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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...

Rachael Ray's Green Ranch Dressing

My mom really has a thing for Rachael Ray. She watches the show and jots down the recipes she likes. Her latest favourite recipes is this Green Ranch Dressing. She likes to make this for all the special occasions. We use it as a dip for vegetables but I bet it would be great on tacos! My mom uses scallions instead of chives.


Rachael Ray's Green Ranch Dressing
Adapted from Rachael Ray
Makes about 1 1/2 cups of dip/dressing

Ingredients
1 avocado
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (or to taste)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons green onion
  • salt and pepper
Directions
  1. Put all the ingredients in a blender and let it go until it's smooth and creamy. Refrigerate until ready to use.


Comments

  1. Oh wow! This looks great! We LOVE avocado here - it would be perfect!

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  2. Yummy! Avocados are my favorite but I always seem to buy one or two extra. I'll have to keep this in mind next time I'm trying to think of something to do with my extras.

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