Warning- Major Food Porn Alert- may not be SAFE FOR WORK!!! ;)
First up the winner of the Glass Dharma giveaway goes to #89 Dalynn:
Congrats Dalynn!
Please email angela [at] ohsheglows.com to claim your prize.
Gina’s Choco-Cado Pudding
I have wanted to make an avocado-based pudding for a while now (thanks for the reminders in yesterday’s discussion!!!). I asked Gina if she had a recipe that I could use and she provided me with her Choco-Cado Pudding recipe. It was super easy to whip up and it tastes like a dream!! I made a few small modifications that are noted beside her recipe.
[Recipe Source: The Fitnessista]
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup agave (dark) (I used 1/4 cup)
- 1/2 cup water (I forgot to add the water, but I loved how thick it was!)
- 1/8 cup cocoa powder
- small pinch sea salt
- 1 medium avocado
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (I used coconut butter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions: Throw all ingredients into a food processor and process until smooth.
It takes less than 2-3 minutes to prepare!
I asked Gina to marry me on Twitter after I made this. That pretty much sums it up! :mrgreen:
I have never in my life tasted a pudding so delicious. Gahhhhhhhhhhh.
And no, you cannot taste the avocado at all.
Avocados are also rich in Vitamin K, Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, Potassium, Oleic acid, and carotenoids!
Updates:
1) Food/Health Blog Resource:
- I am going to put together a Food/Health blog resource on my website. If you have a Food or Health blog and you’d like to be included on this list, please email me with your website name embedded with the link.
Like so:
Not like this:
(The first embedded example will save me time so I can just copy and paste it into the document!)
For those of you who asked how to embed a link click this image for a demo in Gmail:
Email the embedded link to angela [at] ohsheglows.com with the subject line: FOOD BLOG LIST. :) Thank you!!
2) Size Healthy Around The Blog World:
- Ashlei: http://thevegster.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/you-cant-beat-fresh/
- Tiffany: http://adantatslife.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/size-healthy/
- Catherine: http://stevianspice.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/size-healthy/
- Maria: http://joleystar.com/joleystar/2010/2/18/size-healthy.html
- Angela: http://theladylovestoeat.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/size-healthy/
Have a wonderful Thursday! :)
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NOT FAIR. I am on day 3 of a 30 Day Sugar Cleanse, and while technicially I can have gentle/natural sweeteners like agave, I’m trying to lay off the sweet stuff altogether (aside from fruit). This is too much temptation to deal with! NOM.
Mmmmm…looks divine!!! Avocado chocolate pudding is definitely taking over the world!
That has always looked so yummy to me!
I have been meaning to try that for a long time…but by the time my avocados get ripe I always and up making guac or putting them in salad.
Those decadent pictures have renewed my resolve for at least one of those four little avocados in my fruit bowl to make it into a chocolate pudding!!
Omg, the pudding looks a-m-a-z-i-n-g-l-y good! Must make it soon!
It looks so creamy and delicious, yumm! I love avocados and chocolate, I can only imagine the creaminess the avocado lends to this concoction!
Thank you and Gina for sharing!
Ana
Ah! I made a key lime pudding with lime juice and avocado once, but this looks OMFG amazing. I just happen to have half an avocado…methinks a half-batch is in order! Thanks for the recipe!
That is such an interesting idea.
thanks for posting my recipe, lovely lady!
would you mind if i used your pics and posted it on the blog??
xoxo
Does that really taste as good as it looks? I made vegan brownies not too long ago and they looked good, but I did not care for the taste.
Beautiful picture with the spoon – I always love those shots!
it tastes BETTER than it looks.
Angela:
Could you use cacao powder instead of cocoa powder? Hopefully that will be a yes as I have some in the fridge that I have been trying to figure out the best way to use up. I tried just adding it to vanilla yogurt, but it doesn’t really taste that good.
It looks amazing . .. I actually want to make some and then give it to my husband to try and see what he thinks . . . if course without telling him what’s in it . .bwah ha ha!
