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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...

A Better Indian Butter Chicken

This is similar to my previous post for Butter Chicken but I had an idea and used condensed tomato soup instead of canned tomatoes. As it turns out, this makes a really delicious Butter Chicken!



A Better Indian Butter Chicken
Makes 4-6 servings

Ingredients
  • 3 cups left over lemon or tandoori chicken breast cubes
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 diced onion
  • 1 crushed garlic clove
  • 1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala
  • 1/4 tsp crushed dry bayleaf
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • cayenne pepper to taste
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 can condensed tomato soup
  • 1/2 can water
  • 3/4 cup plain yogurt
Directions
  1. Fry the onion in the oil and butter until it starts to brown. Add garlic and ginger and fry for just a few seconds, try not burn it.
  2. Add spices and sugar and stir. Stir in soup and water and let reduce until it gets thick then stir in the yogurt. Simmer for a few more minutes then add the cubed cooked chicken and cook until the chicken is warm. Serve with naan or pita.

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