Chia Pudding

Praise those chia seeds

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so they say. Personally, I love all meals but I find breakfast especially enjoyable. I love making time in the morning, to greet the day and peacefully enjoy a bowl of goodness next to a cup of strong coffee. I usually have sweet foods for breakfast, like porridge, granola or banana pancakes. But some mornings, it is great to have a change and chia pudding is a nutritious alternative to an oaty breakfast. Chia pudding is especially handy if you don’t have a lot of time in the morning; this dish should be prepared the night before. So while you sleep, the magic happens and you wake up to a ready-to-eat jar of gorgeous chia! If you want to prepare your breakfast beforehand, maybe have it as takeaway while still caring about its nutritional value, this is for you!

Servings: 2

Total time: 5 min

For the pudding

Ingredients

1 cup milk of choice (e.g. almond, oat or coconut milk)

½ cup yoghurt of choice

1 tbsp maple syrup

¼ cup chia seeds

¼ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp vanilla extract

other toppings

toasted nuts or seeds

homemade granola 

dried fruit (e.g. raisins, dried figs, dates, prunes or banana chips)

coconut shavings

fresh fruit (e.g. banana, apple, apricots or mango)

hot blueberries or raspberries

maple syrup or another sweetener

peanut butter 

Instructions

1. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the chia seeds, milk, yoghurt, cinnamon and maple syrup. You can transfer this mix into a jar or Tupperware.

2. Place the bowl in your fridge overnight or at least 6 hours before you want to dig in.

3. Scoop the chia pudding into your favourite breakfast bowl and top with granola, toasted nuts and seeds, dried fruits, fresh fruits, cocoa nibs, cinnamon, maple syrup, shaved coconut and whatever else you’re into these days! I decided to go with fresh banana, blueberry compote, shaved almonds, cacao nibs and date syrup.