Mexican-Inspired Salad Recipe

 Hey, stay at home moms...ever have those days where you don't quite know what to eat for lunch?  I am at the point in my "Mommy Career" where all my kids are in school for the full day...yes, THE WHOLE DAY.  I promise, you will get there.  At first, you likely won't know what to do with yourself, and I often forget to eat at all until 2pm rolls around and my stomach starts growling.

While it's easy to make bad choices, especially since I'm home alone and NO ONE IS WATCHING ME, I have  made it my lifelong mission to eat right for medical reasons, vanity reasons, but most of importantly, to ensure I am around for many more years of the aforementioned career.  The truth is, I have in the last few months come way too close to meeting my Maker and while that in itself sounds lovely, the thought of my kids not having me quite frankly freaks me out. If I can do something to ensure that I am as healthy as I can possibly be, given my chronic condition, well I'M DOING IT!

Whew! Back to the salad...

I was so excited about how delicious it was that I stopped eating halfway through and decided to post about it! :)

Ingredients:

-About 2-3 cups of greens (I happened to have Spinach and Romaine)
-1/2c Baked/Roasted Chicken (I happened to have some of E's BANGING CHICKEN!)
-1/4 Pico De Gallo (recipe below)
-About 1/4c Crumbled Queso Fresco (Mexican or Central American Fresh Cheese)
-1/4cup chopped Fresh Sweet and Mild Peppers
- 1/2 of an Avocado

Method:

The Pico De Gallo tastes better when it's been marinating in the fridge for a day or at least a couple of hours.  Simply roughly chop and toss all ingredients together in a large bowl.  ENJOY!

Pico De Gallo:
Dice equal parts (roughly 1/2 cup of each) of tomatoes, onions, and cilantro, cut and juice 2 limes, salt and pepper to taste. 

ENJOY!

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Woohoo! Mary Beth is here today! Lemon Cheesecake Pie Recipe

I'm so excited to be guest posting today for Evey here at Sweet Song Bird.

I'm Mary Beth from Cupcakes and Crinoline where I blog about all things home ~ cooking, baking, crafting, homemaking and just about anything that strikes my fancy. I live in the the Northeast with my husband, three boys and one sweet dog.

Today I'm sharing a super easy and delicious recipe for Lemon Cheesecake Pie.

Ingredients:
1 pre-made 9" graham cracker pie crust
1/2 cup cream cheese at room temperature  
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk  
2 egg yolks  
2/3 cup lemon juice

Method:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a medium bowl cream together cream cheese and condensed milk until there are no lumps. Add egg yolk and lemon juice mixing until well blended. Pour filing into pie crust. Bake for approximately 23 minutes until filling is set. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate until well chilled-several hours or overnight. Before serving add some fresh whipped cream is desired.

Now, isn't that easy?

A big thank you to Evey for letting me visit today.

If you would like to say hi, you can visit me on my blog, Cupcakes and Crinoline, or connect with me on facebook, twitter or pinterest.

   

Relief for My Sole---Or Not

Every woman I know has a fantasy about having some sort of live-in help. Perhaps it's a nanny, maybe a chef, maybe it's a hot pool boy, whatever, at some point you are fantasizing about someone taking over some aspect of life that you just don't want to deal with any longer. My fantasy person changes on a daily basis. Recently I was ardently wishing for a live-in nail technician. I'm completely serious. I wanted someone here to give me a pedicure on a daily basis. Before you roll your eyes or scoff at me, think this through. During a pedicure, someone massages your feet and calves, exfoliates, rubs lotion on you, and basically makes your feet look like they have never touched the floor.

It's awesome.

I held out for YEARS because I have a this weird hang-up about feet, which I will not get into right now, but now I am addicted to the pedicure. It's the best thing EVER. It's also indulgent and can get expensive if kept up as a regular habit, which is why my feet now resemble Hobbit feet. Well, as you know from other posts, I am always looking for some quick and inexpensive solutions to my problems so of course I came up with a plan. I would just re-create the spa pedicure experience here at home. I was sure I could do it, and it would be awesome because I could watch Glee on my DVR while pampering myself and maybe even enjoy some wine. It would be totally perfect.

Nope. Not perfect. Sucky. Why was it sucky, you ask? Because I relied on a craptastic item that I thought would help me create the "spa experience at home" and I should have just run over it with my car. That waste of plastic and electricity is known as the HoMedics Sole Therapy Foot Bath. Google it right now...I'll wait. Now, completely erase it from your memory. Please IGNORE that one good review it received on Amazon.com. That person must work for the company or spend her day walking on nails, so anything is a relief from that torture. I'm serious. First of all, it claims to have "soothing heat" but it doesn't warm the water at all. You have to put hot water in the foot bath and then this thing will keep it basically lukewarm for you for about 20 minutes. Sweet. Secondly, the "massaging action" is really just a MASSIVE vibration of the entire unit that is so loud it woke my 6-year old from a dead sleep even through 2 closed doors. It sounds like a jet engine. I had to turn the volume up on the TV to 17 just to hear Will and Sue Sylvester exchange insults. Also, you have to manually rub your feet back and forth across these TINY roller balls located in the base of the unit...those are the "dual massaging rollers" touted on the box.

This was not a relaxing experience. It was a loud, lukewarm, kind of tickly, HIGHLY irritating experience. By the time I had exfoliated, lotioned, and painted my nails, it was 11:30 at night. I had to sleep with my toes poking out of the side of the bed so that I didn't mess up my pedicure. I DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY WINE. It's a really good thing that I managed to get that foot spa for free, because had I paid for it I would have driven it to the company and thrown it through the window like this:

Rodan + Fields Giveaway

Hi y'all! I hope you don't mind another giveaway! My RL friend, Amanda offered up a nice giveaway and I just couldn't resist!  Since Mother's Day is only a few days away, I figured this was a good time for this giveaway!  I asked Amanda to give me a little blurb on her and what she does.  This is what she shared: 

"I'm a busy, stay at home mom of three very active children ages 2-6, and I'm also an Independent consultant for the Rodan+Fields line of skin care products.   I love being able to spend time with my kids and also have a business venture that inspires me, gives me great skin AND brings in extra money, it's such a win-win opportunity!

A little bit about Rodan + Fields:

* R+F is a skincare line created by the doctors who created ProActiv and is geared toward adult skincare concerns including aging skin, sensitive skin, sun damage and adult acne. There are different regiments and products clinically proven to improve the condition of your skin. 

* R+F was the #1 selling clinical line at Nordstrom before it was pulled from high end retail and made available exclusively through independent consultants

* Rodan+Fields products have been featured in countless beauty magazines and have made appearances on NBC's Today show and Oprah's list of favorite things

* They offer a 60 day money back guarantee on all products

To learn more about the product line please visit my personal Rodan+Fields website:

AmandaJanke.myrandf.com

To introduce customers to this wonderful product line I'm giving 10 lucky winners a night-time mini facial kit. This kit contains an exfoliation scrub to give your skin a youthful glow, a retinol night renewing serum to visibly firm skin and improve texture, and a lip serum to minimize fine lines around your lips and give them a fuller more youthful appearance.

If you are business minded and interested in capitalizing on this amazing opportunity, my team is always looking for dynamic personalities to train  This is a great part-time, home based business that is both fun and rewarding. Subscribe to our email list, indicate your interest and we will reach out to you. 

Love the skin you're in!"

Thank you Amanda! Good luck to you all! There are TEN kits up for grabs! This is going to be fun!  (Open to U.S. Residents only!)

Enter via the rafflecopter widget below:

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 xoxo 

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