Chia Seed Pudding With Berries ( Vegan, Gluten-Free)
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This is a really creamy and fruity overnight chia seed pudding recipe that takes very little time to prepare and is no cook. Serve it as a healthy breakfast or dessert. Chia seed pudding has a texture of tapioca pudding or sagoo. Chia seeds come from the plant Salvia hispanica. They're black and white and about the size of poppy seeds.
Chia seeds expand as they absorb liquids brilliantly. The chia seeds then taste like fruity pearls. Chia seeds are great for gut health as it stops bloating as the seeds help promote growth of healthy bacteria.
Briefly soaking the chia seeds for one hour releases more of their beneficial fibre.
Delicious sprinkled over your cereal or blended into a smoothie, chia are a super seed that should be a staple in any kitchen.
Notes on ingredients & substitutions
Haskapa berry powder
I used a great freeze dried berry powder for this recipe. I found it at a free from allergy show in the London Excel.. The haskap berry is an edible blue berry, native to northern hemisphere countries including Canada, Japan and Russia. Haskaps are oval-rectangular in shape, often likened to elongated blueberries.
The taste of Haskapa super berry powder is unique it has a tart and sweet flavour, and to me it taste like all the berries in one mouthful with explosions of wild blueberries and blackberries. Take a look here for more info on this superfood. You can instead use any other freeze dried powder OR add wild blueberries or raspberry puree to give this pudding a beautiful colour.
Yoghurt
I used Koyo greek style yoghurt, however use your favourite brand, or a flavoured yoghurt would also be good.
Chia seeds
You can buy chia seeds almost everywhere now, in supermarkets, health food shops. my favourite place is the Grapetree found in most high streets. They sell great quality health foods at really low prices, and often have 2 for 1 deals. This is always my go to place for stocking up on ingredients as you will be hard pushed to find anywhere cheaper.
Coconut milk
I always use rude health milk in cooking or recipes especially the barista brands as the milks are thicker than most of the watery brands on the market with little real ingredients and almost always splits and curdles in tea.
Sweetener
I us honey in most of my recipes however its not vegan or yeast friendly. So use agave, maple syrup, coconut blossom nectar or any liquid sweetener of your choice instead.
Ingredients
Tips
I always make the chia pudding separately in one jar and then layer on the yoghurt once the mix has thickened. When you first mix the chia pudding mixture its really watery. So its best left alone to thicken up and mingle with the liquid and flavours overnight. Then layer and assemble the next morning which will take you no more than 5 minutes.
Storage
This will keep in the fridge for 4 days.
Makes 2 portions - 10 mins prep time ( plus over night chilling for you & the pudding!)
Step by Step
Recipe
128 ml plant based milk
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp honey ( or sweetener of choice)
1/2 tsp haskapa powder ( see notes)
1 pot coconut greek yoghurt ( see notes)
Berries & freeze dried raspberries for garnishing
Method
Measure the first 4 ingredients and pour into in a jar, pop the lid on and shake shake shake. Leave in the fridge overnight.
Mix the haskapa fruit powder ( or any type of fruit powder) with the yoghurt ( leaving some for the top), and layer the yoghurt with the chia pudding and sliced strawberries in either a jar ( if you want to take this to work) or in glasses ( if you want to be fancy.)
Top with the remaining yoghurt and berries to decorate.
Serve and eat straight away, or leave in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Variations
This recipe would work with any freeze dried fruit powder, or without its your call. Take a look at the range of superfood powders here from Rawnice.
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