Wonderful Almond Carob Pudding

So I have found that when I eat off of my new food regiman that cravings abound. Last week I went to a luncheon and, well, ate off the regimen. Sooo, cravings reared their lovely head - wanting something creamy and chocolatey. Since both of those things are now forbidden, my brain went to work.

The recipe below is the result of that brain working and it turned out wonderfully!

3 cups Blue Diamond Almond Milk
1/8 cup beet sugar
1/8 cup birch sugar (aka xylitol made from birch trees)
1/4 cup quick cooking tapioca

Mix all ingredients together in medium sauce pan and let sit for 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes, turn heat to medium high, stir continuously until the pudding boils for at least 1 minute. Then mix in:

1/8 ground vanilla bean
1/4 cup Carob powder (dissolved with a small amount of almond milk)

Pour into individual ramekins or soup bowls and cool. Great warm but mixture thickens as it cools.

YUMMY!!