I should get JDaniel to try a muffin tin. If I use your recipe, I will mention your blog in the post it appears in along with a link back to it.

The salad was a huge success. If you would like to try it, please visit the link I have included above.

This post is linked to Muffin Tin Monday.

I am participating in Jeanna Journey’s 2nd Annual Comment Challenge. It should be fun!

Muffin Tin Monday- Yankee Doodle with a Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom Reminder

June 27, 2011 By Deirdre

Did you know that Yankee Doodle, his girl friend, her poodle, and a few other animals opened up a noodle restaurant called Yankee Doodle’s Noodles? We didn’t either. We found out about it when we read Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott’s book Yankee Doodle.

It is a fun rhyming book that is very loosely based on the patriotic song Yankee Doodle. The story is really silly and filled with humor that made JDaniel laugh.

Today’s muffin tin lunch is loosely based on the book. He had mac and cheese, apple stars, strawberries, cantaloupe on toothpicks, and chocolate dipping sauce with fireworks red sprinkles.

JDaniel hasn’t had a lot of experience with toothpicks. He got a lot of practice with this lunch. He loved dipping the fruit into the chocolate.

Remember: Next week I will be starting the Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom series. It will run through July and August.

How does the Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom work?

This post is linked to Muffin Tin Monday.