Soulful Creations

the World Nutella Day held every year on Feb 5th.  This year the event along with World Nutella Day is co-hosted by Ms.Adventures in Italy and Bleeding Espresso .  Every year I forget all about it and read about it pretty much after the round-ups have happened. I would not have it this time- come on nutella is my favorite thing in the whole world! Nutella is really a trade name for a chocolate-hazelnut spread and you can read all about it here . So how did I find it out this time- on my favorite blogs- Aparna's My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba's Passionate about baking , they participate almost every year! The mad dash to the finish line began at around 5:45 pm this evening. Nutella had to be put to good use- and it had to be done quickly enough! Borne out of this mad rush- Tapioca pearl- nutella pudding! Ingredients 1/2 cup tapioca pearls, soaked in water for about 30 min 1/2 cup water 1/2  cup almond milk, vanilla flavor 1 cup Nutella 2 tbsp vanilla sugar ...

I mean who does not love Nutella- spread with a nutty, chocolatey flavor. It was originally created by Mr. Pietro Ferrero who founded the Ferrero company. An interesting bit about Nutella is that it was initially made in loaves and packaged in tin foil (you could slice them and use it in sandwiches, like cheese!). The spreadable variation came later when Mr.Ferrero realized that children who ate those yummy sammies threw the bread away and ate just the slices of nutella! If you have not tried it before you should now, I tell ya it tastes heavenly. Anyway so when I saw this dish here , I knew I had to try it out. Ingredients 1/2 c. chickpea (garbanzo) flour 1/2 c. white unbleached flour 1 3/4 c. water 1 tbsp. dark brown sugar 1 tbsp. canola oil salt, a pinch Method Seive the flour mixture then whisk all ingredients together (try not to have any lumps in the batter) Pour 1/3 of a cupful of batter into a hot, seasoned (or nonstick) crepe pan. Spread the batter evenly and fairly thinl...