Now I am the LAST person you should ask for recipes, the very last. I know how to make a handful of items well and the rest usually ends in catastrophe and occasionally loss of life.
But, seeing as how I have three little humans who are dependant on me for food for survival, I do try. And one of the rather awesome websites I use is Family Fun which has all sorts of arts and craft and best of all, kid friendly recipes :) Thank you Disney!
Since school starts next week and we doing this year sans daycare, I need to not only have snacks available for Em and Trin when they get home at 3:15p but also some new dinner ideas wouldn't hurt one bit. So I was browsing around for ideas when I came across this recipe which I had to share and really, who better to share it with than ya'll?

Colorful Cupcakes
The first surprise here: there's not a grain of sugar in these cupcakes. The second surprise: your kids will love them anyway.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Meat Loaf
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Potato Frosting
3 cups mashed potatoes
Food coloring

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.

2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).

3. Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.

4. Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake.
Makes 12 cupcakes.

Oh man, how FREAKED are my kids going to be the first time they come home and these are sitting on the table for dinner??

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