The Musings of a Working Mom

With 3 kids to feed each night, I have to find easy, creative and delicious meals to serve them to avoid the late evening meltdowns.  Well one afternoon, with the kids finishing their homework, I looked up to realize that dinner time was way too close with nothing on the stove or even in the works!! YIKES!!  What to do??   Now I could just resort to making pasta, but they eat pasta like every other day! So I wanted to feed them something different.  I opened the fridge to scan my shelves and see what I could make....and then a Pinterest picture came to mind:  pizzas made in a muffin tin.  I don't recall ever seeing the recipe but I figured that I could come up with it on my own.  So I fished out the canned biscuits, pizza sauce, and shredded cheese.  Yep, that's it!    Preheat the oven to 350F (or whatever temp is listed on the biscuit package).  I sprayed the muffin tin with some Pam.  Placed and spread each biscu...

The theme for this month is "Spring Fling".  Given the theme, I thought that this month's bag would be floral but instead it is a blue/teal/orange chevron pattern...still super cute!  I am very pleased with this month's beauty products...including a full size Zoya polish which retails for $9.00. So here are the products inside this month's Ipsy bag: 1.   Zoya Nail Polish in Jacqueline (full size) - this polish is new from the Spring 2013 Lovely Collection. 2.   NuMe Finishing Serum (10mL) - this finishing serum protects, seals, and treats your hair. 3.   Pacifica Island Vanilla Perfume Roll-On (10mL) - this perfume is 100% vegan, cruelty free, free of parabens, phthalates and propylene glycol.  The scent of this perfume: Tahitian vanilla, loved for its fruity and slightly floral aroma, is anchored with rich Bourbon vanilla notes. 4.   Juice Beauty Reflecting Gloss in Champagne (.14 fl oz) 5.   Yaby Concealer in Buff.  This will ...

Tacos and tostadas are one of my family's favorite dishes. We create a "bar" and let the kids top their shells any way they wish.  Since my hubby is vegetarian, I like to use the Morning Star Crumbles in the place of ground beef for our filling.  I make the filling by heating a large skillet with some olive oil, adding some garlic and onion and sauté for a couple of minutes.  I then add the bag of crumbles and heat until fully cooked (until there are no more frozen chunks visible).  I also add some black beans, salsa, and taco seasoning to add flavor.  Then set up your stations as you wish - shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, salsa, sour cream, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped avocados or guacamole.  Try out this vegetarian variation for your next meatless meal.  ENJOY....