Oh my! I never thought that pudding would have trans-fat, but it has nothing but junk! This pudding is a nutritional chemistry experiment! There aren't even strawberries in it, the pink color comes from food dye, which is proven to aggravate our brain increasing ADHD and headaches!
Ingredients: Nonfat Milk, Water, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Disodium Phosphate, Color Added (including FD&C Red 40, FD&C Yellow 6, FD&C Blue 1)
My husband, Craig, has a strawberry patch in our garden. He remembers his grandpa growing strawberries when he was a little boy. Have you ever noticed the size difference of strawberries in the wild vs strawberries in the grocery store??? This is exactly what Gary Taubes writes about in his book: Why We Get Fat. In our paleo days, fruit was a rare treat...strawberries were only available for about 2-3 weeks out of the year and the certainly don't resemble the giant strawberries found in the grocery store. The taste is also different, strawberries from our garden are a bit tart, where the store bought ones are so sweet. Not to mention that berries should also be organic since they are filled with pesticides. There is no protective skin so they suck up all the toxins sprayed on them.
As for avocado, it is nature's first baby-food. I can't wait to serve this to baby Kai and Micah! Avocado is something you don't have to buy organic since it has a thick protective layer.
STRAWBERRY "PUDDING"
1 cup avocado (cottage cheese OR coconut cream)
1 cup organic strawberries
Stevia glycerite to taste (if desired)
A pinch of Celtic sea salt
In a powerful blender, I used a Blendtec WildSide Blender (click HERE to find it). It purees like NO other blender, place all the ingredients and blend on high until the mixture is very smooth and add sweetener if desired. Makes 2 servings (one for Micah and one for Kai!:)
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per cup)
Store Bought Strawberry Pudding = 140 calories, 26 carbs, trace fiber, 1 g protein and 2 grams of BRAIN-DAMAGING fats!
"Healthified" Avocado Pudding = 140 calories, 11 carbs, 6.3 g fiber, (4.7 effective carbs) 1.9 g protein, 10 g BRAIN-BUILDING fat
"Healthified" Cottage Cheese Pudding = 125 calories, 9.6 carbs, 1.4 g fiber, (8.2 effective carbs), 16 g protein, 2.4 g fat
If you are looking for more healthy kid snacks, check out my cookbook Nutritious and Delicious. I have a chapter called Kids Snacks:)
