Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Haven't posted in forever


Fall is here!! I'm so happy I could cry. We had something like 16 days this summer that were at 90 degrees or above. Not cool. Literally. Now it's time for football, cool weather and Halloween!
I'm also very happy that all my tv shows have started up again. I had never seen How I Met Your Mother, but started watching reruns of it over the summer and now it's one of my new favorite shows. Randy always jokes that he'll see me next year due to my many hours spent watching shows. Lost is done and they suddenly cancelled Ghost Whisperer last season so that leaves me with 90210, HIMYM, Glee, Grey's Anatomy, Vampire Diaries and Bones. I used to watch Gossip Girl and Life Unexpected too but found myself not really caring anymore so they are no longer on my lineup.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Me = Dumbass

Let me start by posting a yummy recipe for oreo truffles:



Ingredients:


1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted


MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.
DIP balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.


Sounds good right? But only if you actually use Semi-sweet Chocolate rather than unsweetened chocolate. I made these for the Superbowl party we went to on Sunday. I made half with the chocolate and half with the white chocolate. I've made these before and the white have always been my favorite so that's all I had eaten up until about a half hour ago. I bit in to one of the chocolate ones and my mouth was violated. I feel so bad for anyone who had a chocolate one - Randy included. Sorry!! I'm usually a stellar baker, but I guess we all have to screw it up every once in a while...