Muffin tin meals

I read about the idea of Muffin Tin Monday on Chrys' blog last week. Basically the idea is to get a little creative in the presentation of food at mealtime for your toddler. At first the thought of it totally overwhelmed me. "You mean not only do I have to make a healthy lunch but now I have to creatively present it too?" Well, I decided to give it a try. You know what? It is no more work to put her food in a muffin tin as it was to put it on a plate. It actually helped me to make sure I was giving her more variety as there are 6 compartments.
Katherine thought it was pretty fun to eat out of the muffin tin. I can's say she ate more than usual but I told her that she needed to eat something out of each hole. She did.
She then remembered that the one cabinet that we did not baby proof and she is allowed in is the cabinet with the other muffin tins (actually silicone). So, she went and got another one and practiced her pincher grasp (long ago mastered) by moving every bit of food from one tin to the other.