Delicious Pasta Sauce

Ok, I know I've been all about the recipes lately but seriously this recipe is AMAZING. My mom and I created this together.

Ingredients:
2 cans of diced tomatoes
2 small jars or 1 large jar of marinated artichoke hearts
1 small jar of sundried tomatoes

Directions:
Put diced tomato and artichoke in a pot, mix thoroughly, and turn flame on. Heat until desired temperature. Then put sauce into a bowl and add sundried tomatoes. Put over pasta and enjoy!

Update: Turns out my mom got this recipe from a friend but my mom and I added the sundries tomatoes.

Snickerdoodles

Yummy yummy!I got the recipe from realsimple.com. I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375° F. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.
2. With an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, and 1 cup of the granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated.
3. In a shallow bowl, combine the cinnamon and the remaining ¼ cup of granulated sugar. Form the dough into balls (each equal to 1 level tablespoon). Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.
4. Bake until the edges are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool slightly on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Three bean salad

So here is a simple and delicious if not precise recipe. My three bean sald recipe is not precise (at all!) but I thought I'd share it with you anyway. I am now back on track with my recipes and will be posting some beauty related things later this week. Tomorrow is my last day of the recipe a day thing, but I will continue posting recipes after that, just not daily. And now, without further ado, here is my recipe.

Ingredients:
Olive oil
Vinegar
1 can wax beans
2 cans green beans
2 cans kidney beans
1/2- 1 onion
1/4 bell pepper (optional)

Directions:
Mix 2/3 parts oil with 1/3 part vinegar. Add green beans, chickpeas, and wax beans. Dice onion and bell pepper and mix in. Marinate overnight.

So... not very precise. Let me tell you a secret: I don't follow these measurements! I normally just put in however much looks good but this is a loose guideline. I do however, use 2/3 parts oil to 1/3 part vinegar. Just experiment with amounts. I hope you enjoy and I will see you tomorrow with my very last Recipe of the Day post. 

Blueberry pancakes and apologies

Ahhh. I didn't post my recipe for yesterday. I feel like such a monster. Please forgive me because here it is:

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup milk

2 tablespoons melted shortening or vegetable oil

1 tablespoon sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed and well drained)

Directions:

Beat eggs with hand beater until fluffy; beat in remaining ingredients just until smooth. For thinner pancakes, stir in additional 1/4 cup milk. Grease heated griddle if nessecary. 

Pour about three tablespoons batter from tip of large spoon or pitcher onto hot griddle. Cook pancakes until puffed and dry around edges. Turn and cook other side until golden brown. 

Makes about nine four inch pancakes.

I got this recipe from Betty Crocker's cookbook: new and revised edition. Thank you! 

Tomato Sandwiches

I'm sorry everyone, my recipe post for yesterday didn't go through and I thought it had so here is my post from yesterday. Keep checking back for my post from today.

I was shocked when I found out people didn't know what a tomato sandwich was so I decided to let everyone know. Unfortunately, this isn't much of a recipe because it is just for a sandwich but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Ingredients:
2 slices of toast
2 thick slices of tomato
Mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper (optional)

Directions:
Cover both slices of toast with mayo. Put both slices of tomato on one piece of bread and sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired. Close sandwich and enjoy!


So that's it! I hope that those of you who were in the dark about tomato sandwiches learned something. See you later with my next recipe: blueberry pancakes

Salad Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons olive oil
Sprig of dill


Directions:
Combine all above ingredients in bottle, shake well to mix.



So that's it! Delicious and easy. You can use any amount of olive oil and vinegar as long as it is a /3 olive oil to 1/3 vinegar ratio.

Girl's Night Out

I decided to create a Girl's Night Out look. I made the look with a color scheme in mind: black and gold. I paired black skinny jeans with a gold clutch, a gold necklace, black heels, and a gold nail polish. I also added the blue top because I thought that having a different colored top would make the outfit better suited for Girl's Night Out, because black and gold can be too date night-ish. The top is fun and cinches in at the waist, which goes well over skinny jeans. I like the shoes because the strappy look is very chic and GNO. The clutch is gold without being too tacky and I think a clutch screams GNO. I love the feather necklace and it adds to the gold theme. Finally, the nail polish finishes the gold and black theme and pairs well with the rest of the pieces. 
I would like to give my wonderful sister, Anika, credit for helping me with this outfit. She helped me with the best shoes and clutch. Thank you Anika! You can visit her site at dreamingurban.blogspot.com.

