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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...

Quiche With Ham & Cheese

 







Quiche is my favourite way to use leftover ham from Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I cut the ham in chunks and freeze it. 

You can make a pie crust or use a frozen one like I do.  If your crust is frozen, be sure to thaw it first. Cooking it from frozen will make your quiche soggy.

Some people use evaporated milk in their quiche but I don’t like the taste of that. Milk works just fine. Use what you have.

You can use Swiss cheese in this recipe to change it up a bit. 

Quiche With Ham and Cheese
Makes 1 quiche

Ingredients
1 deep dish pie shell, thawed
6 eggs
1/3 cup milk
Green onions, chopped 
Salt
Pepper
Leftover ham
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar

Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375F
  2. Beat together the eggs, milk, onions, salt, and pepper. Pour over the cheese. 
  3. Sprinkle the ham and cheese on top. 
  4. Bake for 30-40 minutes until the centre is firm. 
  5. Cover the edges of the crust with foil if they start to get too dark. 
  6. Sometimes they leak, so be sure to bake on some foil or a baking sheet.

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