How Busy Moms Can Save Time

The best time-saving tips, from quick dinner recipes to ingenious beauty shortcuts.

Smart Time-Saving Ideas

Make More Time for Yourself
Don't let a busy schedule overwhelm you. Here's how to make sure you have time to unwind, too.

40 Simple Shortcut Recipes
No need to spend hours laboring over a dish: Fake it, don’t make it.

Quick How-To's

Simplify Your Beauty Routine
Warm weather calls for a streamlined beauty regimen. Skip these unnecessary steps.

How To: Cook Couscous
Next time you need a last-minute starch to round out your dinner plate, consider couscous: It’s one of the tastiest side dishes around, and one of the easiest to prepare in a hurry. Watch the video demonstration.

Speed-Clean Your Bathroom 

You have just five minutes to clean your bathroom? Here’s how to use them.

• Minute 1: Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into the toilet bowl and let the bubbles do their magic. Toss used towels in a pile outside the door; stash odds and ends (brushes, hair dryer) in drawers or a pretty basket. Get rid of melty soap bars and lingering chips.
• Minute 2: With a damp microfiber cloth, swipe cobwebs from ceiling corners (stick the cloth on the end of a broom to reach) and dust door frames, tile ledges, moldings, shelves, framed art, and sills. Rinse and wring. Do the light switch and the soap dish with a disinfecting wipe.
• Minute 3: Spray mirrors with glass cleaner and rub in circles with the cloth. Then run a wipe over the vanity and the sink to pick up rogue hairs, powder, and toothpaste. (Clorox brand is safe for most hard surfaces, including marble.) Grab a new wipe for the faucet handles, the wall behind the faucet, and any light fixtures.

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