Raw Chocolate Pudding

I have fallen a little behind with the posting of my raw food adventures, but with good reason, my very best friend has been visiting from KY and you better believe that he had some strange looks to give when he saw what I was eating. I quote him saying "I remember a day when you would not eat anything and now look at ya." He was a pretty good sport and tried most of what I made. He still favors fast food and Mt Dew to my raw food creations.

Last night I made delicious raw chocolate pudding. Here's what I did;

Raw Chocolate Pudding

3 ripe organic avocados
1/3 cup raw cacao powder
1 tsp organic vanilla extract
1/2 tsp raw organic apple cider vinegar
1/8 cup water
1/2 cup raw agave nectar
1/4 raw organic almond butter
pinch of Himalayan sea salt

Peel and slice avocados and blend in food processor until smooth. Add all other ingredients and blend until creamy pudding consistency. Scrape sides of food processor and blend again.

One of the greatest things that I have discovered about raw food recipes is that you can alter them and they still taste great! I found a very simple recipe and added vanilla and almond butter to make it my own. Now I am in LOVE with this pudding recipe.

After eating dinner tonight I served this pudding with a few fresh organic raspberries on top! BIG HIT!!

Sprouts are ready to eat!!!

Sprouting success!!!

After taking my sprouts out of the sprouting jar and putting them in a large glass pan in the sun for a few hours their leaves turned green and they were ready to eat. For lunch I made lettuce wraps with the fresh organic romaine that I bought from Access to Organics. I filled them with shreds of cuke, shreds of carrot, diced tomato, avocado, sunflower seed, pecans, fresh dill, green olives, and my delicious home grown sprouts!

I would say I have enough sprouts to last about 3 days, which works out great because 3 days is about how long it takes to sprout more. I have already started my 2nd batch, this time I'm trying red clover.

Also today I made Raw Chocolate and it is so yummy! Here's the recipe (everything being raw & organic) ;

1/2 cup cacao powder

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/4 cup almond butter

1/4 cup agave nectar

1/2 cup almonds

3 tbsp sunflower seeds

mix coconut oil, cacao powder, and agave nectar in a glass bowl.

Add almond butter and mix well.

Chop almonds & sunflower seeds in food processor until desired size, then add to "chocolate" mixture.

Lightly grease a glass pan with a little coconut oil. Spread chocolate mixture into pan and put in the fridge until semi-firm. Remove from fridge and cut into bite sized pieces.

Keep chocolate refrigerated until ready to eat.

**Coconut oil becomes a liquid in the Florida heat and will make a runny mess if left out on the counter.