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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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Quick Garden Fresh Marinara

Summer's almost over and we picked what was left of the parsley and basil. There are still a few peppers and tomatoes that need to be picked but they were still all green. This marinara was super simple and took no time at all to prepare.

 I got about 2 cups of sauce out of this recipe.



Quick Garden Fresh Marinara
 6 servings (1/3 cup each)

 Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5 medium tomatoes
  • 1 medium sweet red pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 medium onion
  • 8-10 fresh basil leaves
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
  • 1/3 cup tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon sugar
Directions
  1. Place the tomatoes in a blender or food processor and let it blend until smooth. Set aside.
  2. Now blend together the red pepper, garlic, onions, basil and parsley until smooth. Don't be alarmed if it looks a little green.
  3. Cook the pureed onion mixture in the oil over medium heat, for about 5 minutes. Stir in the pureed tomatoes and all the remaining ingredients and let it simmer over medium low for about 15 minutes or so.
  4. Whatever you don't use right away can be stored in the fridge.


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  1. UnknownSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:02 AM

    Wow, I can't help drooling. I just love the Quick Garden Fresh Marinara
    Well done!
    If you submitted your Quick Garden Fresh Marinara photos to http://www.foodporn.net , I'll bet they will make you on the home page.
    Gosh, you have made me sooo hungry !

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