New Designs at Risky Beads - Speaking Your Mind and Then Some

We've been busy here at Risky Beads creating new designs geared toward those with an outspoken streak! And don't forget to take advantage of our Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale. Details at end of post! On with the newbies!!

We got these amazing huge stiletto charms in stock, so we went a little crazy making up designs for them:

Bitch Please Stiletto Charm Keychain, Personalize the back

See all stiletto keychains here.

Dance items have always been popular in our shop so we've added some new ones:

When in Doubt, Twirl Keychain, optional initial disc

Meet Me at the Barre Keychain, optional initial disc

See all dance items here.

Customers are always asking for ways to personalize our keychains, so we've added a tiny initial disc option to many designs. Our copper and aluminum initial discs can hold us to 4 characters!

Film Reel Weapon of Choice Keychain with optional initial disc

See all Weapon of Choice options here.

Some of our best selling designs have been in our shop since 2009/2010, so we've updated some of them, gave them a little makeover:

Kiss the Cook Keychain with optional initial disc

See all cooking items here.

Go Puck Yourself Hockey Keychain, optional initial disc

See all hockey items here.

Trunk Full of Love for You Keychain, optinal initial disc

See all couples items here.

And some of our new designs can speak for themselves:

Please Cancel my Subscription to Your Issues Keychain, optional initial disc

You Couldn't Handle Me Even If I Came with Instructions Keychain

All Aboard the Hot Mess Express Keychain, optional initial disc

Stay tuned for more cool gift ideas!! ~Lori

Sweet and Sour Chicken from Scratch for Lunch

I've been dieting and exercising lately, (10 lbs gone today), and I've started cooking as well.  I've never enjoyed cooking in the past, and I don't do anything super-involved, but I'm having fun trying out a few not-easy-to-mess-up-recipes.  Today, I made Sweet and Sour Chicken from scratch.  It's a hybrid of two different dishes I make:  Sweet and Sour Pork and Chicken and Rice Casserole.  Yes, this is cooking for dummies.  :)

I use this recipe to make the sauce:
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup white vinegar
6 tablespoons of canned pineapple juice and pineapple chunks
1 tablespoon corn starch
2 teaspoons of soy sauce

I mix everything together in a saucepan, add lots of pineapple chunks as well, bring it to a boil, reduce heat and let it cook until clear and thick.  Then I add the sauce to the chicken breasts and brown rice when they're done baking in the oven.  The chicken, uncooked rice, and water cook for 1 hour at 350 and then uncovered for another 15 minutes to absorb all the water.  Season your chicken a bit before baking.

I like this recipe because you get sweet and sour sauce that doesn't look neon orange.  It's sweet and tasty and keeps me full until my next meal.  It's simple, but it's yummy, and you can make the same dish with pork chops.  I think I like it better with pork, but chicken was thawing, so chicken it was!

~Lori

Sweet and Sour Pork Chops

So, today I decided to try my hand at cooking again, and I made Sweet and Sour Pork Chops using this recipe.  They actually came out pretty good!  I'm excited. I should've taken a picture, but I didn't think about it.   I'm NO cook, but lately I've had the urge to try, so so far I've mastered Hamburger Helper and Green Been Casserole.  (Stop laughing.) My mom's going to come visit next weekend and help me with some more recipes.  I need to get a covered skillet, a 3 quart casserole dish, and a spoon rest.  She's pretty excited that I'm trying to cook as well.  LOL.

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