I have the new site up and running, FINALLY… no small thanks to KALEN!!! and the nice people at surpass hosting!! sheesh! I am not computer literate AT ALL!!  I think I am finally getting the hang of it, though.

Anywho…

Tomorrow, I will finish up editing the photos so they all have the right website on them and ll that jazz and then I will make sure I have everyone’s website bookmarked or in my reader or blogroll and I will be soooo out of here!!

It’s been real friends!! I’ll see you around! Make sure you come visit me!!!

http://jolynscupcakesncandies.net

Be patient with me while I get all the kinks worked out and while I get everything settled!!!

I am excited!!

I’m really looking forward to expanding the business (or BIZNEZZ) and making some $$$!! and having some FUN!!!!

So hang on to your Fruit of the Looms, it’s gonna be a wild ride!!! Until then I will be blogging here. Hopefully it won’t be long, cause I am not a very patient person!!! 

I may be moving.  Not me, but this site.  More accurately, I might be merging this site with the other blog I already have.  I can’t seem to get my posts to link to Pinterest from this blog and that is a problem.  I want people to be able to click on the link and get to my blog without having to type something into the search bar or whatever.  I want them to click the link and see what they want to see.  Instant gratification.  It can be a good thing, apparently.

So I am either going to buy another domain, which I can do, but don’t really want to.  Or I am going to just merge this blog with my other one and dedicate a page to my cupcake business.  The domain name is blog-diggidy.com but it can say whatever I want it to on the front page, right?!?!?!? =)

UGH!!!!! I think I have to go buy another domain name!!!!!!!!!! GGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Anywho, I saw this recipe and I knew I had to try it.  #1 It’s honey chicken.  #2 It serves two.  #3 It’s.Honey.Chicken.  Aha…

I tweaked the recipe a bit, cause hey, that’s what I do peeps.  It’s what I do! You can go here for the original. Or you can try mine, it was really good!! 

Honey Chicken

Find this:

• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
• Natures Seasons® seasonings to taste
• 3/4 c. honey
• 1/4 c. soy sauce
• 2 T. dehydrated onion
• 2-3 T. ketchup
• 1 T. olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• pinch cayenne pepper
• non-stick cooking spray

Do This:

1. Cut your chicken breasts into bite size pieces
2. Season your bite sized pieces of chicken with Natures Seasons® seasonings
3. Place your chicken in a sprayed 8×8 baking dish
4. In a small bowl combine honey, soy sauce, onions, ketchup, oil, garlic and cayenne.
5. Pour over chicken.
6. Bake at 350°F.  for 30 minutes, stirring after 15.
7. Alternately, you can put whole chicken breasts in a crock pot, seasoned on both sides with the seasoning.  Pour the honey mixture over top.  Cook on low for 3 hours or on high for 1 1/2 hours.  Cut chicken into bite size pieces and return to pot and toss with sauce (or shred chicken). Serve over rice or noodles.

Please, please, please, try this recipe, I promise, you won’t be disappointed!!

Lisa hosts Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, go check out what other yummy recipes she has on her blog!

Til next time friends,

Hahaha…you can’t really tell from that photo can you?  Here is what I did differently.  I added fewer blueberries and a little more spinach.  And it came out GREEN this time!!  But I still didn’t taste the spinach! I promise.  I doubt I could get my friends who don’t like their veggies to try this one, though.  It is quite healthy looking, as you’ll see!

I think it’s beautiful and I had no problem drinking it.  ‘The Girl’ thought twice about trying it, but once she did, she like it!  Are you ready to see what it looked like? Are you sure? Okay, okay! I’ll show you….

Right after I give you the recipe! I’m such a stinker!!

Green Smoothie

Get this: (really, it’ll be alright)

• 1 c. no sugar added mild fruit juice, like apple or white grape (or water)
• 1 frozen banana, sliced or broken into pieces
• 8-10 frozen strawberries
• 5 frozen blueberries (yes, 5…more than that will turn your smoothie purple)
• 1 t. vanilla
• 2 BIG handfuls fresh spinach
• sweetener to taste… splenda, sugar, honey (if you like it sweet, can omit)

Do this: (come on, you know, you wanna!)

• Pour juice into blender
• Add fruit
• Add vanilla and sweetener if using
• Add spinach
• Blend, adding water a couple of tablespoons at time, if needed to aid in blending.

This is what you get, right here…

Isn’t it B-E-Auitiful?!?!?!?! And so tasty, too!! And yes, it says ‘Green Green Smoothies Are Da Bomb’, because I totes think that ‘Green’ smoothies should be GREEN!!!

And with that I bid you good day and of course…

Okay, I think I’m done now.  Maybe.  Why can’t I get my smoothie to be green?!?!?! I did once, but I had to put green pepper in it.  It was pretty good. I’ll give you that.  But I don’t wanna have to do that every time.  I think it’s cause of that blasted blueberries!

But THEY.ARE.A.SUPER.FRUIT. and I must have them!  =)

Look at this beauty

Smoothie

Get this:(go ahead, it’s ok)

• 1 frozen banana, broken into pieces
• 8 frozen strawberries
• 1/4 c. frozen blueberries
• 1 c.  no-sugar added fruit juice (mild flavor ,white grape or apple work well…can use water, too)
• 2  handfuls spinach
• 1 t. vanilla
• splenda (to taste, if you like it sweet)

Do This: (come on, it’s yummy)

1. Put  juice and vanilla in blender
2. Add fruit
3. Add spinach
4. Add splenda if using
5. Blend, you can add water if you need more liquid to make blending easier

Is that not gorgeous?!?!?! AAaaannddd I didn’t get a picture of the blended one.  I will have to one tomorrow.  Silly head.  What was I thinking?

