Watermelon cupcakes

My daughter did my blog post today:

We made cupcakes in our free time before I went to school.we used two eggs and a single serving cup of apple sauce instead of three eggs .they took 15    min.to cook .5min.in the tray to cool and a half hour to cool out of the tray .they tasted wonderful !

Zombie cupcakes

In a coup of marketing, Aldi combined a box cake mix, with skull cupcake cups, and pink icing mix for brains. My in-laws bought a box, but I have to admit my husband really wanted this.

How we entertain ourselves as the wind of hurricane Sandy hits eastern Pa.

Reconciling with Hostess

So, between gestational diabetes, my past as a vegetarian, my time on the Penn State Cooperative Extension advisory board in my local county, my responsibilities as a mom, my budget and my anemia, I spend a lot of time thinking about my food and where it comes from.

And if you keep fresh ingredients in my house, I will create fabulous meals. But between working evenings and my employee discounts at Target, it's easy to get a few frozen dinners, some clearance meat and junk food.

I try to be a mindful eater. But every once in a while I eat something that reminds me of my youth. My mom didn't cook. She didn't make vegetables. She gave me kool aid, Oscar Mayer bologna on white with orange American slices, and probably enough high fructose corn syrup to make me an addict.

I have been longing for one of those orange Hostess cupcakes.

And I walked by them yesterday.

Guess what I just shared with my daughter.