Cupcakes without the Calories

Last night I made a batch of calorie-less cupcakes--really there are no calories in these cakes:

I was away all weekend. We picked up my parents and left Friday immediately after work and did not get home until mid-afternoon on Sunday.  We attended a dinner & Bee Gees tribute musical concert.  It's been awhile since we went to one of these and many of our weekend Canadian friends missed us--they kept coming over and asking where had been.  The dinner was not the greatest, the music was good (but I was disappointed that they had no disco ball over the dance floor).  Just seeing all the people that have become our weekend friends was worth the six-hour round trip. 

Today I got home from work about 1.5 hours later than usual. I had already planned to make chili for dinner and thanks to an earlier marathon hamburger cooking session, I had the burger cooked and ready to toss in with my other chili ingredients.  It did not take long before I was enjoying this luscious bowl of chili.

I think the garnish of raw red onions and the salad croutons make the dish!  Oh, there is also a good scoop of Mexican cheese melting under those ingredients. What's not to love?