friends & the vanilla truffle.

We celebrated Mandy's birthday over the weekend and it was so much fun!

Big Steve and I don't really do much together, but we did discover that staying up until 5am is for the birds; he spent the entire day Sunday sleeping and I spent it counting down until Stevie's bedtime.

The weekend was so worth it, though!

Good friends and good food - what more could you ask for?!

[me and the birthday girl!  at some point, i decided a fire hat was necessary and made this face...also necessary.]

[JULIA GULIA!  on a side note, she's finally going to be living with her horse and i am so happy for her!]

[the birthday lady and her maaaaaaaaan.]

[BOBBY!  somehow we also decided to talk about ghosts which gave me incredible nightmares last night, btw.]

[i promise he loves me!]

Remember when I gave you the recipe for the easiest truffles ever?

Well, Mandy can't eat Oreos or chocolate (which makes me really depressed), so I tried Vanilla Truffles for the first time - just as easy and just as delicious!

Vanilla Truffles (aka The Mandy Truffle)

1 package WhoNu Vanilla Cookies (or generic brand)

1 8oz package of Cream Cheese - softened

White Chocolate for Piping

Festive Sprinkles!

Crush up your cookies (I use a food processor, but you can just as easily crush them using your hands) - add you Cream Cheese and mix it all together.  I use my hands because I'm not scurred.

Melt your white chocolate.  Cut a small slit in the corner of a plastic baggie and decorate your balls (a joke can be made here somewhere).  Then add sprinkles of your choice and serve!

These are always a hit, so make them ASAP.

[Oreo and Vanilla Truffles.]