How To: Prepare a simple penne carbonara with bacon and mushrooms

Most moms these days both work outside of the house and handle kid duties, which means that meals have to be both delicious and extremely easy and quick to make. So if you're a busy mom who's getting a little tired of feeding her kids Ramen and hot dogs for dinner, check out this video to learn a recipe that takes very little time and tastes great.

A busy mom of two little girls shares her easy recipe for warm penne with a creamy Parmesan sauce, bacon, leeks and mushrooms. A generous helping of freshly ground black pepper is key to a flavorful carbonara. Corey Flynn lightens the dish with half & half instead of heavy cream and recommends, as we do too, grate or shred the Parmesan cheese so it's fresh, fresh, fresh!