Great way to get a lot of green vegetables into one meal! (My husband worried it would taste like straight chlorophyll but he ate every last morsel.) The fat from the olive oil helps some nutrients become more easily absorbed so don’t sweat the calories too much. There was a lot of liquid “sauce” broth which I have a feeling I’ll appreciate in tomorrow’s leftovers when my pasta isn’t all dry and tasteless.
My first attempt I made it exactly as described: tasty.
My 2nd attempt I halved the mayo and added Greek yogurt: still tasty!
My 3rd attempt will strive towards making it more mustard-y with a bite of some kind: that one I predict will be perfection.
(Quick note: I believe everyone tweaking and then sharing enhances this website far beyond just rating the original recipe. I appreciate the "made exactly as directed- turned out ____", but crave the notations of changes/substitutes so I can learn from other's expertise/mistakes. All of my 1st attempts turn out perfect for me and my family as a result!) I used 1 box Nilla Wafers, and changed the recipe to 37 servings to adjust for only having 2 1/2c of wafers. I followed dry ingredients exactly, except 2c walnuts. I used 1/4 cup amaretto and 1/4 cup Bacardi silver. I did not have corn syrup, so made some super-thick simple syrup with 1/4 cup water and 1 cup granulated sugar. (Microwaved the water for 45 secs, stirred in sugar 1/4c at a time, nuked for 30 secs, stirred, nuked again, stirred. This crystalizes as it cools so I don't think I would recommend this substitute.) I added it as the 2 T + 1 tsp and stirerd it all together. The result seemed very dry and crumbly (and kind of smelled like a diaper?!) and I panicked that it wouldn't form balls. Not only did I get 52 rum balls, but they were not sticky AT ALL, and I used my cookie scoop to measure how much to smush each time. Halfway through, I started to panick again (as I noticed sugar crystals on my cookies), thinking as they sit, they might dry out and crumble apart. Fingers crossed!! (Oh, and as to the booziness: they have a nice kick freshly made!)
I do not like choc chip cookies, I don't know why. So I didn't even give the original recipe a chance- I changed a couple of things to better suit my tastes and BOY OH BOY! I simply swapped chocolate pudding mix for vanilla pudding mix and green mint chips for semisweet chocolate chips. I have found the cookie love of my life and I have yet to find a person young or old, male or female who does not appreciate my version! Even a few who claimed, "I don't do mint chocolate anything. I don't like that combo." Guess who ate 'em up!
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