25 Healthy Muffin Tin Meals

Katie Morford

9 years ago

I’ve never devoted a lot of time making my kids’ food “cute.”

Once in a blue moon I’ll pull out the cookie cutters for sandwiches. A few times I helped Rosie with twice baked potatoes that looked like mice. And I will occasionally fashion a heart on a cake using powdered sugar. But today cute meets practical and when that happens, I’m all about it.

Here are 25 ideas for little meals made in muffin tins.

(Okay, three of them are dessert, but who’s counting?). The practical part is that the finished recipes are:

Highly portable. Translation? Most of them work in a lunch box or can be dinner-to-go on days when sports practice or music lessons run late. A number of the recipes are breakfast-friendly, so you and your kids can grab something nourishing on your way out the door in the morning.
Freezer-friendly. Most can be made in a double batch and popped into a freezer bag. That makes it easy on days when you are pressed for time.
Healthy. I crowd sourced these recipes by registered dietitians, which means good nutrition is part of the equation.
Cute! These mini meals might just inspire enthusiasm among kids who aren’t always keen to open that lunch box or come to the dinner table.

So pull out those muffin tins; you’ve got some cooking to do.

Try these 25 recipes for meals made in muffin tins, all from registered dietitians (so they're healthy *and* portable!). Share on X