Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding. In English, Chia pudding, is a dessert/breakfast/snack, light yet delicious and nutritious, made with healthy ingredients suitable for omnivorous, vegan, or vegetarian diets, depending on whether you use animal or plant-based milk or yogurt.
Suitable for all ages. These seeds have many beneficial properties, including anti-colitis, anti-cholesterol, and slimming effects, as well as preventive action against diabetes and osteoporosis, and anti-inflammatory action for the gastric mucosa and hormone-balancing for women in pre and menopause.
To sweeten it if you like it sweet, you can use brown sugar, or as in my case, a sweetener.
It doesn’t require cooking but needs a bit of time to rest in the fridge, at least 2 hours to enjoy it well.
You can prepare it in the evening and always have it ready in the fridge for breakfast or a snack.
Consider for yourself:
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, Mother's Day
- Energy 177.41 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 25.77 (g) of which sugars 8.63 (g)
- Proteins 6.82 (g)
- Fat 10.85 (g) of which saturated 3.00 (g)of which unsaturated 7.36 (g)
- Fibers 6.30 (g)
- Sodium 5.75 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 196 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 1 2/3 cups milk (your choice of type or yogurt)
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 5 tsp stevia (Or 60 g erythritol)
- 2 cups strawberries (or other fruit)
Tools
What we need to prepare
- 4 Cups
- 1 Bowl
- Whisk
- 1 Knife
- 1 Cutting board
Preparation: Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding
Pour the milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and the sweetener of your choice into a glass bowl,
then add the chia seeds,
and mix with a whisk for 1 minute, repeating the process at least 5 times, so that the milk is well absorbed by the seeds, which are very light and tend to float, so it’s important to mix them several times to ensure they blend well with the milk
Divide the mixture into 4 cups and put it in the fridge for at least 2 hours to thicken.
In the meantime, take half of the strawberries and chop them with a knife or food processor, while the other half you can slice or carve as you see in my photo.
After 2 hours or when needed, garnish with the fruit and it’s ready.
Here is the Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding
storage
Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding
I made it with strawberries, but you can opt for any other type of fruit or even with muesli, dark chocolate shavings, chopped nuts, or unsweetened cocoa powder.
In short, you can unleash your creativity.
You can store the Chia Seed Pudding in the fridge for up to 3 days covered with cling film.