Items and links below:

Blue shirt
$27 - newlook.com

Cheap Monday skinny jeans
$78 - newlook.com

DV by Dolce Vita high heel platform sandals
pinkmascara.com

Tory burch
toryburch.com

H m
$6.25 - hm.com

Deborah lippmann
beautybar.com





XOXO,
MMM

Summer Swim

Today I decided to create this collage for the beach since we are now in summer! I paired pink shorts with a t-shirt, which is easy to slip on and off. I also included a bikini top that you can wear with the shorts or to swim. In addition, I had flip flops, which are easy to slip on and off. They are silver, to match the T-shirt, which I find adorable. Finally, I have a big beach hat to protect you from the sun. The items are below:

Dorothy Perkins short sleeve shirt
$11 - dorothyperkins.com

French Connection hot pants
usa.frenchconnection.com

J Crew pinup swimsuit
jcrew.com

Havaianas flip flop sandals
swell.com

Calvin Klein paper hat
zappos.com





XOXO,
MMM

Tuna Casserole

Tuna Casserole is one of my favorite meals. So hearty and delicious! I got this recipe from Betty Crocker's New Boys and Girls Cookbook

Ingredients:
3 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 cups milk
4 cans drained tuna
1 bag of potato chips
100 Grams (about  cups) noodles, uncooked
700 grams cooked green peas

Directions:
Mix all ingredients except the potato chips. Put into a casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. While they are cooking put the chips between two pieces of wax paper and roll with a rolling pin. Take the casserole out of the oven partway and sprinkle with the potato chips. Return to the oven and continue baking.


So that's it. I hope you make this recipe and I'll talk to you later.


XOXO,
MMM

My Thoughts

Hey all,
    I am currently sitting with my grandmother watching Wheel of Fortune. I just wanted to check in since I have some major blog love going on. I have missed this! Anyway, I don't really have much to write , just wanted to check in. I thought I'd share some of my favorite blogs.

For cooking and recipes I love Real Girl's Kitchen. Haylie is such an incredible blogger and her recipe are super simple, fresh, and tasty.

In terms of beauty I love Musings of a Muse. She updates every day (minus weekends) and it is a great site to go to for finding out what new products brands are releasing and what is worth it. I also love Elle and Blair's site although it is temporarily down. Even more than that, I love Dreaming in Blush. Elle is such an incredible writer and I find myself enjoying her writing even if it is not on a particularly interesting subject. It is a new blog and she is so incredible when she is independent (Her own site, not with Blair).

I hope you check out these websites. Let me know in the comments below.

XOXO,
MMM

New Theme!

So as you probably can tell I have been sprucing up Ms.Midnight Makeup and I completely changed the theme. Let me know what you think of it please.
On a slightly different note, I'm not sure if I ever told you why the name of this blog is Ms.Midnight Makeup. It wasn't my first choice (that address was taken) but it was on my list. As you know, this website features makeup. But you may not know that I have insomnia. So some of my posts are written during the night (not literally midnight, but pretty late). I believe Midnight Makeup was taken =, and I liked the "Ms." so that's it. I have to run.

XOXO,
MMM

Cinnamon Sweet Potatos

I came across this recipe just today at lunch. I was eating leftovers and had some leftover sweet potatos. I was making snicker doodles yesterday and have some cinnamon sugar. Suddenly I thought of the best idea: cinnamon sugar sweet potatos. These are delicious and oh so easy to make. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
Two sweet potatos
Butter
3 tablespoons cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar

Directions:
 Put your two sweet poatatos in the oven and bake for about an hour, until done. While they are baking mix the cinnamon and sugar. When the potatos are out of the oven take the skin off, chop them into quarters, and use the back of a spoon to mash them. The mashing should be easy and fairly quick. They do not have to be perfect. Then take your butter and put in a spoonful. Finally, add several spoonfuls of cinnamon sugar, to taste.

So that's it! Pretty easy. You probably won't need all the cinnamon sugar, so you can microwave some of it onto toast for breakfast. I hope you enjoyed this recipe. It is a delicious one! Check back for more recipes later this week.

