<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3100193.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4479" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3100193-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>My 85 year-old great aunt aka Auntie I called my mother day.  She was in the middle of a recipe and had a question.

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My sister had gifted Auntie I with <strong><a href="http://www.philosophy.com/bath-and-body/bath-category/bath-bathandshowergels" target="_blank">Philosophy </a></strong>Chocolate Frosting bath &amp; shower gel for Christmas, and Auntie I was baking the scrumptious recipe plastered on the bottle.

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This was Auntie I's question to my mother:  Did the Philosophy bottle contents go into the recipe itself, or was it to be used as a "glaze" on the cake?

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Hee hee hee!

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My mother explained to her that it was shower gel, and no, it wasn't the kinky edible kind.  Nor was it an ingredient in a recipe.

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Auntie I still didn't understand why a recipe graced the bottle.  She argued with my mother for a few minutes that the bottle in front of her MUST be part of the recipe!  Why else would the bottle include a recipe on the label?

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You gotta have a gimmick, Auntie I!  And Philosophy's brilliant packaging is one heck of clever gimmick.

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I heart <strong><a href="http://www.philosophy.com/" target="_blank">Philosophy </a></strong>products.  I've used them for years, and they make fabulous gifts.  I don't know of one woman who doesn't swoon over Philosophy.

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I also don't know one woman who has ever tried making the recipe on the bottle.  Until Auntie I.

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And me.  On Day 165.

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<strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/10/day-162-accidental-top-chef/" target="_blank">In the midst of my 4 day O2 cleanse</a></strong>, I chose the recipe from my old bottle of Pumpkin Spice Muffin shower gel (leftover from the fall.)  This O2 cleanse meant boosting my antioxidant to new heights, and pumpkin is an antioxidant superstar.

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I gathered the ingredients for my Philosophy Superstar Pumpkin Spice Muffins.  I needed to alter the recipe a bit to suit my eating habits.  I've done this a lot.  I'm practically a professional.  Here was my plan:

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<ul>
	<li>Substitute all white flour with whole wheat flour.</li>
	<li>Substitute all brown and white sugar with <strong><a href="http://www.allaboutagave.com/substituting-agave-nectar-for-other-sugars.php" target="_blank">agave syrup</a></strong> accordingly.</li>
	<li>Substitute buttermilk with almond milk.</li>
	<li>Substitute butter with vegan buttery spread.</li>
	<li>Cut down on the salt.  Are you trying to bring on high blood pressure, Philosophy?</li>
</ul>
I know, I know.  With a major recipe overhaul, it sounds as though this recipe was doomed.

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Outcome?  Delish!

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Although...Karma for laughing at my Aunt's confusion caught up with me.  I forgot to...

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<ul>
	<li>Substitute butter with vegan buttery spread</li>
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Forgot as in <em>forgot entirely</em>.  As in <em>no butter or anything resembling butter</em> in the muffins.  You would think that my brain was 85 years old with that kind of forgetfulness.

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So the muffins tasted a bit more like pumpkin bread.  No big whoop!

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That means I was able to lather them with buttery spread.

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<span style="font-size: large; color: #ff9900;"><strong>YUM! </strong></span>

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Raise your hand in the comments section if you are a fan of Philosophy!  Have you ever attempted one of their recipes?