Recipe: Easy Microwave Mexican Pizza

December 28, 2011 By

I like to make new foods all the time, but Shane’s a very picky eater. There are only four things he’ll eat: ham, chicken fingers, quesadillas & pizza. I’m getting really sick of plain cheese pizza, but since I don’t eat most meat, my options are limited. But using the massive stockpile of tortillas we have thanks to Shane’s love of quesadillas, I came up with a super easy microwaveable pizza option that I can have instead! Whether I make it instead of the pork-loaded pizza Justin & Shane prefer or as a quick lunch to pre-make & bring to work, it’s a great choice because it only takes 5 minutes, 3 ingredients & a microwave!

Easy Microwave Mexican Pizza

Ingredients:

-Soft Taco Sized Flour Tortilla
-About 1/10 of a block of VELVEETA®, shredded {Yes, shredded!}
-1/3 Can Ro*Tel®
-Optional: Feel free to experiment with toppings: sour cream, jalapenos, hot sauce, etc.

Directions:

-Shred the VELVEETA® and sprinkle evenly over tortilla
-Top with Ro*Tel®
-Microwave for 45 seconds
-Top with additional toppings, if desired.

That’s it! It’s seriously that easy- the only time consuming part is shredding the cheese which only takes about 2-3 minutes.

VELVEETA® and Ro*Tel® are hosting an amazing sweepstakes to encourage simple, easy weeknight family meals and entertainment ideas. Winners will be picked each week, and the more points you collect the more chances you have of winning! The grand prize winner will receive $15,000- so enter today!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of VELVEETA/RO*TEL. The opinions and text are all mine.

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A Visit from {Secret} Santa! #jcpSecretSanta

December 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Well, Christmas is officially over, and I hope yours was terrific! Ours was amazing, &I’ll share more about it later in the week. But right now I want to thank my Secret Santa!

Last week I told you all about jcpenney’s Santa Tags and how neat they were to stick them on a gift to personalize it. I also said that I was able to choose a gift to send to the blogger than I was assigned for a Secret Santa exchange & that I was eagerly awaiting my own gift- and that gift finally came!

It was so fun to get an early Christmas gift- and it was nice because I got to have it displayed on Christmas when my family came over. It’s beautiful & fits perfectly on the ledge between the dining & living rooms- so it’s always on display!

So I want to give a giant THANK YOU to Mandy from Atlanta Military Mom!

Atlanta Military Mom

&I also want to give a shout-out to Lolli from Better in Bulk, who was the blogger than I was able to play Santa for! I searched through lots of gift ideas but finally found something perfect- Click on to her blog to see what I got her!

A big thank you to jcpenney & Mom Central for this super fun opportunity to give a gift to another blogger- this has been SO fun! I hope I get to do it again next year!

Have you ever done a Secret Santa exchange?

Susie’s Note: I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of jcpenney and received a jcpenney Secret Santa gift and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

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Window Shopping

December 26, 2011 By 5 Comments

So since Christmas was yesterday {in case you didn’t notice}, I’ve gotten asked three times today if I got a certain gift. What gift? An engagement ring.

See, Justin & I are engaged. &We have been since June 2008. But we got engaged in a non-traditional way. We were just kind of talking about our future plans & it just kind of came up. It wasn’t a grand gesture, but that’s not really who we are. &It was/is still a legitimate engagement.

Justin had been thinking about still doing a big “proposal”, despite the fact that we were already engaged, but we ended up finding out we were expecting before he ever got to it. &Babies are expensive. So while we’ve been engaged for over 3 years, he still hasn’t, in the wise words of Beyonce, “put a ring on it.”

Sorry to disappoint, but no, I did not get a ring for Christmas. I’m not really disappointed though. While it would be nice to have one, it’s not a huge priority at the moment. I’m perfectly happy with the stand mixer that I did get!