Im not sure on this one, maybe Gina could offer her expertise? :)
definitely- i use cacao powder in mine (the raw stuff!) :)
Thanks guys! Now to play a trick on my husband! :0
Ahhh looks delicious!!
xo
K
Oh that looks TOO good!
WOW, can’t wait to try that pudding. SO YUM!
I am so excited about my glass straws! Thank you!!!
Also, the pudding looks heavenly – I’m making my hubby take me to the grocery store so we can make it for dessert tonight. :) Can’t wait to taste it!
This looks awesome. My husband loves avocados so I bet he’ll even try this–even though it’s healthy.
How delicious! I may need to make this soon….
yeah, i always want to buy avocado at the grocery store but i have no idea what to make with it. now i want to try this too :)
You absolutely were not lying! This pudding is wicked delicious. So thick and smooth and creamy. Mmmmmmmm. Thank-you, thank-you for sharing!!!
Avocado based? Really? I HAVE to try this!
Buahahaha!! Food porn… LOVE it! Seriously though, that picture had me drooling. YUM!
I just printed that recipe and I am going to make it!!!!!!
I know this isn’t an original comment, but that looks amazing! Your right complete and total food porn.
The BEST Gelato I ever had was Avocado so I imagine this will rock my socks:)
Your pics of the chocado pudding may have just placed me on the chocado pudding train. Can’t wait to make it when I am home for spring break and have blender access. Haha, is it sad that I am excited to be home so that I can use special cooking equipment? Such a foodie.
The pudding looks incredible! And not at all like that gross processed stuff you can find at the grocery store! I will definitely try this, thanks SO much for the recipe :)
Ange, sent you an email. Thanks lovely!
Ohh the pudding looks awesome! I wrote the recipe down to make sure I try making it soon! :) Thanks for sharing!
I love how your bowl looks like a pie shell….at first I was surprised you would make pastry and then realized it was a bowl :)
The links to other health sites is a great idea….
Jane
You weren’t wrong about the food-porn alert. I just ate lunch, but I’m strangely hungry after seeing that pudding.
Hi Angela – what a great idea for the food blog list! All of us newbies out there thank you ;)
just wanted to say I finally got up the nerve to try a green monster this morning! it wasn’t bad!
Isn’t it amazing how some of the healthiest foods can easily be masked in with other tasty things? Nature knew what it was doing!
I love how this recipe doesn’t have chia seeds or other expensive nutrition supplements that I can’t afford to keep in stock. :) Thanks for keeping it simple AND delicios!
i LOVE the idea of recognizing other healthy food bloggers! I just emailed you
Oh and that looks amazing!! and yes one serving works for me :) ill eat the WHOLE thing!
Looks yummy to me! :)
mmm, looks SO good!
please add my blog to your blogroll!
Green Food Diaries
hmmmm…..I mean..mmmmmmmm do you think that chocolate protein powder could be substituted for cocoa powder? Also…what about substituting coconut milk for coconut oil? Let me know your thoughts :) happy weekend!
How many servings will this make? Does it keep well? I bought all of the ingredients-it looks amazing! Let’s be honest, this would probably be fantastic for breakfast, no shame here.
I emailed you to add my blog to your list! Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s blogs. :)
That chocolate pudding looks so delicious!
I just made the pudding. It’s been on my mind for about a week now. SOOOO GOOD! I did about 3 Tbsp. agave. I would like it to be a tad sweeter, but I wanted to try to keep the sugar down a bit. Mine turned out quite a bit lighter than yours though. I wonder why. I used dark agave. Maybe you have a darker cocoa powder? It’s delicious either way. It’s sitting in my fridge calling my name…I have to go.
I made this tonight and it was so good! Only problem was that I clearly need a larger food processor! It barely fit in mine and didnt quite mix all the way.
Can you suggest a substitution for the coconut butter or oil? That’s the only ingredient I don’t have in the house.
You could probably get away without including it, since it is just a tablespoon. I’m not sure what you could really sub for it. Let me know what you end up making! ~Ange
Hi Angela,
This sounds and looks amazing!!
I’m allergic to nuts…do you have any suggestions for what to use instead of almond butter???
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