Halloween is just 2 days away and my daughter has changed her mind 3 times about what she wants to be. Her original costume was to be Micheal Jackson. I know that’s so cute. She loves Micheal Jackson. We bought her the essentials CD, every great MJ song. She knows all the lyrics to every song. The Micheal Jackson costume is easy, she wants to be the Billie Jean MJ. I’m borrowing I suit from a family member. I thought I had it good, not having to buy a costume but now she wants to be a zombie or a skeleton. I think I’ll wait until the last minute when she decides.

Last night was so much fun, we carved our gigantic pumpkin. Surprisingly there wasn’t alot of seeds or pumpkin guts! We have the best pumpkin the famous Micheal Jackson pose.

I have a couple Healthy Halloween recipes that I would like to share:

Yummy Pumpkin Cupcakes

Preheat oven 350F.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3 cups organic raw sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger or use fresh ginger
• 1/4 cup of wheat germ

Mix all the dry ingredients. Then add 1/2 cup of sunflower oil, 4 free range eggs, 1/2 cup of crushed pineapple drained, 2 cups of pumpkin. Depending on the consistence add about 2/3 cup of water or apple juice to make the batter just right.

Prepare muffin tins with some festive Halloween cupcake liners. Fill 2/3 full with pumpkin cupcake batter. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Until toothpick tested in muffin comes out clean.

Let cool then try topping with whipped vanilla icing colored with orange food coloring. Or cream cheese icing.

Use some fun candy treats to place on top of iced muffin. Small Halloween candies like spiders or eye balls!! You can also add your favorite nuts and dried fruit like cranberries or raisins.

Spooky!!!!!