I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Do anything interesting?
Well since it’s been raining all day again, I had to come up with a creative way to spend my day. I took a peek through my fridge to find ways to use up the rest of my produce before my grocery shop tomorrow and came across a very lonely avocado. Lately I’ve been eating a lot of avocados in my smoothies, but wanted to use it up differently.
A little while back I tried out one of Angela’s recipes that looked oh so temping…her Chocolate Torte. She uses avocados as her base for the filling and like I said before, you’d never taste it. So I thought why not recreate something of that sort. So instead of making an entire torte, I decided to make a simple Silken Chocolate Pudding. (pictures taken on my Blackberry until I get a new camera – sorry for the low quality)
Ingredients and directions for 4 large servings
Place the following ingredients into you Vitamix or Food processor….
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1/4 cup organic raw cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup raw agave nectar
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 Teaspoons of Navita’s Naturals Protein Twister Blend
- 1 Teaspoon Olive Oil (or coconut oil)
Turn on the mixer and gradually add ….. 1/4 cup So Delicious Vanilla Coconut Beverage (or almond milk if you so desire) until you get the consistency that you desire.
For all those sceptics, believe you me when I say that the avocados cannot be tasted at all. The cocoa masks their taste. I’m not a big fan of guacamole because I’m not a huge fan of avocados. Just make sure you buy ripe avocados.
But if you really want to taste some decadent, rich, chocolaty goodness that’s good for you, you must try this. Yes, it does have 250 calories per serving (an the servings are fairly large, so feel free to have less), but it’s a healthy fat and definitely satisfies anybody’s chocolate craving.
Even better…it’s raw, vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free!
Back again soon.
Bea
xoxo
