They don't have lollies as a rule, but we do allow them mini-marshmallows, a couple as a little treat, maybe to jazz up a bowl of porridge oats.
I had been using Pams mini marshmallows, and then of course the price war starts and we changed to Ma-Mallow for a while, then some were sent as gifts from family.....
I remember checking Pams for colours and flavours and saw that they used natural flavours and a natural colour E162 - Beetroot Red. It was remiss of me but I didn't check again even though the brands changed for a while. I did again recently as a bag arrived from a friend and the pink mallows were almost radioactive in colour - indeed the colour used was E120 - Cochineal, and another batch had an azo dye colouring used.
Now I am not super paranoid momma (I know natural doesn't necessarily mean good, often quite the opposite, and some of the 'bad' chemicals we are warned about have been labelled so from quite abnormal animal loadings in laboratories and give a worst case scenario) however, you are what you eat, so I don't want to shovel lots of these things down my cherubs' throats at such an early age of development.
Anyhoo, long story short I have been separating white mallows from pink for the last few packets and now we have returned to Pams. I am not advertising for them but it has made me get back into checking alternate brands for the same item again when shopping.
And.....further to my muffin vs cupcake project. It was time to bake the lemon cupcakes.
Well after moving the cows from one paddock to another, picking yet more cherry guava with the toddler cherub, feeding the pigs and chooks, baking biscuits, cooking lunch and reading stories - to be perfectly honest, cake making was so low down on my list I turned straight to the muffin recipes and used up a couple of oranges on Orange and Honey Muffins (Alison Holst again). Sooooooo easy and they're made 20 minutes later and I can sit down and have a cup of tea and ............ a delicious muffin....mmmmm................
.......I can see where this project is headed already.....
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