Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Who wants chocolate pudding in their lunch box? Everyone, that's who! Easy peasy to make, has a vegie in it, no added sugar and the kids think they're getting chocolate yoghurt. Fooled again. You can't taste the avocado at all.
This made enough for 3 small containers, but double the ingredients if needs be so you have more for another day:
Ingredients:
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1 banana, I used a frozen one
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Half an avocado
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2 tablespoons of good quality cocoa or cacoa powder
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Handful of nuts and seeds (optional)
Method:
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Blend everything except nuts with a hand held blender or in a food processor
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Add in nuts/seeds and blend a bit more so they're chopped but still kind of chunky
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You could add in shredded coconut if you wish
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Put in containers and freeze overnight
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Pop in lunch boxes (remember the spoon!) and they'll be thawed by lunch time or sooner
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Make sure you make one for you too
TIPS:
I bulk buy on-sale bananas that are spotty and brown (meaning they're sweeter) at the vegie shop, peel and freeze them - or you could put them in the freezer unpeeled. Then they're ready to go for dishes like these, to use in baking or added to a smoothie.
If you have any avo's that are getting too soft to eat, cut them in half and freeze to use in recipes.
Enjoy!