RECIPE - Dark chocolate pudding!!

Oh ya, and it's VEGAN!!

Serves: 4

TOOLS NEEDED:
- A small, seal-able container for 1/4cup of liquid.
- Dessert dishes (4)


INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup evaporated cane juice sugar
1/2 cup baking dark cocoa (powder & preferably organic)
1 tbsp non-GMO cornstarch (or use arrowroot instead)
1 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (you can use soy or vanilla flavored but that will change the nutrition information)
1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk the sugar, cocoa, and 1 1/4 cups almond milk.
2. While mixture is warming, add the cornstarch and 1/4 almond milk into the small, seal-able container; shake until well blended. Set aside.
3. When the sugar, cocoa, milk mixture is simmering, open cornstarch container carefully (slowly) whisk the mixture into the saucepan.  If you do it too quickly, you will get clumps of chocolatey cornstarch (which isn't really all that bad but it won't be smooth).
4. Continue whisking until mixture starts to thicken; remove from heat and pour immediately into dessert dishes.  Let them cool before covering with plastic wrap then store them in the fridge.
Enjoy!!

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RECIPE - Lower Calorie Tapioca Pudding!

I loved tapioca pudding when I was a kid and still do but I've never liked the name-brand, pre-made versions at the grocery stores -- they're too watery for me.  My grandma used to make tapioca pudding so that it was thick and, I hate to say it, almost a rubbery consistency.  But that's how I remember tapioca and that's how I like it.  Now, being on a vegan diet, I've been experimenting with different mixtures to get a tapioca pudding that I can enjoy but that will deliver less calories and maybe add more nutrients than a plain tapioca pudding.  So, tonight, I think I've found it!  Here's my discovery - drop a comment if you try it!  My next experiment will be vegan cannoli so that when my daughter is eating one, I can eat one too! :D

Vegan Tapioca Pudding Recipe

Serves: 4

(CalorieCountAbout.com)

  

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

4 – dessert bowls

INGREDIENTS

½ cup of quick cooking granulated tapioca (I like Let’s  Do…Organic brand)

½ tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp cinnamon

1 ½ cups unsweetened soy milk

¼ cup evaporated cane sugar

½ cup unsweetened applesauce

½ cup unsweetened almond milk

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium saucepan, add all the ingredients. Whisk together.
2. Place saucepan over a medium-low heat.
3. Whisk constantly to prevent scorching and the tapioca from sticking to pan.
4. When tapioca has thickened (remember that it’ll thicken and solidify more when it starts to cool) to your desired consistency, turn off heat.
5. Pour into dessert bowls and let cool, then cover & store in fridge.

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