Everyday I’m Truffling

Hi Everyone! I am still alive! I know this is my longest hiatus between posting in…well…a long time. I’ve gotten some concerned texts so I just wanted to assure everyone I am okay and just severely busy at work. I have been so busy I have barely had time to craft in several weeks. I only barely finished my mom’s birthday present (which was to fix the pleather on one of her bags) because I stayed up late every night the week before her birthday.

In other news I will tell you that I love Valentine’s Day with our kiddos. We took out the Valentine mailboxes and the kids have been making Valentine’s for each other. It warms my heart both because they are crafting but also because they are an adorable brother & sister combo. I hosted my yearly truffle making Ladies’ night again this week and I was very excited. I’ve been so busy as of late that I haven’t seen everyone in ages. It was fun to get together! I’m hoping I can do more events in the winter doldrums.

I was a wee bit worried I wouldn’t get everything prepped in time since last night I shopped for groceries, cleaned the house, made dinner for tonight and made chocolate fillings. I ended cutting one of the 4 fillings since it got so late and had to switch to a frozen loaf of bread instead of fresh but otherwise I got everything done!

I think this was our best batch of truffles yet! Amy and Karoline and I rolled the truffles when they first arrived and put them in the freezer. Then we ate dinner when Kathy and Mary arrived. For dinner we had salad with spinach, red onion, pecans and apples; lentil shepherd’s pie and sourdough bread. The bread (frozen and thawed) was awful! It somehow got stale thawing overnight? I’ve never had that happen though usually I eat the defrosted bread a couple hours after I take it out of the freezer. Maybe that was the problem? Everything else was great though!

After dinner we tempered the chocolate and then dipped all the balls that by this point were frozen! I tempered the chocolate in the center of the island on a portable induction cooktop and it worked really well. I think these chocolates came out the best ever! We made peanut butter from this recipe, then the usual chocolate truffles and lavender truffles. Everyone thought the peanut butter filling this year was great so I’ll have to note that for next year. Also I don’t know how I forgot to take a picture of the table (and Amy who had to leave a bit early). Happy Galentine’s Day!