Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Bento Box/ Muffin Tin Kids Lunch

I saw the cutest lunch idea for kids the other day: Bento boxes! They were adorable! But when I went to the store to buy the tupperware I couldn't find them. Instead, I found muffin tins at the local DollarTree (I'd seen the muffin tin lunch ideas before, but I thought the bento boxes were waaay cuter...oh-well).

My kids are p.i.c.k.y. with a capital P, and they can't have very much sugar or heavily processed foods (don't ask...it's a long story) so getting them to eat is a definite challenge. To get them to at least try all of the healthy food, I decided to wrap a surprise treat that they could only open after they had finished the rest.

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*animal crackers *Plain Greek yogurt with a little manuka honey and sprinkles *no sugar added apple sauce *PB&honey sandwich *Surprise (half a granola bar)
*Green Machine juice

We had a great afternoon lazing on the back patio having a nice picnic, feeling and watching the baby kick. And now they're outside...coloring all over themselves with what I hope is washable marker.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

You should just get some bentos online! Though the muffin tins work for now! Fun ideas!

Amy said...

LOVE this idea!!!!!!!

The Mom. said...

good idea!

Be Brave, Keep Going said...

Love your Muffin Tin Meal! Did you know there is a whole blog dedicated to Muffin Tin Lunches for Kids? http://muffintinmom.com Meet The Dubiens has submitted some of her Fun Food Friday lunches to my weekly blog link up 'Muffin Tin Monday'.

Kristina Rich said...

Ok, so you are a super cute mom that does awesome stuff. My kids would eat that up. Am I the only one that doesn't know what a bento box is? I looked at the link and holy cow, that lady puts a lot of effort into lunches! The muffin tins were so cute! and your kids eat really healthy stuff!!

Liz said...

Such a neat idea! I think I like the muffin tins better then the bento boxes...muffin tin seems to make it a bit different where the bentos just look like tupperware. I wonder if kids see it that way.

Good job! You go girl!

bethiepoos said...

love it ruth!! my version is... a shoebox filled with chicken nuggets, gummy bears and a cup of kool aid!! yep we are healthy and classy!!!! p.s when are we hanging out?????

Bou Shin said...

This is really cute and inventive - I even just tweeted about it on Twitter! ^^ I really like how you still shaped everything to be extra cute!