HealthFUL Chocolate pudding

This is my first post, so please excuse me for not introducing myself before diving right in... but, driven by World Chocolate Day, I had to share one of my favorite snacks.

There are healthy treats, and then there are less guilty treats. Healthy treats contribute to best health affirmatively, while less guilty treats are simply easier on the waistline than their full-calorie versions. As an individual with over 40 food allergies, IBS, Colitis, Reflux, Celiacs and Lupus, eating for taste has been out of the question for 15 years now. Instead, I've created many health-improving, delicious recipes to satiate cravings, increase gut integrity and reduce body fat.

Chocolate, at its core, as cacao or cocoa powder, contains many vitamins and minerals, including fiber, manganese, iron, theobromine and lots of antioxidants. Because it is flavorful, and healthful, I use cocoa powder everyday. (I rarely eat full chocolate, though.)

This pudding pleases the tastebuds, is gluten - free, high protein, high immunity and improves GI health!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup cold, fresh water
1 tbsp flaxseed meal
1 tbsp grass fed beef gelatin
1 tbsp grass fed vanilla protein powder (optional)
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Stevia, plain
Salt, colored, to taste
1 tbsp powdered glutamine, optional (helpful)

Directions:
Combine water, cocoa powder, flaxseed meal and protein powder in a small bowl.
Using a whisk, slowly add 1 tablespoon of gelatin to mixture for about one minute.
Allow to thicken for two minutes, while adding stevia and salt, to taste.
Increase cocoa powder or gelatin slightly if pudding does not form. Increase water slowly if pudding is too thick.

Calories: 87. P:10, C: 9 (net 3, fiber 6) F: 2.

Enjoy the anti-inflammatory, delicious protein pudding!