Food Friday!

This smooth and creamy Avocado Cocoa Protein Pudding is the perfect

 healthy dessert. Quick and easy to make, guilt free, and satisfies those chocolate cravings! 

Great topped with crushed walnuts or pistachios as well!

Ingredients:

- 1 large ripe avocado

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1/4 cup agave syrop

- 1/4 cup cocoa powder

- 1 scoop protein powder (flavour of choice - I used natural for this recipe)

- Stevia (optional)

Directions:

- in a bowl, hand whisk the protein powder with 6 tbsp of cold water. Set aside.

- pit, peel and cube the avocado.

- in a deep bowl using an electric hand mixer, blend the avocado chunks until smooth.

- add the vanilla and agave to the avocado, blend with the electric hand mixer. 

- using a hand whisk, evenly combine the cocoa powder with the avocado mixture.  

- in increments, add the protein powder water that was made earlier. Mix together using a hand whisk.

- using the electric hand mixer, give a thorough final blend to the pudding mixture for several minutes, occasionally cleaning the sides of the bowl with a spatula. 

- do a taste test. At this point I find the pudding tastes very much like dark chocolate, a bit tart. If you prefer a sweeter pudding slowly add Stevia until it reaches the desired sweetness. 

- pour pudding into small dishes and chill in the refrigerator (makes approximately three 1/2 cup servings).

- enjoy once chilled!