Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, homemade chocoate pudding. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Homemade Chocoate Pudding is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Homemade Chocoate Pudding is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have homemade chocoate pudding using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Chocoate Pudding:
- Make ready 1 1/3 cup sugar
- Get 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- Take 6 tbs cornstarch
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 4 1/2 cup milk (I used nonfat)
- Take 4 tbs butter
- Get 2 tsp vanilla
- Prepare For the whipped topping
- Take 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- Get 4 tbs powdered sugar
- Take 1 tsp vanilla
Steps to make Homemade Chocoate Pudding:
- In a saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt together. Mix well.
- On medium heat, stir in milk and continue to stir until mixture thickens. It will eventually come to a boil, just keep stirring until pudding thickens.
- Once pudding has thickened, add butter and vanilla. Turn off burner and stir for another minute.
- Place in a dish and use saran wrap to seal tight. Place in refrigerator for minimum of 1 hour before serving.
- For whipped topping, add all ingredients listed under whipped topping section into a mixing bowl.
- Using a powered mixer, mix on high speed until the mixture is firm. You will know when you are done, trust me. If you are doing this by hand with a wired whisk, I highly commend and bow down to you because it will take a while. Great workout if using the by hand-method.
- Arrange pudding in a dish and top with the whipped cream. Sprinkle with a hint of unsweetened cocoa and enjoy :)
Turn to Food to Improve Your Mood
In general, people have been taught to think that “comfort” foods are terrible for the body and have to be avoided. Often, if your comfort food is a high sugar food or some other junk food, this holds true. Otherwise, comfort foods could be very healthy and good for you. A number of foods actually do elevate your mood when you consume them. If you feel a little bit down and you need a happiness pick me up, try a few of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, can be truly wonderful at dealing with depression. You must see to it, though, that what you make includes the egg yolk. The yolk is the part of the egg that is the most crucial in terms of helping elevate your mood. Eggs, the yolk in particular, are rich in B vitamins. These B vitamins are great for helping to elevate your mood. This is because they help your neural transmitters–the parts of your brain that affect your mood–function better. Consume an egg and feel a lot better!
Make several trail mix of nuts or seeds. Your mood can be raised by eating peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc. This is possible because these foods have a bunch of magnesium which increases your production of serotonin. Serotonin is the “feel good” chemical that dictates to your brain how you feel day in and day out. The more serotonin you have, the more pleasant you will feel. Not only that but nuts, particularly, are a great protein food source.
If you would like to beat depression, try consuming some cold water fish. Cold water fish including tuna, trout and wild salmon are chock full of DHA and omega-3 fats. These are two things that actually help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s true: eating a tuna fish sandwich can earnestly boost your mood.
Grains can be great for fighting a terrible mood. Barley, millet, quinoa, etc are terrific at helping you be happier. They fill you up better and that can help improve your moods as well. Feeling hungry can be a real downer! The reason these grains help your mood so much is that they are not hard to digest. You digest them more quickly than other things which can help increase your blood sugar levels, which, in turn, helps make you feel more pleasant, mood wise.
Green tea is really excellent for your mood. You were just waiting to read that in this article, weren’t you? Green tea is high in a specific amino acid called L-theanine. Studies have found that this specific amino acid can actually induce brain waves. This will improve your brain’s focus while also loosening up the rest of your body. You knew that green tea helps you be a lot healthier. Now you are aware that green tea can help you be happier too!
Now you realize that junk food isn’t necessarily what you have to eat when you are wanting to help your moods get better. Try a couple of of these suggestions instead.
