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MTM-Food on a Stick

It is State Fair time!  I love going to the Minnesota State Fair.  One of my favorite things about the Fair is the food.  I recall one trip to the Fair years ago in which a friend and I needed to visit the first aid station to beg for antacids after consuming a particularly lethal combination of food on a stick...

So, tonight I did a Food on a Stick theme, since we are planning on hitting up the Fair this coming Friday(provided I can get the day off from work...ugh).  

1.  Pickle on a stick

2.  Roma on a stick

3.  Zucchini muffin on a stick

4.  Chicken on a stick

5.  Apple on a stick

6.  Fruit Snack on a stick

The girls loved all the little sticks and were trying everything out.  Of course the fruit snacks went first.  

I love that I don't really have to do a ton of cooking on Muffin Tin Monday.  

I am going to be switching our Muffin Tin meal to Sunday nights, because Big Sis is starting Dance and her class is on Monday evenings.  

Don't forget to swing over to Muffin Tin Mom for some fun meal ideas.

 

MTM-Ladies Choice

Right when I was getting home from work tonight, I heard the little musical tinkling of the local Ice Cream Truck. We have been waiting all summer for a chance to get ice cream treats from the truck, so even though it was right before supper, we flagged him down and got a treat for the girls.  They were just delighted!  

I didn't really have a plan for our muffin tin tonight, so I thought we would do "Ladies' Choice", and I let the girls guide the process tonight.  

We went to a parade over the weekend, so they each chose one piece of candy to put in their muffin tin.  Here is Big Sis's MTM.

Vanilla Yogurt with sprinkles, buttered noodles, crackers, skittles and turkey pepperoni.  Little Dude was a little more artful with her arrangement of the same food.

Buttered "noonoos", sprinkles, crackers, vanilla yogurt with a piece of pepperoni and a sucker in it, and some scraps... :)

My girls just crack me up with their love of noodles.  They totally take after their Daddy that way.  

Even though Dudie had a spoon, she thought using the sucker to scoop up her yogurt was a great idea.  

After we got done eating, Big Sis told me that "we had a really desserty supper tonight, Mama".  

I linked up with Muffin Tin Mom.  Take a minute and click over to her site and check it out.  

Preserving

So last year, Andy and I planted our first garden.  It did ok, and we learned a bunch of things.  We ended up giving away quite a bit of produce last year.  Last year I wanted to try to do some canning, but never really was able to do it, because I didn't know how, and I also felt I didn't have time to.  

So this year, I planted 

*less tomatoes

*more beans

*same cucumbers

*corn

*dill

all in anticipation that I was really going to try preserving some things this year.  Canning is something that my Mom and Grandmas both did and something that I have always wanted to do.  

Raspberry Jam

Garlic Dill Pickles

Spiced Peach Jam

Frozen Peaches

I also did some canned peaches as well, but didn't take photos of them.  

I feel like I am doing great so far!  It is so rewarding for me to know that my family is still going to be eating food that we have grown in our garden this winter.  

 

MTM-Things in the Sky

Our theme for Muffin Tin Monday today is "Things in the Sky".  

As I was working on putting it together, the girls were playing in the living room.  Then Little Dude wanders into the kitchen with a tube of diaper cream in her hand, looking like this:

We had to take a little break and clean up.  I think she thought it was sunscreen.  She did a good job of even getting it on her ears and making sure to tell me she did so.  

1.  Airplane (wheat bread with freshly made spiced peach jam)

2.  The Sun (orange slice)

3.  Clouds (Puffcorn)

4.  Birds (Muenster cheese)

5.  Thunder sounds (drop the grapes in the muffin tin and listen)

6.  Hot Air Balloon (Kiwi/dry spaghetti noodles/cheese)

OK, I know the "thunder sound" was a stretch, but the girls had fun with that one.  Little Dude really got into asking what each item was.  I was also really pleased that the girls enjoyed the peach jam, I wasn't sure they would like it.  

It was fun to talk about all the different things we might see in the sky.  We also talked about what else might be in the sky and Big Sis came up with a few more things--Lightning, Rain, and Bugs.

 

I linked up with Muffin Tin Mom.  Click on the button to go see what other families are eating in a muffin tin!

MTM-Soupy Doupy Supper

If I make up a silly name for things, it instantly becomes 100% more interesting for the kids, hence the "Soupy Doupy Supper" tonight.

1.  Cheesy crackerwich

2.  Go Go Squeez

3.  Half a banana chip muffin

4.  Tiny Heart grilled cheeses

5.  Tomato Bisque

6.  Cucumbers from our garden

I was amazed that everthing was gobbled up, they must have been super hungry!  I LOVE seeing clean plates :)

I am linking up with Muffin Tin Mom.  Head over to her site for some fun ideas.  

I also was very proud of myself earlier this week, because I had my first canning experience.  

Go Me!!  I have been afraid to try it, but I got a bunch of raspberries at my parents house and I didn't want them to go bad.  It turned out great!