Brighten Up Your Day with an Overnight Chia Pudding with Fresh Fruits and Nuts…!! Vegan & Refined Sugar free… a Quick Breakfast and a Healthy Dessert…!
I love smoothies for breakfast…they are delicious, light, refreshing and of course easy to prepare on any busy morning. But I also prefer not to lose its goodness by compromising on the nutritional benefits & taste, for time. So, my solution… Chia!
Chia seeds have amazing health benefits. It is a grain free superfood, high in fiber, calcium, Omega-3, and a protein too. It’s high fiber and calcium content keeps you full for a longer time thereby controlling your appetite, and helping in weight loss. Chia is naturally gluten free, which makes it a great protein source for people with Celiac disease. In addition, it is found to boost your metabolism levels too.
In my home, chia is served as a smoothie topping, in puddings, and sometimes as an egg replacement (Yes, it works!). So, what does it taste like? Chia doesn’t have any taste, it’s basically a filler which easily blends with any core ingredient and at the same time packed with its own goodness. You can top it with yogurt, fruit puree, granola, nuts or fruits to make it taste even better.
The basic recipe of a chia pudding is extremely simple. All you need is to soak chia seeds overnight in any milk of your choice and a sweetening agent. The consistency of a chia pudding is a slightly thick, wobbly, gel like texture. There is hardly any recipe here for this dish, if you know the right ratio of chia pudding, you can top it with endless options.
Enjoy, Happy Cooking…!
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- 1 cup almond milk
- 3 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 4-5 strawberries
- 6-8 raspberries
- ¼ cup almond milk
- 1 tsp maple syrup (or more)
- ½ cup frozen mangoes
- a handful of spinach
- ½ of banana
- ⅓ cup almond milk
- 1 tsp maple syrup (or more)
- ¼ cup frozen mangoes
- ⅓ cup chopped pineapple
- ½ of banana
- ⅓ cup almond milk
- 1 tsp maple syrup (or more)
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Start with the chia pudding ingredients by mixing them in a glass container until well combined. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes and give another stir to avoid any clumps and mix evenly.
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Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight in a closed container. The chia seeds will absorb the milk and swell up.
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Once the chia pudding is ready, prepare the different colored fruit layers. Blend each layer’s ingredients together until smooth, and keep aside.
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When ready to serve, add a layer of chia pudding to the serving glass. Carefully pour the colored fruit layer mix over the chia pudding with a spoon.
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Top with fresh fruits and nuts, Enjoy.
1. Substitute almond milk with your choice of milk. You can also use regular milk if you are not a vegan.
2. Vary the amount of maple syrup used to meet your sweetness needs. You can also substitute maple syrup with honey, dates, or any sweetening agent.
Bhupinder Gill says
This is amazing and super easy !!!
Akhila says
Thank You Bhupinder 🙂 I hope you like it!!!
Samantha Paul says
Hey Akhila…! This dish looks mouth wateringly and sooo delicious, this is the best breakfast for our busy morning, I will definitely try to making this….Thanks for sharing…!
Akhila says
Thank You Samantha :-)….I hope you love this recipe!
Makos (@thehungrybites) says
Hey Akhila!
This sounds wonderful and also love the colors!!!
Akhila says
Thank You Makos !
Sam says
Which flavour is best red, yellow or green
Tejaswini D says
Chia are very healthy food. If you want to loss weight you should eat this chia. I used to eat in morning after soaking it overnight .Never thought of recipes.This recipes looks amazing. Definitely trying it .Thanks for giving the idea.Keep sharing such article.