Sunday, May 12, 2013

Chia Pudding

I'm probably the last person alive to buy chia seeds and use them, so I'm a little late to the "chia" movement...but not anymore! I'm in love! It's by FAR one of the weirdest things I've made..really hard to describe the texture, but also the easiest and it completely agrees with my picky, pregnant palate! 
It's a cross between tapioca and rice pudding. SO strange, but we loved it. 
When I dumped it together last night, you couldn't even see the chia seeds, so to imagine that it would gel up into pudding overnight was a little hard to believe...but with a base sweetener of honey and vanilla, the combinations for breakfast seem endless!! I did only strawberries this morning, but tomorrow I'm going to try peanut butter and cocoa. If you aren't afraid of strange textures and trying something new, make this. It couldn't be easier! 


Chia Pudding

1 cup preferred milk choice (almond over here..)
3 Tbsp chia seeds
1-2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix all together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight. 
Stir very well the next morning and add anything you can imagine! 



6 comments:

  1. I'm trying this.I only have Ground Chia seeds so we'll see how that turns out.

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    1. Curious to know how it turned out with ground chia!

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    2. Not my cup of tea. I am hoping to try it with the whole seed sometime.

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  2. I also plan to try this... just gotta get me some chia seeds! sounds interesting! i love tapioca pudding and don't mind rice pudding... so hoping i'll like this... thanks for sharing!

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    1. Hoping you enjoy it, too! Makes the easiest breakfast for the littles!

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  3. Sounds yummy! Definitely want to try this recipe!
    On a sidenote I found this interesting article:
    "If you didn’t know before, you will know after reading the book “Born to Run” that for centuries, Native Indian Peoples in the Americas are a super healthy race that eat Chia seeds regularly/daily. These seeds give them Aztec warriors energy to do battle and go on hunting expeditions. Indians of the Southwest would eat as little as a teaspoon of chia seeds during a 24-hour march. They could cover distances like Colorado River to the Pacific Ocean carrying only a pouch of chia seed for nourishment.

    Reading the book, I was surprised at how this wonder seed enabled the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico to hunted heir prey by out running them. Not in terms of speed, but endurance. They literally ran after their prey till it collapsed of exhaustion. In 1997, a 52 year old Tarahumaran won the Nike-sponsored 100-mile run in California wearing only a flimsy leather thong/slipper that the Tarahumara famously wear and he completed the race in just 19 hours, 37 minutes beating all the other runners who wore Nike shoes.. this was a real embarrassment for Nike, of course. (read why fancy running shoes might be a gimmick of big companies like Nike)"

    I'm thinking I will get on this chia diet from now on... Hehe

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