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Chocolate Bean Pudding

Chocolate Bean Pudding for breakfast – yes please!

Gasp shock horror! I have Gluten Free Weetbix in my pantry and puffed rice. And rolled oats, organic rice cakes, and brown rice crackers. My approach to eating well is this – eat mainly vegetables, some fruit, nuts, seeds, good quality eggs and meat and minimise processed packaged food. When it comes to processed packaged food, I choose them consciously by understanding what’s in them. They are a minimal part of our food but they are what I call my fall back food. You know for the times when the wheels fall off or you’re in a mad rush.

This week I have been short on time and so the bus-hold has had porridge and weetbix most days for breakfast. Today I didn’t have to rush madly so I wanted to make a breakfast which was a little special. The result was this Chocolate Bean Pudding. It’s loaded with protein and good fats to keep our tummies full for longer – just what we need because we’re driving for about 3 hours today.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
  • 2 tblspns chia seed
  • 400g can red kidney beans
  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 1/2 medium avocado
  • 1/2 cup of coconut milk
  • 2-3 tblspns cacao powder
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tblspn of sweetener of your choice (rice malt syrup, raw honey or maple syrup)*
  • fresh fruit and pepitas to serve

* our family’s palate has adjusted over time to not requiring a lot of sweetness. If you’re not quite there yet, you may wish to add a little more sweetness to this.

Method

  1. Add sunflower seeds and chia seeds to a processor and blitz until it’s a fine meal
  2. Rinse and drain the red kidney beans, then add them to the processor
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients
  4. Using high speed, combine all the ingredients until they are ‘mushed’ (technical term) together
  5. Now use medium speed for 2-5 minutes to make the pudding the consistency your family would prefer (I left mine a little textured – our daughter liked it, our son not so. I needed it to be smoother for him).
  6. Divide the pudding up into 4 bowls and serve with fresh fruit and a sprinkle of pepitas

Another 2 Ways

  1. Add more liquid and turn this into a smoothie
  2. Add a good dollop of this on top of cereal to make your cereal breakfast more nutritious

This could also be a dessert or even put in the lunchbox for school.