Moroccan Chicken! Yummmm!!!!

1/4 cup Land O Lakes® Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread

1 small (1/2 cup) yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 medium (1 cup) red bell pepper, cut into strips

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh garlic

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper

1/4 cup orange juice

1/4 cup raisins

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

 Cooked rice or couscous, if desired

Melt Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread in 12-inch skillet until sizzling; add onion. Cook over medium-high heat 2-3 minutes or until onion is crisply tender; add bell pepper. Continue cooking 2-3 minutes or until bell pepper is crisply tender.

Add chicken, garlic, salt and red pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5-7 minutes or until chicken is browned and no longer pink. Add orange juice and raisins. Cook, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes or until heated through. Stir in cilantro.

Serve immediately over cooked rice or couscous, if desired.

Hope you like it and don't forget to share with your love ones!

Trendy Outfit by Me!

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having MORE!

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings”. William Arthur Ward.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Hello Loves! Today I wanted to share with all of you something that I started doing about a month ago and had changed my life in a positive way. It’s not a diet or a beauty product but works better than any of those, lol.  I’ve been always being the best at saying Thank you all the time to everybody no matter what, but there is a point in life that you keep saying it without meaning it or without realizing that you are just used to say thank you. I got a journal and I started writing 10 things I’m thankful for every day, I said 10 will be more than enough and it might be some days that I will not even have 10 right? But it came out that I have so many things to be thankful for that 10 is not even 3rd part of what I have the pleasure to be thankful for , so I’m trying hard to keep the number in 10 but I really want to thank for a million things every day.

Here is how I do it… at night I right down before I go to bed the things I’m thankful for and in the morning I make sure I read it before I start my day… I’m a very busy person and my days start really early and sometimes they never end but I’m making sure I don’t leave my house without reading it and feeling it! Make sure you feel it!

I know we are all busy and our lifestyles are always on the go now, but as you live your day I encourage you to smile more and say more thank you to people… Happiness is contagious and it can change lives...

Here is an App that I recommend that works great and it’s super easy to use

http://gratitude365app.com/

Share what you are thankful for.

Now tell me what are you grateful for?

Don’t forget to shine and smile,

XoXo,

Jodie Aboud

Defining Your Brand

Defining your brand is like a journey of business self-discovery. It can be difficult, time-consuming and uncomfortable. It requires, at the very least, that you answer the questions below: 

• What is your company's mission?
• What are the benefits and features of your products or services?
• What do your customers and prospects already think of your company?
• What qualities do you want them to associate with your company?

Do your research. Learn the needs, habits and desires of your current and prospective customers. And don't rely on what you think they think. Know what they think.

Because defining your brand and developing a brand strategy can be complex, consider leveraging the expertise of a nonprofit small-business advisory group or a Small Business Development Center .

Once you've defined your brand, how do you get the word out? Here are a few simple, time-tested tips:

• Get a great logo. Place it everywhere.
• Write down your brand messaging. What are the key messages you want to communicate about your brand? Every employee should be aware of your brand attributes.
• Integrate your brand. Branding extends to every aspect of your business--how you answer your phones, what you or your salespeople wear on sales calls, your e-mail signature, everything.
• Create a "voice" for your company that reflects your brand. This voice should be applied to all written communication and incorporated in the visual imagery of all materials, online and off. Is your brand friendly? Be conversational. Is it ritzy? Be more formal. You get the gist.
• Develop a tagline. Write a memorable, meaningful and concise statement that captures the essence of your brand.
• Design templates and create brand standards for your marketing materials. Use the same color scheme, logo placement, look and feel throughout. You don't need to be fancy, just consistent.
• Be true to your brand. Customers won't return to you--or refer you to someone else--if you don't deliver on your brand promise.

• Be consistent. I placed this point last only because it involves all of the above and is the most important tip I can give you. If you can't do this, your attempts at establishing a brand will fail.

Feel gorgeous and wear RED!

Call it cherry, ruby or scarlet: red - and we mean real Coca-Cola red - is the color to wear now.

My color for fall will always be RED! Not only because red is my favorite color but also because is a vibrant color that goes perfectly with neutral colors like white, grey and black! Most of the people is intimidated by the color red , I used to be one of them until I learned how to match it with the perfect pieces. Wear it on coat like it shoes on the pictures, on accessories and shoes with jeans and neutral tops, on a dress to a party or your lips to rock your smile.

Fiebre de Bandanas y Turbantes!!!!

Las pañoletas en la cabeza al estilo turbantes o bandanas son un estilo muy común en el verano pero que para muchas como yo lo usamos durante todo el año. Hay millones de diferentes modelos y maneras de usarlos pero los más comunes son los que les muestro en la foto. Puedes usarlos con cualquier tipo de atuendo, desde vestidos de baño hasta trajes de gala, dependiendo del color y de si tienen alguna decoración extra como piedras o piezas de soutache ( se los mostrare en mi proximo post). Si no tienes este tipo de bandanas o turbantes puedes usar una pañoleta muy delgada, así podrás hacer nudos y dobleces sin que te queden muy abultados. 

En mi tienda online puedes encontrar estos 3 modelos de bandanas y turbantes de mi colección exclusiva de JoJo Beach Wear!. Para mas información sobre los diferentes modelos y precios puedes visitar www.jojobeachwear.com o www.pachisdesigns.com tenemos en todos los colores y estilos!

Espero pruebes este estilo que viene con todo para este verano!

XoXo

Jodie Aboud

Casual pink. Personal style!

Casual pink. Personal style! by jodiescloset featuring platform pumps