Carrot Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake, what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carr...
How do I balance work and motherhood? I Don't!!
( Life of food blogger)
The working mom gig is no joke.
Now, I am not here to bubble up any arguments about who has it harder working mom's or stay at home mom's. That is ridiculous argument with no right answer. All mom's and family have their own challenges, and to whittle down a mom essence to whether she works in or out of the home is rather insulting.
I can only speak about my experience which is as a full-time stay at home working mom, what this means is that a lot of household chores have taken a back seat. Dishes sit by the sink often for days if they can't go in the dishwasher, which is more common for any food blogger as they have to cook and take pictures often and goes for food photo editing either in phone or by system. Vacuuming happens once a week or two. Dusting happens less often if at all I have to wake up soon and do it. Bathrooms and kitchen are kept to the bare minimum of cleanliness until a deep cleaning can occur.
When I talk about kitchen cleaning just imagine a food blogger life were I have to cook more recipes for an entire week as pre-preparation, by the time I complete in it there will total mess and it takes an couple of hours to clean the kitchen.
Toys scatter the living room floor. Books from my rooms. Baskets of unfolded laundry often sit for a week at a time, with us pulling clean cloths out of its until its time to threw a dirty load back in.
I t pains to write this. As someone who consider herself a clean and organized person. it has not been easy on my mental state to allow my home to fall to such standard. But i am a working mom, and I simply don't have the time when I have to occupy my preschooler with an activity and hope the baby takes a nap so that I can get cooked for my blogging.
After dinner, its about an hour of family time. Then sleep time, by the time they settle or sleep, I am utterly exhausted from the day. The weekends are spent on catching up on quality time with the kids and speaking away for a date night with husband.
So when people ask how I balance a household with two kids while working from home, I simply tell them I don't. Balance implies both are receiving equal attention and that is so true. When I am not at work( I take break in my blogging sometime), my children and husband are my priority. I am raising kids and living my life, and our home reflects that.
But the biggest tip has been to learn to live in mess and disorganization. It's OK if dishes aren't washed everyday or laundry sits idly in the basket. No one is going to walk through my door. All that matters is that my children are healthy and happy and I am doing the best that I can as the mom.
But teach the kids about the basic cleaning the home and cooking there own food in the young age, it makes them to be independent. Cleaning and cooking do not put them low or degrade in their life.
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