Thursday, March 4, 2010

Portion Control


Mission: Family Nutrition


This week I have relied heavily on two muffin tins that hold 4 muffins each as my go to for feeding my kids healthy meals. They help me in so many ways:
  1. They keep portions child sized
  2. They inspire me to provide variety because there are 4 holes to fill
  3. They help me make left overs interesting to the kids.
  4. They remind my kids how much I love them (they are heart shaped)
I use the muffin tins for every meal some days. Today for breakfast the kids got a heart full of oatmeal, 2 hearts full of whole fruit, 1 heart full of pistachios.
Last night it was a heart full of roast beef, a heart full of green beans, and a heart full of corn. I put a small blob of ketchup in the other heart and a glass of milk to go with the meal. I'm not always as healthy unfortunately, the other day our lunch consisted of a PB & Honey sandwhich, vanilla yogurt with sprinkles (ooh la la), 2 fresh home baked chocolate chip cookies, and some orange segments. Yep a bit to much sugar in that one, but at least the portions are small.
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Muffin Tin Monday at Her Cup Overfloweth


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