Lime Green Cowgirl & Truffles

Today at work it was painfully slow.  Only about 4 phone calls came in the whole day.  I LOVE looking at blogs, but even that can get old after about 4 hours.  Anyways, I went and got little bug from school and we came home and made some yummy noodles and chicken and peas in a creamy sauce for dinner.  Autumn was such a good helper to stir the food and make sure it didn’t burn.

We went out to check the mail, and she insisted on wearing her pink cowgirl boots (and on the wrong feet no less).  Then she was in a cute and playful mood so I decided to take advantage of it and get some cute pictures of her.

Cute & Happy

Sweet & Thoughtful

Relaxed

My Little Bug

After dinner, we read books for a little while and then I wanted to try out a recipe I found online today.  Autumn was a big “helper” again and assisted me by sticking her fingers in the powdered sugar and licking it off, not to mention eating 1/2 the bowl of coconut.

I found the recipe here, but I only did 2 c powdered sugar and 2 c melted chocolate like some people had suggested in the comments, and they turned out PERFECTLY!  I put them in the fridge for about 45 minutes and then used a small ice cream scoop to shape the truffles and coat them coconut, powdered sugar, and graham cracker crumbs.  They taste DELECTABLE and this is definitely a recipe that I will be making again (especially at Christmas b/c it made so many and they look fancy enough to give away to neighbors as gifts).

Easy Decadent Truffles

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3  2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 3  2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  
  In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until well blended. Stir in melted chocolate and vanilla until no streaks remain. Refrigerate for about 1 hour 45 minutes. Shape into 1 inch balls.