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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition
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With today’s busy lifestyles, families don’t always eat as healthfully as we would like. But by practicing healthy eating habits at home, you can make it easier for your family to eat right. Try these 10 tips designed to encourage healthy eating habits:
Be a good food role model. Telling children to eat nutritious foods is one thing — showing them is better. If you offer nutritious foods regularly — and if they see you eating them — your children likely will learn to like them.
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Schedule a snack time and stick to it. Space snacks at least two to three hours before a meal.
Involve kids in meal planning and preparation. Children often will eat foods they help plan and prepare.
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INGREDIENTS
• 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
FONDANT:
• 1 package (16 ounces) miniature marshmallows
• 4 to 5 tablespoons water
• 1 package (2 pounds) confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
DECORATING:
• 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
• Blue, orange and green paste food coloring
• Miniature peanut butter cups
• Malted milk balls
• Clear vanilla extract
24 Servings - Prep: 3 hours - Bake: 20 minutes plus cooling
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DIRECTIONS
Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes; cool
completely on wire racks.
In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine marshmallows and 2
tablespoons water. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes or until
melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir in three-fourths of the sugar; turn onto
a work surface coated with 3 tablespoons shortening.
Knead until smooth and pliable, gradually adding remaining sugar
and shortening. If necessary, moisten with remaining water. Wrap fondant in
plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.
To decorate, set aside 1/4 cup frosting. Tint remaining frosting
blue; frost cupcakes.
For ghosts: Invert two peanut butter cups and stack, securing
together with a small amount of reserved frosting. Top with a malted milk ball,
attaching with frosting. Repeat, forming 24 stacks.
On a work surface lightly sprinkled with confectioners' sugar, roll
a 1-1/4-in. ball of fondant into a 4-in. circle; drape over a stack. For eyes
and mouth, gently cut out shapes using pastry tips. Repeat for remaining ghosts.
For pumpkins, stems and tendrils: Tint desired amount of fondant
orange. Wrap fondant around malted milk balls; shape into pumpkins. Add imprint
lines with a veining tool or toothpick.
For stems and tendrils, tint a small amount of fondant green. Shape
into stems; attach to pumpkins using vanilla. For tendrils, roll out remaining
green fondant; using a pizza cutter, cut into thin strips. Gently wrap strips
around toothpicks; set aside to dry. (Tightly wrap any remaining fondant in
plastic wrap and store in a resealable plastic bag for another use.)
To finish cupcakes: Place a small amount of reserved frosting on
top of each cupcake; top with a prepared ghost. Carefully remove tendrils from
toothpicks and attach to pumpkins, using vanilla. Attach pumpkins to cupcakes as
desired. Yield: 2 dozen.
Editor’s Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt
microwave. This recipe was tested with Kraft brand marshmallows.
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