Chocolate Pudding Awesomeness

This recipe has been rushed to the blog as quickly as possible with complete OMGoodness status. This pudding is so rich and chocolatey and easy and good and versatile and... it's that good.

CHOCOLATE PUDDING

1/4 cup sugar
2 T tapioca flour/starch
2 cups almond milk
1 cup Ghiradelli semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 T canola oil
1 tsp vanilla

Whisk the sugar and tapioca in a saucepan. Stir in the almond milk and cook over medium heat until bubbly and thick. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into small bowls and chill for 2 hours.

But get this: you can freeze it (think ice cream... fudgsicles...yeah) or use it as pie filling. Wow!!

Crazy easy, crazy good. Check it out!

Cooked Apples

It's cold. They're hungry. Time for a snack.

COOKED APPLES

1 bag of Golden Delicious Apples
1/2 cup of water

Cut the fruit-- I use an apple cutter. Place in a sauce pan. Add water. Cook on medium high until soft.

Fried Plantains

As I search for good gluten-free, casein-free, etc. ad nauseum snacks, I find that I need to look outside American culture with it's corn, wheat, and sugar obsession. Getting all cultural, we tried fried plantains. Yeah, they're fried, but they are oh, so, good.

FRIED PLANTAINS

Plantains
Oil for frying (I use canola)
Powdered sugar, if you are into that kind of thing

Cut the plantain into sections, slice in half and then slice thinly (1/2" thick, 3 inches long). Heat oil in skillet, place plantains in hot oil and fry for 2 minutes each side. Remove and drain on a paper towel. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Yum!