XOXO,
Ms. Midnight Makeup

Lush Love

Today I wanted to talk to you about my love of Lush Cosmetics. It's no secret I am addicted to Lush. Bath and body products galore! I recently picked up the Little Green Bag and wanted to share my thoughts on it. The Little Green Bag comes with four items: a solid shampoo bar, a  solid body scrub, a soap, and a massage bar. It also comes with a tin to store you shampoo bar in.

First, the shampoo bar. It came with the Squeaky Green shampoo bar. This shampoo bar is supposed to be for people who have oily hair and a dandruff prone scalp. I have always had a dandruffy scalp and I have noticed increased oil production in my hair. This was my first ever shampoo bar. My thoughts? I'm in love. The shampoo bar is eco friendly (no packaging unless you use the tin(which is made of recycled materials)), full of herbs, and completely changes my hair. My hair problems are long gone. Using this shampoo bar I have bouncy soft and completely non oily hair and a healthy scalp. I highly reccomend it. Lush has lots of shampoo bars for all sorts of hair types so I would definitely check them out!

Next, the solid body scrub. This is fairly small (I believe it is a mini) and my guess is that it would only last a few uses. I have not used it yet but I will let you know what my thoughts on it are when I use it.

Now the soap. It is Sexy Peel soap. It smells lemony and delicious. I kind of think it is a soap that would be good in the kitchen since I associate lemon scents with cleaning products but I have been using it in the shower and am really liking it. It is excellent at waking me up or being a refresher throughout the day. It has a few pieces of lemon peel in it but it does not bother me too much. I really enjoy the scent and would reccomend it as well as many of other Lush soaps.

Finally the massage bar. It is called Each Peach massage bar and smells delicious. I imagine it would last a long time even though it is a mini. It is very moisturizing and feels incredibly nice on my skin BUT beware. You need to buy the massage bar tin (avalible at Lush) for it. It will melt in the hot sun and pretty much ruin whatever it melts on. I know from experience. So unfortunately my massage bar is no longer really useable. I do think that Lush gives a free massage bar tin with every purchase of two or more massage bars. I have looked at a few of their massage bars and have a few in mind to buy. I did enjoy the scent of Each Peach but after it melts all over your stuff... well the scent of the bar lingers of your things reminding you that it has melt everywhere. I don't know, the scent is just kind of lost on me now but it is a great scent.

So overall I would recommend this set if you want to explore some of the items Lush has to offer besides products for the bath. It is $25.95 and avalible at Lush.com. Be sure to come back for more posts. Today's recipe will be posted in the evening.

XOXO,
MMM

P.S. What do you think of that signature? Let me know in the comments. 

French Beans Lyonnaise

I got this recipe from my great grandmother. It is fairly simple to make and the result is delicious, vinegary green beans.

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons vinegar              
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon season salt (I actually used reg. salt)
1/4 teaspoon parsley flakes
dash pepper
1 medium onion-diced
1 can (8 ounces) French cut green beans

Directions:
In saucepan combine all ingredients but beans. Cook the onion until tender. Add beans and heat to serving temperature. Serves 2.


See, simple. And easy. I find that it is best to marinate everything after you add the beans. It really intensifies the vinegary flavor and if you don't marinate it really isn't that flavorful at all and honestly tastes like plain beans. So, marinate it! I often double the recipe because I am cooking for more and this dish is a big hit! I hope that you enjoy this. Look forward to more recipes later this week.

XOXO,
Ms.Midnight Makeup


P.S.: Quick question. How should I sign my name? First name, first initial, Ms. Midnight Makeup or Ms.MM? Let me know in the comments below.

Update

Hello everyone,
Sorry I have been so MIA. Truth be told I kind of forgot about this blog. Oops! I also had a lot of work. End of school brings lots of tests! I do want to thank you for visiting my site. It has gotten more views than I could hope for! :).
I have some announcements as well. First of all, I WILL start updating this blog. I am so sorry for not doing so earlier. Second of all, I have noticed that the mobile version of this site does not always work.
My solutions:
1) Try rotating your device
2) Click the button at the bottom of the page to change it to the regular site
3) Change your browser.
Third of all, I will start including some things on this site that are not makeup related. I will have recipes as well as random musings. To kick off my returning to this site I will post a recipe everyday for the next week. Unfortunately, I currently am staying with my grandparents and did not bring my laptop, so the recipes might be posted later in the day.

XOXO,
Ms. Midnight Makeup