chia, Fruit and seed bowl
Recipe Category: Gut Health & Anti- Inflammatory
Recipe Design: Breakfast (any season)
Serves 1
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Chia pudding is such a versatile, delicious, quick and easy healthy breakfast or snack.
This tiny seed is naturally grown in Brazil. Chia is an herbaceous plant that has also been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years "chia" is the ancient Mayan word for "strength" & is a Spanish adaptation of “chian” or “chien”, originating from Nahuati and meaning “oily”.
Chia is consumed mainly in the form of flour and seeds that can be added to preparations such as fruit, yoghurt, cakes, baked products, muesli, dairy drinks, fruit smoothies or salads
Research indicates that components of chia seeds are ascribed a beneficial effect on the improvement of the blood lipid profile, through their hypotensive, hypoglycaemic, antimicrobial and immunostimulatory effects.
They are rich in fiber, antioxidants, calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium. Chia seeds are also an excellent source of essential fatty acids, including alpha-linolenic acid which is an important anti-inflammatory fat known as “the plant omega-3”
Did I mention they are also useful in treating digestive conditions?
What a magical little seed!
Ingredients
4 tablespoons from a premade chia pudding mix (look below)
1 tablespoon pepitas
1 tablespoon hemp seeds
1 tablespoon almond flakes or coconut flakes
1 tablespoon brazilian nuts (optional)
1 teaspoon flaxseed meal
Handful of berries of choice
Dollop (1-2 tablespoons) of coconut yoghurt
Chia pudding mixture
½ cup chia seeds
1 ½ cups of diary free milk (coconut/almond/ hemp,cashew etc or water)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp maple syrup
Directions - Combine all ingredients in a mason jar with a lid and shake gently. Let settle and then gently move. Let the chia seeds move in the jar while the mixture thickens. It takes about 10 minutes to set. Allow for overnight or 6 hours for all the flavours to merge.
Keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Directions to combine.
1. Place chia seed pudding in the bowl
2. Add dollop of yoghurt
3. Sprinkle pepitas, hemp seed, flakes, flaxmeal, nuts over the top
4. Top with a handful of berries
5. Put the spoon I and enjoy
