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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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Indian Tandoori Chicken

My first try at Indian cooking. The original recipe calls for food colouring but it doesn't do anything for the flavour so it's really not necessary. I won't be using it in the future. I've used both the George Foreman Grill and the barbecue to cook this. This recipe can also be used to make Butter Chicken.

The chicken in the photo above was cooked on the George Foreman
and I did include the food colouring in the recipe.

The chicken in this photo was cooked on the barbecue
and I did not include the food colouring in the recipe.

Indian Tandoori Chicken 
Original recipe from Allrecipes.com
Makes 4-6 servings

Ingredients
  • 2 pounds chicken, cut into large chunks
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
  • 1/2 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
  • 2 teaspoons garam masala
  • cayenne pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon yellow food colouring (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon red food colouring (optional)
Directions
  1. Mix yogurt, onion, garlic, ginger, garam masala, and cayenne pepper in a bowl until smooth. Stir in food colouring (if using). Add chicken chunks, mix to coat chicken then cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
  2. Preheat the grill for about 10 minutes. When grill is hot, add chicken chunks and cook for about 6 minutes per side or until chicken is no longer pink inside. 
  3. Serve with basmati rice and yogurt.

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