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! :)
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???
Yeah, it’s good, very useful, thanks :)
Yum!!!! I just made this for my kids. My son who won’t go near an avocado, let alone eat one LOVED it! (and I even told him there was avocado in it). I substituted 1/4 cup of vanilla almond milk for the coconut oil and peanut butter instead of the almond butter (my husband had eaten all the almond butter) and it tasted great. Thank you so much for the recipe, it’ definitely a keeper! Much Aloha : )
Julia
Oh yes the name says it all! I was looking for healthy nondairy spins on sweets and came across your website! Its a life saver because I have such a sweet tooth. I’m very much addicted to this now! Thanks for all sharing all of this great information! :)
Just made this today! Absolutely delicious!!! It is most definitely the best chocolate pudding I’ve ever tasted!! :)
OH MY this is delicious. I used 1/4 C of maple syrup instead of the agave and replaced 1tbsp of the cacao powder with Amazing Greens chocolate powder. It is SOOOO fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I totally tasted the avocado in this!!!! :-) It was my first raw dessert, though, and I also substituted peanut butter for the almond butter, so those two things may be making a difference in my world! Consistency was just like regular pudding, but it was a little warm since everything had been through the food processor. Its super super creative, though, and my hats off to you for this!
I can taste the avocado when it’s warm too…I def prefer it chilled. Glad you tried your first raw recipe!
I tried this delicious recipe for my dessert for Thanksgiving and was just delicious. I substituted pureed organic pear and carrot for the sweetener and it was amazing! I avoid all sweeteners even agave. Didn’t even need the vanilla – although think I will try that next time. Thank you for sharing Angela!
This is THE BEST pudding ever! It is getting me through law school studying… and PMS…and chocolate cravings! Thank you!
This recipe is freaking awesome! I’ve made other avo-choco puddings but this one trumps them any day of the week.
We made this but replaced the agave with maple syrup – so delicious!