Broccoli, Rice & Cheese Pockets

I love the broccoli and cheese combination. I eat it on a regular basis. Rice is also a common thing I eat, so this pocket is amazing to me. Since I'm a vegetarian, it's hard to find these kinds of things in the store. Most 'pockets' out there usually have chicken in them or some kind of meat. So I thought I would just make my own. I prefer homemade things over something frozen any day, anyway.

Ingredients:

   1 package Green Giant Broccoli & Cheese Sauce

   3 cups of brown rice

   1 roll of crescent rolls

   Parmesan cheese

   Cooking spray or butter

First boil your broccoli and cheese pouch. I'm not 100% how long this takes, just follow the directions on the box.

While your broccoli is heating up, start cooking your rice as well. You can use any kind of rice you want. I just like brown better, so that's what I used.

Next, get a tray and spread out your crescent roll.

Cut into four squares.

Mix together your broccoli and cheese sauce with your rice. You don't have to use all the rice either, if you like a lot then use it all.

Scoop your mixture onto your squares. Try to get an even amount on each one.

Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

You want to bake them for 20 minutes at 350. Spray some cooking oil on the top of each one before putting it in the oven. I forgot to take a picture of how they looked folded over before they were cooked but this is what it looked like afterwards.

And this is how they look on the inside. Delish!

Cupcake Truffles

If you couldn't tell by now, I love making truffles. I've already posted about making Oreo Truffles and Peanut Butter Truffles and I have a few others in mind that I would like to try eventually. I don't know what it is about them. I think they're just cute and tiny and usually pretty simple to make! This time I wanted to try cupcake truffles! I saw them at a store in the mall and instead of buying them, I wanted to make them myself. They turned out pretty good, everyone who tried one said they liked them.

Chocolate Ingredients:

   3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

   1 can sweetened condensed milk

   1 tbs. vanilla

In a bowl or saucepan melt the chocolate chips with the condensed milk. I used the microwave, putting them in for a minute at a time until I had a smooth consistency. 

It'll look something like this!

What you want to do next, is place your mixture in the fridge for a little bit. I left mine in for about 20 minutes. Once it was a little more firm I got it out and started pressing the mixture into these Reese's-shaped candy molds. 

Once you have a full tray done, put them back in the refrigerator for a few hours.

Once it gets close to getting your chocolates out of the refrigerator, you can start making your frosting. I got this one from the Food Network's website. 

Ingredients:
   3 cups confectioners' sugar

   1 cup butter

   1 tsp. vanilla

   1 to 2 tsp. whipping cream

I used a hand mixer to blend it all together. It'll look like this.

Your last step (and the best part) is to decorate your chocolates! I used sprinkles on the top of mine just so they looked more like a cupcake but I've seen people use nonpareils, red hots, and actual cherries. So you can just be creative with it.