My sister sent me this recipe off of The Vegan Version blog.
Chocolate avocado pudding... sounds kind of disgusting, right? It's
actually pretty tasty and you'd have no idea that there's any avocado or
anything else remotely healthy in it unless someone told you. Note: do
not tell anyone this is avocado pudding until they've already eaten it.
I mean, really, who would try chocolate pudding if they knew there was
avocado in there? Turns out, the texture is the same as any chocolate
pudding and the taste is quite similar. I have to admit that I didn't
like my first bite of it, but quickly started enjoying it.
The
author who posted this recipe said that she found it slightly bitter
and would add more agave or decrease the cocoa next time. I made it as
her recipe called for and agree that some sort of adjustment needs to be
made. Funny enough, I couldn't figure out though if I found it too
sweet or too bitter. Lack of sleep? Jerome tried it and said maybe less
cocoa powder, so that's what I'll try next time. Maybe it's because I
used a dark cocoa powder, which tends to be more bitter to begin with??
I
made this pudding for sick little Logan. With his flu came very little
appetite. Poor guy
hadn't eaten in at least 3 days. And by not eaten, I mean he'd only
eaten a half yogurt, a half cookie and a pudding in two days. Now that
doesn't mean that he isn't
smart enough to request both pudding and cookies, which are both things
that he
only gets from time to time as a treat. But the 'demand' for pudding
started days ago. I ignored him and just kept giving him his regular
food, but yesterday, following his 3 day food strike, I started to feel
badly for him and figured maybe it's not the end of the world if he eats
pudding for lunch, if that's all that he'll eat, other than milk. And
out came the store-bought pudding. And for the first time in days, I
actually saw
him gobble something down. Well, half gobble, because as he got to the
bottom of it, you couldn't shove another spoonful into him. I guess
pudding only has limited value when you're sick.
But
that got me to thinking that I should make this chocolate avocado
pudding recipe that Ash had sent me awhile back. So I whipped
this up for Logan, figuring that if he's going to eat pudding for a
meal, at least it can be healthy pudding. Figures that he wouldn't even try it.
Perhaps
now that he's starting to feel a bit better, I'll be able to convince
him to take a bite of this. I'm glad to report that he's finally on the
mend. Thank goodness. There's only so many nights a mom can take of
hearing your child sob for you when there's nothing much you can do to
help. The other night, when I had to leave him with dad to go
breastfeed Chloé, I whispered in his ear "mommy just has to go feed the
baby, I'll be back in a minute". And he broke down into uncontrollable
sobs and I just felt terrible. Nothing can make a mom feel worse than
knowing your child is suffering and that there is nothing you can do
about it.
A few short minutes
later, I heard him clambering out of the bed he was sharing with Jerome
and frantically trying to open the door of the room I was in with Chloé,
while frantically screaming "mommy, mommy". Until Jerome scooped him up
to return him to bed, amidst screams that would have led others to
believe that he was being murdered. Repeat at least 3 times. And my
heart broke just a little bit more. Thankfully, Chloé feeds relatively
quickly and went right back to sleep each time I fed her, so I was able
to climb back into bed with the little burning man and cuddle him back
to sleep. Nonetheless, there were a tough few nights and I'm glad that
he finally slept through the night last night and seems a bit more
himself today. Hopefully, he will soon be enjoying this pudding :)
1 avocado, pitted and removed from the shell
1/3 C agave syrup (can be found in a health food section/store)
3 tbsp. cocoa powder (preferably raw)
1/2 C water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
In a blender, mix all ingredients until smooth and the consistency of pudding. Refrigerate and serve.
1 comment:
If you figure out that adjustment let me know! I think the key may be to use raw cocoa powder as it is not as bitter. If I try that and that works I will let you know!!
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