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No Bake Nutella Balls (chocolate truffles)

Here’s a new favourite truffle I added to our Christmas cookie boxes this year. I’ll share with you how to make No Bake Nutella Balls covered in chocolate with a few sprinkles to make them look festive. These were so delicious. I had a hard time not eating all of them myself. You can crush the graham crackers yourself, but I just purchased a box of crumbs. No Bake Nutella Balls Makes about 50 balls Adapted from The Carefree Kitchen Ingredients For the filling 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 1/4 cup Nutella 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 cups icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla For the coating 1 1/2 cups meting chocolate (I used milk) Directions Combine all filling ingredients until a dough forms. You can add more Nutella or graham crumbs  if you feel the dough is too soft or dry. The dough should hold its shape once rolled.  Roll teaspoon size balls and place in a single layer in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or bowl over a simmering pot of wa...
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Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Barley


Chicken and Vegetable Soup with Barley
Makes 6-8 servings

Ingredients
  • 3 chicken legs with bones
  • water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 tsp peppercorns
  • salt
  • 1 celery stalk chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 large carrot chopped
  • 1/4 cup pearl barley
  • 1 cup diced potato or 1/2 cup dry spaghetti broken into small pieces
  • 1 cup frozen (or fresh) mixed veggies
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • lemon or lime wedges
Directions
  1. In a large pot add chicken, bay leaves, peppercorns, salt, celery, onion and carrot. Fill the pot to 1" from the top with water and simmer on medium-low for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours until chicken is tender and you have a flavourful chicken broth.
  2. Strain and return the broth to the pot. Bring to a simmer.
  3. When chicken is cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and add back to the pot along with the rest of the ingredients (except tomato paste).
  4. Simmer again until the barley is cooked, then stir in tomato paste. Simmer for another 5 minutes and serve.
  5. It's good with a little lemon or lime juice squeezed into your bowl at the end.
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