Monday, July 23, 2012

Fresh From the Garden on Muffin Tin Monday

Our garden, while pitifully destroyed in large portions by those rotten squash bugs, is at least producing a few things.  We are enjoying what we can harvest at our meals.
To keep in the garden them, I pulled out our mushroom and spider muffin cups.  We had roasted beets, egg salad sandwiches on homemade white bread (the eggs were from our hens), and cucumbers.  Pierce loved this meal and ate every last bite.  Cort and Reid mostly ignored the veggies, but ate the sandwich.

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33 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 6:40 AM

    I love that you included a bug in the meal! This looks delicious!

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  2. andyJuly 23, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    I think all kids ignore the vegs mine sure do! !! Have a great day hope your weekend was nice

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  3. Buttons ThoughtsJuly 23, 2012 at 7:11 AM

    You always make meal time fun. I think it looks great. B

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  4. JillJuly 23, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    I bet the boys loved that spider! :)

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  5. MelodieJuly 23, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    Sorry you have the squash bugs.It certainly seems to be the year of the bugs,they got a lot of my veggies too.

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  6. Liz MaysJuly 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM

    I'm glad the squash bugs aren't getting everything at least!

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  7. MeredithJuly 23, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Very cute. Squash bugs are horrible. I didn't get any squash this year, but my tomatoes and peppers are doing well.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 11:08 AM

    Looks so yummy and I think I'll make me some egg salad for a lunchtime treat today. Looks good!

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  9. Chicken WranglerJuly 23, 2012 at 11:21 AM

    Cute lunch there - and I'm all for egg salad myself!

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  10. Valerie BoersmaJuly 23, 2012 at 11:21 AM

    Fun lunch Lisa!

    I love egg salad and I can only imagine how wonderful it would be made with fresh eggs!

    Darn squash bugs! I'm glad you are still able to get some veggies from your garden though. Hopefully next year will be bug free-or at least there will be fewer of them:)

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  11. Tina Fariss BarbourJuly 23, 2012 at 11:39 AM

    I love the spider! I've never had roasted beets--I bet they're good.

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  12. Gail DixonJuly 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    Your kids are lucky to have such a devoted mom!

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  13. SandyJuly 23, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    Not a fan of beets....otherwise it looks good!

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  14. The CrankyJuly 23, 2012 at 2:29 PM

    What a fun lunch, and that it came from your own labour and land makes it even better!

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  15. trumpJuly 23, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    Well Lisa you sure gave it a good try in almost sneaking some veggies into your kids meal this time. Why most kids hate eating veggies I will never really know, and even I ate some when I was their age. Richard

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  16. renae July 23, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    ok Lisa, no prob here! I would have downed it like Pierce!! (i love me a great egg-salad sammich)

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  17. JenJuly 23, 2012 at 5:58 PM

    Looks awesome, Lisa...especially the homemade bread :)

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  18. MaryJuly 23, 2012 at 6:42 PM

    Such cute food presentation for your little un's. Your a cute mommy.

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  19. Marie July 23, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    Homemade bread?? Wow! I like the spider. :)

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  20. SallyJuly 23, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Looks good as always. So nice to have home grown! :)

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  21. Eat To LiveJuly 23, 2012 at 9:10 PM

    I think the weather has destroyed most of our gardens. I try to water but it just isn't the same.

    Hope those bugs die and your garden produces more before long.

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  22. Coloring Outside the LinesJuly 23, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    Ohh sorry the bugs got to your garden- those nasty things! Lunch looks delish- except for the beets. :)

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  23. Betsy Banks AdamsJuly 23, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    Looks like a delicious lunch --all from your garden. I'd love it ALL.... The little guys will learn to eat their veggies--as they get a little older...

    Not sure I want any spiders with my lunch though... ha ha
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  24. MichelleJuly 23, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    I always enjoy seeing these. I go back to teaching next week. Would you pack my lunch?!

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  25. MichaeleJuly 23, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    okay- I am off to find out how to make roasted beets.
    Ours are ready : )

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  26. Out on the prairieJuly 24, 2012 at 12:38 AM

    A fun meal, I like how you allow your children to be so selective, we were always told about starving children in China.Selectivity offers good eating habits.

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  27. Tweedles -- that's meJuly 24, 2012 at 12:53 AM

    You always have such nummy foods!
    love
    tweedles

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  28. PepperJuly 24, 2012 at 1:33 AM

    Yum yum! Now I know what to pack for my daughter's school lunch tomorrow... egg salad sandwich :)

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  29. Claire JustineJuly 24, 2012 at 3:02 AM

    Looks like a fun meal :)

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  30. Eat To LiveJuly 24, 2012 at 8:46 AM

    I thought I commented on this but it must not of gone through.

    Hope you get rid of the rotten squash bugs. We still have some growing time left. I am thinking about doing another round of zucchini.

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  31. AngelaJuly 24, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    Looks good to me! I had some yellow squash from my dad's garden today. Ours didn't grow for some reason.

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  32. NancyJuly 26, 2012 at 8:35 AM

    Yummay!

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  33. jp@A Green RidgeJuly 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    Gosh I love beets and wish I was there to have an egg salad with Pierce!...:)JP

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