Thursday, March 22, 2012

Chocolate chocolate chocolate!!!! Truffles :)

There will probably be many more posts with this title.


Because I LOVE CHOCOLATE.


I thought, as an apology gift for not posting in a while, I'd give my readers my favorite, fastest, rich chocolate recipe!


Chocolate Truffles
Makes 40 truffles
1 (8-oz.) package fat-free cream cheese, at room temperature
4 cups confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla
Cocoa powder (optional) 

Crushed nuts (optional)

Combine cream cheese, sugar, cocoa powder and extract in a bowl; freeze mixture 30-60 minutes. Remove from freezer and form into 1" balls; roll in cocoa powder, if desired. Freeze 30 minutes or until firm.
(Per serving: 60 calories, 1 gram fat)

P.S.-I've found you can form them and then freeze them, if the cream cheese is the right temperature. :)

 ENJOY!

Friday, March 2, 2012

Intro to this Nice Girl in 5's

Y'know those "Who Am I?" English projects in school? I'm never satisfied with those. Who can put who they are onto a poster? Or a poem? Oh well, this time its MY rubric; I'm giving you an Introduction to this Nice Girl in 5's. :) Yeah yeah, I know I should've done this earlier. . . .oh well! In no particular order. . . . (And note-for your sakes, I limited all of these categories to 5. For some of them the actual list is much longer!)

Hobbies
1. Singing
2. Playing piano
3. Cooking
4. Exercising
5. Blogging

Physical characteristics
1. Blonde hair
2. Blue eyes
3. I tan easily
4. Strong legs
5. A dimple in my right cheek

Groups I'm involved with
1. My high school's Associated Student Body (our fancy name for student council or leadership class, a.k.a. ASB)
2. My town's Scholarship Pageant (I am the current reigning queen)
3. LDS youth group
4. LDS ward choir
5. Ready to Learn Peer Mentoring

This year's school schedule
1. LDS Seminary
2. AP Lit & Lang
3. AP Stats
4. AP Gov
5. ASB

Other things I enjoy doing with my time
1. Sleeping
2. Cleaning
3. Soaking up sunshine
4. Babysitting
5. Writing missionaries

Songs I can play on the piano
1. For Good from Wicked
2. I'm Not That Girl from Wicked
3. As the Last Leaf Falls by David Lanz
4. You're Not Sorry by Taylor Swift
5. A whole buncha hymns

Songs I love
1. Every Time I Hear Your Name by Keith Anderson
2. Love Is Everything by K.D. Lang
3. I Get Along Without You Very Well (its a standard, but my favorite version is by Matt Monro)
4. The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out of His Mind by Griffin House
5. Not Like the Movies by Katy Perry

Songs that describe me
1. Full Grown Woman by Sarah Buxton
2. Best Days of Your Life by Kellie Pickler
3. What I Cannot Change by Leann Rimes
4. Wild Horses by Natasha Bedingfield
5. Outside My Window by Sarah Buxton

Favorites colors
1. White
2. Blue
3. Yellow
4. Cream
5. Pink

Pet peeves
1. Wet paper
2. When girls don't know how to walk in high heals but wear them anyways (The higher the heel the more you need to involve your core.)
3. Not matching black and brown or white and cream together correctly
4. Unnatural colored hair (98% of the time, the other 2% its streaks and it works on the person)
5. Shorts-shorts with Uggs and/or a big poofy jacket. Really?!!

Favorites styles
1. High heels
2. Flowy shirts
3. Knee-length skirts
4. Sparkly!
5. Bright colors

Favorite Genres
1. Country
2. Acoustic stuff/singer/songwriter
3. Dance music
4. Pop
5. Broadway

Fears
1. Losing my relationship with God
2. Coming across as fake
3. Being prejudiced against
4. Not knowing about unspoken rules in new settings
5. Things that can't be undone

Favorites foods
1. Fresh-picked, organic, home-grown anything
2. Rich foods-cheese, cheesecake, peanut butter, etc
3. Sweet and salty foods (chocolate covered pretzels are the best!)
4. Root Beer floats (or anything sweet. . . I have a major sweet tooth)
5. Freshly-baked bread

Least favorites foods
1. I've learned I can like anything if its prepared correctly! So we'll change this category to. . .

Not every-day foods I've had
1. Reindeer
2. Calamari
3. Octopus
4. Cow liver
5.Caviar
Still waiting to have Escargot. . . .

Random things about me
1. When I was little, my hair stuck straight up. All of it. Until it was about 2 inches long.
2. I didn't know what stranger anxiety was as a child. I would talk with anyone, anywhere, anytime. (Although if you know me, that's not actually surprising.)
3. I didn't play with dolls when I was little. I put whatever my favorite CD was currently into the boombox and sang and made up routines and blocking!
4. I have random freckles scattered all over my body.
5. I've always had a things for older guys.

Is there anything you're dying to know about me that isn't on here? :)