That hasn’t stopped me from looking for rings for Justin, though- particularly tungsten bands. They’re so inexpensive that we could afford them right now if someone {ahem, Justin…} decided to take that plunge. I’ve been looking at both tungsten engagement bands and tungsten wedding bands at Mens Tungsten Online and we could even afford to get BOTH, right now!

But even more fun is the window shopping I’m doing for myself. I just built this beautiful engagement ring- it’s exactly what I want. Classic. Simple. Small. Beautiful.

Now that I have rings on the mind, I want to know- what does your ring look like?

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My New Indoor Holiday Decor: The Reveal! #Searsrealcheer #CBias

December 22, 2011 By 14 Comments

So last week I told you about my trip to Sears for indoor Holiday decor and told you that this week I’d show you what I got & the results, so here you go! {Pardon the messy house- I have a 2 year old. ‘Nuff said.}

This Santa sits at our entryway, greeting everyone!

We have Holiday themed towels in every bathroom, and I’m even using one as a dish towel.



This huge candle makes the whole downstairs smell like Cranberry- my favorite Winter smell!

I added lights on the banister- this is easily Shane’s favorite decoration {besides the tree}!

A snowglobe- far away from toddler hands but still where it can be enjoyed all the time.

I got a few other things as well- apparently I had a reindeer theme going on!

-A reindeer cake plate with server {top left}
-A reindeer pillow {top right}
-A few pot holders {bottom left}
-4 Holiday Sippy Cups {bottom right}
-SEVERAL more hand towels- about 10 in all {not pictured}
-&Something secret that I can’t tell you because it’s a gift for someone who reads this!

All in all, I spent only $100 on everything! I bought everything with three weeks left until Christmas still, yet everything was already on a huge sale- and the prices had been very good to begin with, so the sales were even better!

Can you imagine what the sale prices are going to look like next week, when Christmas is over? I’m planning on a trip there to swoop up some goodies for next year!

Do you shop after-Christmas sales for the following year? What kinds of things do you buy ahead?

Susie’s Note: This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias All experiences are authentic & all opinions are my own.

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Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight: Babiators!

December 21, 2011 By 42 Comments

Shane loves to do whatever Justin & I are doing- even the most basic things that you don’t think about while you’re doing them. Whether it’s getting the mail, taking a shower or brushing our teeth, if Shane sees us doing it, he wants to do it, too. So lately, he’s been on a sunglasses kick.

It all started when Babiators sent a pair over for us to review- since then, he’s been wearing them inside & outside, daytime & nighttime. He sees us wearing them all the time, so he’s decided that they MUST be worn all the time!

Honestly? I don’t mind one bit. It’s nice that his new obsession is something that is actually good for him! In fact, I’m grateful- I used to fight with my Mom all.the.time because she’d insist I wear sunglasses but I would refuse, and now my eyes are so sensitive that I can’t go anywhere without my sunglasses! I’m pretty convinced that the former led to the latter, but in any case I know it wasn’t good for my eyes.

Babiators’ lenses block 100% of UVA & UVB rays- the same things that we use sunscreen to protect our children’s skin from. It’s obviously just as important {if not more so!} to protect their eyes as well, especially since according to published scientific research, up to 50% of lifetime UV ray exposure may occur by age 18. That means there’s a whole lot of damage that can be done if we’re not careful!

 

Babiators come in Junior Babiators {Ages 1-3} & Classic Babiators {Ages 3+} and are available in black, blue, red & pink. &Babiators are BPA-free, which is great since toddlers & young kids tend to put everything in their mouths! And, best of all, Babiators are SUPER tough & durable- they practically can’t be broken! In the off chance that they are, though, they have a one year Wear-and-Tear Guarantee!

Babiators can be purchased online and at several retail partners!

Giveaway: &Now, one lucky {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker reader is going to win their own pair of Babiators! To enter, just use the super simple Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!


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Susie’s Note: I received a pair of Babiators to facilitate this review. All experiences are authentic {including Shane throwing a fit in the grocery store when I kindly suggested that it was too dark inside for sunglasses…} & all opinions are my own.

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