American Muffin Tin Meal

Today's Muffin Tin Monday theme is "4th of July". I wanted our food to be a little more than just red white & blue. I wanted our muffin tin meal to be patriotic, and include some history. Here's what I came up with:


Clockwise: Tortilla with strawberry jelly, blue yogurt with white flower sprinkles, eagle shaped cheese quesadilla with cheddar cheese beak and raisin eye, cherries, and mulberry pie.

The cherries are symbolic of George Washington (with the whole chopping down the cherry tree thing) and we drank tea as a symbol of the Boston tea party.

The eagle head was really easy to make. Just fold a tortilla in half, and then cut out a "ghost" shape with some scissors. It cuts very nicely with scissors. Then, put some cheese in the middle and microwave (or fry it if you're a little more ambitious than me, or if you're preparing it for adults). Finish off by cutting the beak shape out of a slice of cheddar cheese, and stick a raisin on there for an eye :-D

For dessert, we also had one of my eagle pops.

See my post with directions on how to make these here. Also, check out my preschool 4th of July craft idea here :-)

Check back later this week to get my awesome mulberry pie recipe! Go here to see the other participants in today's muffin tin Monday over at Michelle's blog. I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with! :-)