Piña Colada Cupcakes

PIÑA COLADA

Tired of the usual salads and avocado toast?

Try adding some Latin

American twists to your table. This exciting recipe is sure to remind you of your last holiday — it’s a healthy bite combining the creaminess of avocados from Mexico with the energizing fl avours of a piña colada. It’ll level up your snack time and brighten up even the greyest day.

CUPCAKES

HEALTHY CUPCAKES FOR A COLOURFUL SNACK

PREP TIME: 30 MINUTES COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES SERVES: 12

Ingredients:

cUPcaKES

• 375 mL (1½ cups) all-purpose fl our • 10 mL (2 tsp.) baking powder • A pinch of salt • 2 eggs • 160 mL (2/3 cup) sugar • 180 mL (¾ cup) vegetable oil • 1 avocado from Mexico, peeled, pitted and pureed • Zest of 1 lime • 180 mL (3/4 cup) milk

FroSTing

• 225 g (½ lb.) cream cheese • 60 mL (¼ cup) coconut cream (careful, not coconut milk!) • 250 mL (1 cup) icing sugar

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Toasted coconut fl akes, grilled pineapple wedges and maraschino cherries.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Sift fl our into bowl with baking powder and salt.

Set aside. 2. Beat eggs and sugar together with a mixer. While stirring, drizzle in oil until mixture is smooth. Add avocado from

Mexico puree and lime zest. Add fl our and milk alternately. 3. Pour cupcake batter into 12 paper

cupcake moulds and bake for about 20 minutes. 4. Combine cream cheese, coconut cream and icing sugar with a mixer. 5. Once cupcakes are baked and have completely cooled, pipe frosting with a pastry bag, sprinkle with toasted coconut and garnish with grilled pineapple wedges and maraschino cherries.

TiP: If you don’t have a pastry bag, cut parchment paper to create a triangle shape. Tightly roll into a cone shape. Pour in icing mixture and push towards the bottom. Bend the end to close cone properly. Cut the tip at an angle and you’re ready to frost your cupcakes like a pro.

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Horoscope May 2022

BY MOON SIGN

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) Small start gently for native Aries. It will take patience to see fi nally happen important changes in your life. Some planets are not soft with you, suddenly, some delays are possible, expect to live missed appointments and other unforeseen, nothing catastrophic only somewhat constrictive situations. There is a positive point; despite the contrarieties your smile remains intact, which does not spoil anything. Quickly everything comes back in order, from the third week the small diffi culties are dissipated; good vibrations give impetus to your projects. Luck comes in your sign at the end of the month, now or never, you must seize the opportunities. Your relationships are stronger, new bonds are created.

Taurus (Apr 20-May 20) We can say that spring you succeed dear Taurus! From the beginning of the month, you are well in your sneakers, you look like happy days. It’s as if nothing could destabilize you. In this spring, the family is well represented, it holds an important place in your daily life; you bend over backwards for your loved ones. Yet around the 14th, in the family circle, a little caution will prevail. A combination of circumstances will lead to a misunderstanding and this will create some inevitable tensions, your beautiful smile will disappear. The good news is that it does not last, quickly is the return to calm. It is also the month of change, indeed, around you there are transformations that take place, you provoke destiny.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) You want calm and rest; you need to recharge the batteries. May begin slowly. The top priority is to do what you love, if to get there it takes time, you adopt patience. In the meantime, you can make the most of your close surroundings, as soon as possible you can disconnect by practicing leisure or sports activities, alone or with your friends. If at the beginning of the month the projects are a little slow to materialize, around the 17th, everything accelerates. From 19 to 25 you do good business, you have good ideas. In love the exchanges are passionate, you radiate. Your desires come true. The end of the month is pretty good overall.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) During the fi rst week you are the boss, you manage; you introduce yourself to others as true conqueror. Whether at work or at home, you are the boss, even for feelings, you only obey your personal desires. Towards the 18th a change takes place, your mind fi nally opens to others, in your head you are no longer alone. You need to put your qualities or your skills at the service of others which brings back a good atmosphere in family, at work and in your friendly circle. Little by little you learn to delegate, you trust, the exchanges are constructive. The stars play benevolence with you. You end the month the liberated mind, you are less on the defensive; you listen to others.

