I have made and posted about the benefits of Chia Seed Pudding in the past. Itā€™s just a healthy, flavorful snack with so much texture and options. In previous posts, fruit has been chopped/ sliced and spooned on top. Thereā€™s nothing wrong with that, but another option I have begun to see more of, is an option to pureeā€™ the fruit. Yes, this is another step, involves another piece of equipment to get out and then wash and put away, but itā€™s worth it. you could still add additional fruit on top or your could pureeā€™ the fruit, not stir it into the pudding, but rather layer little parfait dishes, or glass emptied jam jars sort of like the old packaged jello dessert from the 70s, ā€œ123ā€. Sooooo many options with this delicious snack or breakfast!!

Do your remember this? My Mom had it on hand frequently. It was good, probably loaded with tons of sugar. You could layer your Chia Seed Pudding like this.

The preference in our kitchen is to wash and dry 1 cup of fruit (See the photo below and how I wash fruit, in the collage caption below here) then pureeā€™ with a hand blender, then add to the mixture of milk (of choice), Greek yogurt, vanilla, sea salt, maple syrup and chia seeds, after the mixture has set for 30 minutes in the fridge, bowl covered. NOW, add the fruit pureeā€™, stir then place back in the fridge to thicken for 4 hours. If Iā€™m in a hurry, I keep the mixture in the covered bowl, scooping out the pudding as needed. If thereā€™s time, the pudding will be scooped into washed out glass jars. You can add fruit, coconut or nuts to garnish. I like to screw to lids on top and keep in fridge to be enjoyed either at home or on the go.

I like to puree fruit in a larger/taller glass jar. A taller jar to prevent a mess. The jar jars with the gingham print tops are my favorite. itā€™s a French jam available in most grocery stores. I have two different hand blenders there are several options on Amazon. Also, youā€™ll see how I wash fruit. even organic fruit, I wash with a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in a 4 cup glass measuring cup with water. i let it soak for 6-8 minutes, then rinse.



INGREDIENTS

-1 cup vanilla unsweetened Almond milk, or your preferred milk, I have used cowā€™s milk too.

-1 cup plain strained (some call it Greek) Yogurt. You could use your favorite yogurt

-4 teaspoons Maple syrup

-1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

-1/8 teaspoon course sea salt

-1/4 cup chia seeds

-1 cup of fruit to pureeā€™ to stir into pudding

-1 pint (total) blueberries or blackberries or your favorite fruit        combination for topping the pudding with

-1/4 cup fine chopped walnuts, pecans or pistachios

In our fridge frequently, Chia Seed Pudding, Kefir (recipe also on the website here) and yogurt, either strained-Greek-or the regular variety.


METHOD

1.  Whisk together in a mixing bowl, milk of choice, strained (Greek) yogurt, maple syrup, vanilla and until blended.  Add the Chia Seeds and let sit in the fridge, covered for about 30 minutes, allowing seeds to swell.  If making with fruit pureeā€™, pureeā€˜ fruit now while mixture is in the fridge for the 30 minutes. After the initial 3o minutes setting time, stir in fruit pureeā€™ now. Combine all of the mixture to allow for any of the chia seeds that may have settled.  Re-cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or even over night if you are making in the evening. 

2.  After mixture has set, you could spoon mixture into separate containers, top with washed berries/fruit. Top with nuts or coconut if desired  

3.  Keep in fridge until ready to serve.  

  1. As mentioned in the into paragraph, if time is limited, just keep mixture into the original bowl covered and spoon out as needed. Ahhhh, so many options on this very tasty and versatile recipe. Enjoy!
Author, Mary Yana Burau šŸ«