easter, oreo balls and a sister

... ok, so when i took these pictures i was thinking i was being clever & funny.
(road trips can do that to the best of us)

and now it just seems silly ... but i'm going to do it anyway.

pioneer woman and tartelette (a couple of REAL food bloggers & food photographers) are rolling over in their kitchenaids right now ... i couldn't say "graves" for obvious reasons.

here's the back story:

over easter weekend we (me, husband & sister) drove to LA to visit our family ... so i packed up a little bag of treats for the road. i threw in some leftovers from st. patty's day including some grasshopper bars and what was left of the oreo truffle balls.

when my sister started snacking on the oreo balls, which she affectionately refers to as simply "balls" (i.e. " j, do you have any balls left?") i realized i promised the blog-world that i would photograph the leftover "balls" and post them on my blog.

being a particularly quick-thinking individual, i snapped the following photos ...

so please consider the following ridiculous photos a "kept promise"

i know, it's pathetic :)

st pat's!

this picture was from St. Patty's Day 2006 - i can't find the 2007 ones right now.

i know, i'm really organized. :)

happy st. patrick's day to all!!
i love st. patrick's day ...

sadly i was out of town this weekend and unable to have a "real party" (complete with staying up too late and sleeping in the next day just to wake up to a trashed house).

instead mr. matt & i have decided to have a couple of our friends over for take-out tonight!
and those who are brave enough can tint their beer with green food coloring.
i believe i'll be opting out of that club! ;)

i made a couple of desserts, which i promise to post pictures of.
i've begun to come to terms with my missing nice-camera. so as long as i can find the cord (or the memory card fits into my computer) of my OLD not-nice camera, i will post pictures of my desserts ... tomorrow ;)

here's a teaser of what's to come ...

2 kinds of irish soda bread (one with raisins, one without! which i will serve with irish butter!)
grasshopper squares (brownies covered in chocolate ganache, with a creamy-mint center)
oreo truffle balls (recipe compliments of bakerella! this chick has some creative juices flowing!)

that sounds like a lot of chocolate.
hopefully everyone is up for it ;)

photos to come!!

until then, a couple more from st. patty's 2006 (at seamus mccaffrey's)

the 1st picture is three awesome girls ... not sure what we were up to ...

the 2nd picture is of a random guy who came into seamus wearing matt's shirt!
the picture was my idea. they kind of look like a gay couple :)

over & out!

slainte!
~ molly mcbutter