Nick Nolte's Homemade Chocolate Pudding.

Allergies have kept me pretty much chained to the house the past two days. Why? No one wants to run into someone looking like this in public:


Oh yes, it is really that bad. Actually, take that photo, shove tiny bits of Kleenex up his nostrils and THAT is closer to the look I am sporting right now.

The one thing that did get me off the couch was a severe craving for chocolate pudding. I am usually a J-E-L-L-O instant pudding kind of gal but there was none in site to I turned toward the interwebs to find a recipe. So without further ado, in honor of my twin up there I give you:

Nick Nolte's Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients:

1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 3/4 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Stir in milk and place over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring contanstly until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of the spoo. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool briefly and serve warm or chill in refrigerator until serving.

Voila!

Makes 4 servings....

.....unless you are pregnant, then it serves 2....

OK, make that 1 serving.

Oops. :)