Chia Pudding

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Happy Healthy and Oh She Glows both have recipes for chocolate chia pudding. One serving gives you all the omega 3's you need in a day! Happy Healthy has her Overnight Chocolate Berry Breakfast Pudding for breakfast, and Oh She Glows dresses up her Healthy Chocolate Chia Pudding for dessert with a little shaved chocolate (see photos below). They're similar, and I can verify that even the breakfast version works for dessert! You can omit the chocolate if you want a change; it's fine plain. You might also try using white chia seeds then, and maybe a bit more vanilla extract.

11/20/16 update: Oh my goodness. Stop the presses!

Judi's Blended Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Pudding is the best of them all. Dangerously good! I've modified the recipe below to add optional peanut butter and using a blender.

Ingredients
2 cups almond (vanilla or plain) or coconut milk
1 T maple syrup
4-6 T chia seeds (use high end for dessert version)
1 T peanut butter (optional see Judi's recipe above)
1-2 T cocoa (less for breakfast, more for dessert)

Breakfast version, add:
1 mashed banana
3/4 rolled oats (not instant)

Toppings:
Berries
Walnuts (gives it great crunch)
Buckwheat groats (optional)
Shaved chocolate (for dessert version)

Instructions
Two ways to do it:
1. If using peanut butter or want it to be more smooth, put everything in a food processor and mix.
2. Otherwise, heat 1/2 cup milk in the microwave for 40 seconds and dissolve cocoa in warmed milk. Mix all the (non-topping) ingredients together in a bowl.

Refrigerate 2-4 hours or overnight, in a big bowl (spoon out later), or separate serving glasses. Serve with toppings of your choice.



Oh She Glows's dessert version:
Happy Healthy's breakfast version:


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