Half Baked Truffle Recipe!

Hey guys! I promised the recipe and I try to deliver on my promises so here it goes! I'm not used to writing recipes, I usually wing it when I cook but I'll do the best I can!

Cookie Dough Ingredients:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegan margarine (I use Earth Balance buttery sticks)
2 tbsp favorite plant milk (I use almond breeze unsweetened vanilla)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1 cup vegan chocolate chips

Brownie Batter ingredients:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup vegan margarine 

2 tbsp favorite plant milk 

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup flour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Chocolate shell:

1 bag vegan chocolate chips

Directions:

For cookie dough:

1. Add brown sugar, white sugar and margarine to a bowl and beat until fluffy.

2. Add plant milk and vanilla extract and beat to combine.

3. Add flour and beat thoroughly. Dough will be soft and sticky.

4. Fold in chocolate chips.

5. Put in fridge for dough to stiffen up to allow for rolling.

For brownie batter:

Follow steps 1-3 above, also adding the cocoa powder.  Also refrigerate brownie dough to stiffen for rolling.

To make truffles:

Take 1 tsp of cookie dough and 1 tsp of brownie batter and roll together into one ball.  Place truffles on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Once all truffles are rolled, place in freezer to harden before dipping.

Pre dipped rolled truffles!

For dipping:

To dip the truffles I just melted a bag of vegan chocolate chips in a double boiler. this is the part of the recipe I may tweak a little because I felt the chocolate was a bit thick for coating, but it still worked!

Directions:

1. Melt 1 bag of vegan chocolate chips in a double boiler.

2. Take a few truffles from the freezer (they soften quickly so I only work with a few at a time). Place one truffle on a fork and dip in chocolate, making sure the truffle is completely coated.

3. Allow excess chocolate to drip off, gently shaking if you need to.  Place truffles on a second cookie sheet. *Tip: I froze a second cookie sheet and lined it with wax paper. This allows the bottom of the truffle to harden quicker and not spread a ton.

4. Place truffles in the freezer for a few minutes in between dipping to allow them to harden up a bit.

5. After all truffles are dipped, place tray back in freezer to allow everything to harden and firm up.  I stored them in the fridge before I gave them out since the heat makes everything melt so quickly! You can keep them in the freezer too!

I love this shot where you can see both parts of the truffle!

I hope that these instructions make sense! Like I said, I'm not the best at crafting recipes but hopefully this will work for you :) They are time consuming but have a high yield and taste incredible! Enjoy!

Quick Update

Sorry for the lack of food lately, been super busy with work.  I got put on a wedding today at the last minute so I'll be out all day working.  I do have tomorrow off (yay!!) so I'll have yummy meals to post and plenty of time to plan for my raw food experiment (starting Monday and lasting until my friend comes to visit on August 25).

Already did 30 minutes on the trampoline which felt great! Can't wait for yoga tomorrow and I'll make up today's training session I miss today right after yoga tomorrow.  I have found that I have better training sessions right after yoga because I'm so stretched out and feeling great so I hope the same is true tomorrow after the long day I'm going to have today.

Any suggestions for raw meals? I have Ani Phyo's books which will help, planning lots of veggie noodles and salads and whatnot, but anything different? Maybe breakfasts?

Sorry again for the lack of food.  I promise to make it up tomorrow! Maybe I'll post the recipe for those amazing truffles as an olive branch for my laziness :)

Since I like photos I'll post 2 random photos I shot at Five Pointz in Long Island City. I can't remember if I've posted them on this blog before, so if I have I'm sorry but check em out again!

Lens Flare!

Love these walls and the angle makes it look almost seemless!

Recipe Testing - Half Baked Truffles!

I don't know where this thought came from, but how great would a truffle filled with half cookie dough and half brownie batter/dough be?! I decided to make it happen and let me tell you, the results were phenomenal! They are very rich and very sweet, but this decadent treat is so worth it.  Super delicious, crisp chocolate shell and an almost creamy center.

Naked Truffle Centers!

Sample Box #1

Sample Box #2

There were about 3 more boxes of samples made (of various sizes). One batch makes a TON, at least two dozen.

Busted open! Looks so good!

I'm so glad this was a success, I've wanted to try making these for a while! I'll post the recipe soon :)

Another Day

Hey everyone, another day, more of the usual.  I started the day with a 30 minute run on the trampoline (which has been amazing since a huge heel spur was found in an xray and is SO PAINFUL) and then went to visit with my niece and ended up at work.

Check out the eats:

Breakfast: Post run I wanted a nice refreshing breakfast so I had a big ol' bowl of watermelon and grapes.  It was delicious and perfect.

Midmorning: Iced coffee and a homemade lemon coconut date bar.

Lunch (unpictured): Hummus with falafel, tomato and cucumber.

Dinner: Big ass salad - green, carrot, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, broccoli and cucumber. Delicious!

So my Q&A didn't work out well...only had one question from The Shenandoah Vegan which was how can I like Couple's Retreat because it was an awful movie LOL. Sorry that made me laugh...I'm not saying it is a high quality movie or story line, but for some reason it makes me laugh and I like to watch it on a crappy rainy day or when I need a laugh :)

Have a great night!

Q & A?

I don't have any food to post today because I was too lazy to take photos of my completely unexciting meals so I thought maybe I'd start a Q&A sesh?

This is meant to be light and fun. I love doing those little survey quiz things and I haven't seen any fun ones so I thought it may be fun to create our own?  If any of you guys have any questions for me feel free to ask them in the comments and I'll post tomorrow with the answers!

have fun, ask as many as you want and I'm looking forward to seeing what you have for me!!

And thank you all again for your kind words yesterday.  It is so hard to lose a pet, they become a part of the family but all of the nice comments meant a lot.

Sad News :(

This is a sad post and I'm sorry to be a downer but we had to put my cat, Sammy, to sleep today. He was really sick for a long time and we are all really upset about it.  He will be missed :*(

We'll miss you Sammy <3

Quick Quick!

Sorry for the quick post but I'm practically out the door to go to dinner with a friend of mine tonight who is in town for the weekend.  Nothing too different, great training session and a busy weekend ahead!! The silver lining is I finally get to go for a haircut! I literally haven't cut my hair since last September so I'm very excited and it is so overdue!

Quick eats!

Breakfast: Some of this raw/gluten free/vegan granola I found. It is pretty good...it has a weird aftertaste though...I'm finding maybe it is just a buckwheat aftertaste because I kind of felt that way after the buckwheat crispies too.  Anyway, I had some of the granola with fresh fruit and almond milk.  Very good.

Midmorning: Iced coffee

Lunch: Mediterranean bento = dolma, hummus, falafel, carrot.

Post workout: Protein Shake

Expected dinner: I checked the menu and there is a salad that has vegan prepared eggplant with bruscetta  topping and mozz cheese...I'll probably get this and sub the cheese for another veggie :)

If I don't make it back on here have a great weekend!!