Lent-Proof Chocolate Nut Pudding Pie

When Moonchild gave me the recipe for this, I was, to say the least, hesitant. Under her earnest testimonials, however, I was convinced enough to try it. It seemed simple enough, a no-bake wonder with very little (if any) bad-for-you stuff. It needs a blender very much, though.

Crust:

• 1/2 C. walnut, hazelnut, almond, macadamia...whatever floats your boat. I used walnut.




• 4 plump dates, or 3/4 C. dried dates




• 1/4 C. Shredded coconut

Blendify the nut of choice, the dates, and the coconut. This can take a while, and cause alarming noises, 'cause dates are sticky. My blender lived, but keep your fingers crossed. Or use a food processer. Press this glop into the pan, and even out the thickness.

Filling:

• 1 1/2 'Cados (Avacados, for those unfamilliar with the term. Now start using it.)




• 3/4 C. of the nut of your choice, not nessecarily the same as above. Once again, I used walnut. But Moonchild used hazelnuts, and she liked it.




• Double the amount of dates used in the crust




• 4 tbsp cocoa powder




• Enough water to make it blend well (you'll need it!)

Blendify all of these things together, and pour into the crust. It was as easy as that. If you feel you haven't worked hard enough, I used a garnish of sliced strawberries, but they aren't shown in the picture. The pie tastes best chilled, but it's fabulous to eat right away, too.

A Lenten Sundae

So, here I (Moonchild) sit in The Princess' living room as she scambles around looking for camera, cord, and disk.

"Where could I have put it?" her voice carries through the hall as I sit on her laptop. Not wanting to prune apple trees has brought us to actually update The Blog. I'm not sure if all the photos will go on one post or several. I guess it's up to The Princess since she's the pretty one. "Maybe it went over the edge. I found an uber amount of glowsticks. Like we're not even talking... this is uber. Like uber uber uber... uber." She just walked in. There is an uber amount of glowsticks in her hands but no disk.

But I, the princess have managed, and so here is a picture from this morning's delight. A Lenten

Sundae. We're both on lent, like good girls, and we wanted something yummy and fattening. So what we came up with is a "healthy" sundae -or as healthy as a sundae's gonna get.

We started with a Banana, on a microwave-safe plate. Three lumps of peanut butter, Kraft's Chunky, were lumped on top. We sprinkled on frozen blueberries, drizzeled on honey, and then threw it in the mircowave for a minute. Adding a handfull of crumbled pecans and deeming it uncooked, we gave it another minute. At this point, both the peanutbutter and the banana were pretty melted. Topped finally with a marachino cherry each (we hadn't had our dailly allotment of preservatives), we grabbed spoons and enjoyed.