(Serves 4)

Everything you want in chocolate pudding except the fat. It's thick, creamy and satisfying.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons Equal Exchange Organic Baking Cocoa
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

In a saucepan, thoroughly combine the cornstarch, sugar and cocoa. Add the mild and stir until very smooth. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until the pudding comes to a boil. Then lower the heat and gently simmer, stirring continuously, for 3 or 4 minutes. Stir in the vanilla, pour the hot pudding into a decorative serving bowl or individual custard cups and serve warm or chill for about 2 hours, until cold and set.

From the Moosewood Restaurant Low Fat Favorites, published by Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1996.