Better-n-Rice Pudding

One day last week, this chocolate-covered vegan woke up with a sudden urge to make rice pudding. So she rose groggily from her bed, put on her bunny slippers, and ambled down to the kitchen. Soon the counter was piled high with pudding ingredients—cinnamon, raisins, soymilk, vanilla… now where was the rice? The chocolate-covered vegan searched the shelves, pushed aside boxes, lifted bags, stomped her feet, and pulled her hair, but all to no avail (especially the last two actions).

“How can we not have rice?!” the chocolate-covered vegan asked her two dogs (who liked to hang around the kitchen in case crumbs were ever dropped). Unfortunately, the doggies could not provide an answer about the rice.

The chocolate-covered vegan sighed and was turning to leave the cabinet when, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted that kindly, white-haired Quaker man in the big blue hat staring back at her.

Hmmm. I wonder...














Katie's Oatmeal Raisin Pudding

2 cups soymilk (such as Vitasoy Light Original, my favorite)
2 cups cooked oatmeal
2 tsps cinnamon
2 Tbs vanilla extract
1 cup raisins
scant 1/4 cup sweetener of choice (or less)

This is so easy: Combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Then turn down to low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pudding is the desired consistency.

The recipe makes 2-4 servings, depending on how big the eater's appetite is and whether the pudding is being consumed as a meal or a snack.