I mentioned in my last post how excited we were about the break! No school for 3 weeks! Well, so far the break has lived up to our expectations. We traveled to visit family, had a very merry Christmas, and are back home in Provo.
TRUFFLES!
Day one of the break I made my favorite MINT truffles. The past few years I have made peanut butter, mint, and cake truffles along with chocolate covered caramels, but this year that seemed unrealistic so I settled on the mint and the caramels.They are super easy!
The mint truffles only have 4 ingredients: the three above and chocolate chips for dipping (we did a double batch). Mix the cookies in a gallon ziplock and crunch them up. Repeat as needed until all the cookies are crumbs. Mix in softened cream cheese until you have delicious firm cookie dough texture. Form balls of whatever size you like. I use a cookie dough scoop to make it faster. Stick them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet and put them in the freezer for an hour. After that all that is left is to dip them!
We used milk chocolate chips because they taste better, but they also melt faster in your hand. Milk chocolate chips mixed with candy coating are a better bet. These are super rich and amazingly good!
CHOWDER!
I had corn chowder at my mom-in-law's house and wanted to make a variation of my own.
6 red potatoes
1 bunch of green onion
4-6 stalks of celery heart
4 slices crispy turkey bacon
chop the above into bite-size or smaller pieces
Corn
Peas
4 chicken bullion cubes
Poultry seasoning and garlic powder (not garlic salt)
4 cups water
Combine all ingredients in a crockpot and cook until potatoes are done. Pull out about 1 potato's worth of potato chunks and mash them. Mix the mashed potatoes with 1 can of evaporated milk and return the mixture to the crockpot. Stir and cook on high for another 30 minutes.
It turned out incredibly well!
CHRISTMAS!!!
We went to both our families houses during the break. They were all so happy to see Evelyn! She had a great time too. Now we are home trying to get back on a schedule that is acceptable to everyone. I am so grateful for the Christmas season and for Christ and his perfect life. I am grateful from family, friends and the knowledge that everything will work out in the end. Life is good and I am happy.
TRUFFLES!
Day one of the break I made my favorite MINT truffles. The past few years I have made peanut butter, mint, and cake truffles along with chocolate covered caramels, but this year that seemed unrealistic so I settled on the mint and the caramels.They are super easy!
The mint truffles only have 4 ingredients: the three above and chocolate chips for dipping (we did a double batch). Mix the cookies in a gallon ziplock and crunch them up. Repeat as needed until all the cookies are crumbs. Mix in softened cream cheese until you have delicious firm cookie dough texture. Form balls of whatever size you like. I use a cookie dough scoop to make it faster. Stick them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet and put them in the freezer for an hour. After that all that is left is to dip them!
We used milk chocolate chips because they taste better, but they also melt faster in your hand. Milk chocolate chips mixed with candy coating are a better bet. These are super rich and amazingly good!
CHOWDER!
I had corn chowder at my mom-in-law's house and wanted to make a variation of my own.
6 red potatoes
1 bunch of green onion
4-6 stalks of celery heart
4 slices crispy turkey bacon
chop the above into bite-size or smaller pieces
Corn
Peas
4 chicken bullion cubes
Poultry seasoning and garlic powder (not garlic salt)
4 cups water
Combine all ingredients in a crockpot and cook until potatoes are done. Pull out about 1 potato's worth of potato chunks and mash them. Mix the mashed potatoes with 1 can of evaporated milk and return the mixture to the crockpot. Stir and cook on high for another 30 minutes.
It turned out incredibly well!
CHRISTMAS!!!
At first there was no snow so we enjoyed walks!
Then Evelyn learned how to play her piano...sort of.
Although she didn't really get the paper ripping she sure got the paper eating!
She totally knows the good stuff!
...and she has perfected the art of flat bottomed sitting!!! She finally got over the "lean" she has been struggling with.
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