I’ll tell you what I was thinking!  I was trying to figure out why the H-E-double hockey sticks  can’t I link my posts to Pinterest! That’s what I was thinking! Other people do it, so I know it can be done!   And I thought I had done it before but I cannot for the life of me figure out why I can’t do it now.  Is it a problem on the posting end or the pinning end?  Some one needs to help me out here before I go insane!!! Aaaaaahhh!!!!  I can add a link to the the picture just fine, but it won’t link to the entire post. When I paste the posts link it says it can’t find an image?!?!?!?! Anyone know how to fix that?

HELP!!!

Yeah, I’m pretty stoked about it, too!  I can tell y’all are pretty excited.  In honor of that Ima give you my recipe for homemade Nutella, how ’bout that?!?!  It’s my gift to you.  You’re welcome.

Beings that I am on a health kick, I am always looking for healthy recipes that still taste good.  Stuff that I don’t shovel in the ol’ pie hole and wanna spit right back out, ya know what I mean? This recipe and a few others I’m going to be sharing in the next few days are ‘those kind of recipes’.  I could make them day after day and never get sick of them.  I’m really excited to share them with you, I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do!!

It’s important to tell you that I am not a fan of the original Nutella, but I like this version.  It is made with almonds, instead of hazelnuts.   If you are a fan of hazelnuts, by all means, use hazelnuts, whatevs! As per usual, I adapted it to fit my taste, click on the link to see the original if you must!

Home Made Nutella

Get This: (go on, do it!)

• 1 cup roasted almonds, salted or unsalted (your choice)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 T. cocoa powder (dark chocolate for a special treat)
• 3 T. hot water
• sweetener to taste (splenda, stevia, sugar)

Do This: (get to it!)

Place almonds in food processor and process until roughly chopped, about 30 seconds.  Add cocoa powder, honey, sweetener (if adding any) and water.  Process til creamy.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Thanks to Allison for a Fabulous recipe!

Try this recipe, you will NOT be disappointed!

I made the cheddar biscuit recipe I posted here.  Only this time I used gluten-free flour (Bob’s Red Mill).  I also added a small packet of xanthan gum as recommended on the bag of flour. Oh, and I added parsely flakes…they don’t really add any flavor, they just make ‘em pretty!

Now, I just have to say this.  If you are using this flour for the first time, do not smell it! LOL  I opened the bag and took a big whiff of it to see what it smelled like (I’m strange, I know).  I do not recommend it! It smells icky and you will not like it.  But fear not my gluten-avoiding friends, it will not taste like it smells! Hallelujah for that! (can I get an amen right there?!?!?!)

Aaaaannywho….what was I saying here? Oh yeah, the biscuits…nom nom nom.

They even looked better this time! Click on that link back there to the old(er) post and just look at the other ones, these are much better looking!

‘The Hubs’ even liked these better than the first ones and that’s saying something because he doesn’t like anything healthy! =)

Cheddar Biscuits

Get This:

• 2 c gluten-free flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill)
• 1 packet xanthan gum (about 1/2 tsp)
• 1 T. baking powder
• 1 t. garlic salt
• 1/4 t. fresh ground black pepper
• 1/3 c. butter
• 1 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 1 1/4 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• parsley flakes (just enough for color)

Do This:

Blend together dry ingredients in a medium bowl.  Cut butter in with a pastry blender or a fork just til crumbly.  Make a well in center.  Add buttermilk and cheese.  Stir just until blended, dough will be sticky.   Drop by spoonful (or use cookie scoop) onto cookie sheet and bake at 425°F for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Like this

This recipe is so good, you’ll wanna make it all the time! It’s super easy and super yummy! So what are you waiting for?? Go make them!! And make sure you come back and tell me how much you adore me for giving you this recipe love them!!

See ya Later!

While they had good flavor, they stayed really soft and kind of mushy.  I’m not sure if that was because of the applesauce or the peanut butter I used or if that was how they were supposed to be? It didn’t bother me and it didn’t seem to bother ‘The Hubs’ or ‘The Girl’.  I am going to ask Katie if hers were like that, though.  I even baked them a bit longer???

Aaannnywho, here is the recipe I used (The original can be found by clicking the second link above (the one with just her name).  I changed it up a bit, but mostly, I just doubled it. I did change the name of the cookies ’cause you can make a meal of them any time of day cause they are so good for you!!

Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Cookies

Get This:

• 1 cup rolled oats
• scant 1 cup applesauce (can use 2 mashed bananas here if you like)
• 1/2 cup natural, no sugar added peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• raisins to taste (however many you like)
• 1/4 cup splenda (can use sugar, stevia, whatever you prefer or no added sweetener at all, if you prefer, I do not prefer)

Do This:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mash the banana with the peanut butter, if using bananas, then add all other ingredients and mix until well-combined.  If not using bananas just mix all ingredients well and shape into cookies and bake for around 14 minutes. This recipe will make 12-14 cookies depending on how you make them.

These are a really yummy alternative to a sugar/wheat laden cookie that will go straight to your hips or butt or thighs or wherever your sugar and wheat go!! Some people can eat that stuff and have no problem with it.  I am not one of those people! But I can eat these and it shouldn’t hinder my weight-loss! =)

Have any great sugar/wheat free recipes you’d like me to try?? Leave your recipe in my comments and I might give it a try!