This week has my nerves a bit frayed.
I’m in a funk.
I can’t shake this tired feeling. My banana muffins turned out salty. Stevie is turning into a terrorist. My photos aren’t loading properly on Flickr.
*Whine*
Tonight I got through half an hour of P90X Yoga and hit the stop button. Bah.
Funk = Comfort food.
So tonight I met a friend for some authentic tonkotsu ramen at Yakatori. It was sheer deliciousness.
Creamy, rich, pork-y broth. Fresh noodles. Crispy cabbage bites. Not too salty.
The service is friendly, the decor is simple, they don’t have forks, and most patrons are not native English-speakers. Awesome.
This isn’t microwave ramen – you will wait for your food. Totally worth it. They bring out crisp, sesame-coated green beans for you to snack on. If you’re in Atlanta (and you eat pork), it’s a must-try. Warning: they only serve the ramen at dinner.
Continuing the comfort food, I made chocolate pudding. With avocado.
If you don’t spill 1/2 the container of coconut butter (try cleaning that off the floor… epic FAIL), this literally takes just 2 mins to prepare.
You can’t taste the avocado – it only adds some good fat and creaminess. I swear. Crosses don’t count.
Mine – of course – included chili powder and cinnamon for a little Mexi-flare. You can leave out one or both of these, but I strongly urge you to at least try the cinnamon.
Did I mention it has 16g of protein?!
Chocolate-Coconut Pudding
- 1/2 avocado
- 2 T cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 2 T unsweetened coconut milk (I used So Delicious)
- 1 T almond butter
- 1 T maple syrup
- 1/2 T coconut oil
- 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 packet Stevia
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp chili powder (optional… I like all my food spicy!)
Place everything in a blender and blend until smooth.
Devour.
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Don’t cut your tongue licking the blades (that’s right… I deserve a Darwin Award.)
What is your favorite comfort food?
Does it change seasonally?
Your pudding sounds really good! My comfort food changes seasonally. Soup in the cold months and frozen yogurt in the warm months. Good Southern food is comfort food year round though.
Avocado and chocolate…now that’s something I need to try! And hands down, my go to comfort food is mac n’ cheese (and not the lite kind…the full fat ooey gooey kind)!!
Oops! That was me!!! 🙂
Mmmm… mac and cheese. That is at the top of my list too!
Sorry for all of your mishaps!
Love avacados.. love chocolate.. never thought of combining them though. Something I will have to try!
I LOVE chocolate Avocado pudding! Seriously the BEST!
My comfort food is refried beans. Weird, I know! I like to mix refried beans with salsa and eat it as bean dip.
That is weird… JK! I classify anything involving salsa as comfort food.
I love avocado and cacao combo-so smooth and delish!
Awesome pudding. Adding avocado is just a neat idea….though I was surprised you couldn’t taste it.
My comfort food changes with mood personally. 🙂 It’s almost always some sort of sweet though.
I make this as a pie!
Crust= whatever cookie you want tossed in the food processor with coconut oil. pat in in a pan.
Filling= 4 avocados, cacao powder, stevia, honey, vanilla, (i get creative and add other stuff sometimes).
Sprinkle coconut shavings on top. Voila!
I love sneaking avocado into chocolate dishes! Sorry about the funk … and sorry about the coconut oil on the floor! (If it makes you feel better, I tried taking the beaters out of my hand mixer before unplugging it… yes, you know how this story ends… clicked it to on… batter all OVER the kitchen.)
Oh no! That must have been a massive mess! I feel your pain, friend. 🙂
This is the second time in two weeks that someone has mentioned chocolate and avocado pudding! It must be fate. 🙂
A friend of mine recently made a similar pudding (hers had mashed bananas for sweetness, though), but I think I like this Mexican-spice version even more. Looks like I’ve got a use for the uber-ripe avocado on my counter!
Banana would be interesting… maybe a spiced banana chocolate pudding? Could be tasty!