Leo (July 23-Aug 22) The month of May offers you some pleasant surprises but also some small diffi culties. Tensions appear in your relationships from the second week, instead of containing you, you explode. You face delays of all kinds, you do not move forward, you waste time unnecessarily and you do not support it, your loved ones pay for it. During this period, your activities and your love life slow down. Before seeing a positive evolution of your situation, it will be necessary to wait until the 22nd, it is painful, but you need more to destabilize you. You continue your journey without changing anything in your projects. At the end of the month, it’s calmer, the discomforts disappear, it allows you to breathe and relax.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) Everything must be framed in your mind, you do not leave room for the unexpected except that this month, the unexpected is part of your daily life, it will adapt to changes, complicated exercise for the natives of the Virgin, since for you everything is organized weeks in advance. An astral sky completely clear, not a gray area, spring is here, it brings you good news but also some changes in anticipation. The fi eld of work is constantly evolving, around you it is the time of the new; you do not have to fear diffi culties. Presence and kindness in family, support in love, you are fi lled. Your motivation is always relevant in the work, you get good results. From the beginning of the month until the end of the month the loves are explosive.

Libra (Sept 23-Oct 22) This is the month of stability, in May it is announced a beautiful and rewarding period. The moment is opportune for your business and for work; the personal, emotional and loving domain is also concerned. The stars encourage you for all the good decisions you will make, you are not at the end of your surprises, things happen. You may be tempted by new experiences. After the second half of the month you will have choices to make about the family. Your shape is dazzling, especially during the fi rst three weeks, then your energy drops a little bit but you keep up the pace. If to regulate a situation you have a hard time making up your mind, our dear planets put pressure on you on the 25th.

Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) We cannot say that you are listening to others, but rather that you pretend to listen to them because it suits you not to participate in debates that you consider unimportant. This month, as you do not have a minute to breathe, you prefer not to waste your time with gossip. Until the 17th you are stressed. You are hitting hard to hatch your professional projects, your nerves take over. Towards the 20th of the new horizons open to you, you will have no other solution than to take a look at the new opportunities which are necessary. The spring meetings will lead to love stories or solid friendships. Do not forget to give yourself a little bit of one-to-one moments to disconnect from your hectic life.

Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) This month is marked by beautiful encounters, you build strong bonds; it calms you down. If your ambitions remain in a corner of your head, your greatest wish is to succeed in your family life; you feel the need to talk about it around you. On a personal level, your intuitions only rarely deceive you, regardless of the obstacles you decide to move forward, until May 19th, you have free fi eld, no annoyance interferes, you can act on your own guise with confi dence; love is rendezvous. In business, on the other hand, to be careful is to protect yourself from potential problems. By playing security you avoid certain diffi culties. You show a good moral resistance. In May you pursue your goals.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) No more acting in an emergency. Dear Capricorn, you are on the road to success, your motto this month: everything comes to those who wait. You are in attack, your form is dazzling until the end of the month, there are opportunities to seize in the professional and fi nancial fi eld; love also has its place. Around May 11 you turn the tests into winning shots, your ideas are explosive, your mind is boiling, you have the baraka. However you are so anxious that you are afraid that everything stops at once, but you do not have to worry that it is going to last. Positive infl uences push you forward; you just have to let yourself go, even more if you want your entourage to follow your prowess.

Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) Movement, you want some, you’re going to have some, dear Aquarius. May is the month of change and transformation. Professionally, emotionally, everything moves, and you do not hold in place. Spring is a good time to get started on a project or to pursue a goal. As of the 11th, your actions are promising, you earn stripes; you appreciate your sense of duty and your seriousness. You always compare yourself to others by simple competitive spirit, we cannot blame you. Attention small jealousies will interfere in your daily life. You have better things to do than pay attention to gossip. Around the 19th a new love situation is looming, you’re right, you have to believe it.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) No effort to make, from the beginning of the month your state of mind is freed from all obligations. Then gradually it changes, around 18, you seem more anxious, less relaxed, the fear of seeing a situation escape you weakens, you have to pull yourself together very quickly, do not let yourself be overtaken by emotions. In work, a situation becomes reality, you could sign a contract; we could also solicit you because your ideas are attractive; in short you gain to be known. Towards the 22nd of the external supports make offi cial a change. You will have a little trouble getting your daily pace, yet it will be necessary. The family is important; you need your loved ones to be near you.