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chia seed pudding pots
As much as I love preparing food, I love an easy breakfast. During the work week I find this particularly important because I have lemon juice in warm water when I first get up + a fresh juice before I leave the house so don’t really feel like food until I get into work, and am not so much of a morning person that I want to make breakfast from scratch every day! I guess that’s why boxed cereals and milk became so popular right, but don’t get me started on the rubbish they pass off as ‘nutritious’ in the cereal isle :)
Somewhat unrelated, I am addicted to garlic-stuffed olives and they come in the cutest little glass jars that I just can’t bear to throw out (and I love to proactively recycle stuff). As a result, I have a cupboard full of these jars and they come in very handy – a batch of chia seed pudding will fill four of them, I add crushed walnuts and fresh berries, and voila! I have healthy, filling, transportable little breakfast pots to get me through the work week.
Boxed cereal can kiss my…
Ingredients
- 4 tbs chia seeds
- 1 can of coconut milk –I can’t bring myself to tackle raw coconuts yet so I cheat and use organic stuff in a can which I know is not as good as the real thing but I feel it’s safer than me with a cleaver! I also prefer coconut milk to water as it is creamier but it’s a matter of preference.
- 1 cup raw cashews (soaked for 2 hours and drained)
- 4 medjool dates
- 1 tsp cinnamon (or to taste, I like it a little stronger)
- a vanilla pod or some vanilla powder / extract
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Soak chia seeds in coconut water or milk for an hour or so, the chia seeds will swell as they absorb the milk to give a tapioca-like texture.
- Combine cashews and dates in food processor and blend until the dates are finely chopped. Add chia seeds mix and cinnamon, vanilla and salt to taste. blend until smooth.
- Alternatively, blend all ingredients except the chia seeds in a high speed blender to get it really smooth. remove to a bowl and stir in chia seeds. Leave overnight for the chia to swell.
- Divide mixture into three or four containers (or bowls if you’re eating it all immediately!) and add garnish as desired. I love it with strawberries or blueberries and chopped walnuts but experiment with whatever tickles your fancy…
xx
Guide: raw vegan | whole food, plant based | gluten-free | sweetener-free | soy-free
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One note– if I’d never tried fresh water from a coconut that I just cracked open, I would not be a fan… the boxed/canned/packaged water is NO COMPARISON!!
email me if you want to know how to safely crack one open… I promise- once you crack, you’ll never go back! ;)
I have trouble finding them affordable…I’m in Boulder- do you have a source that’s less than the $3 per coconut at WF?
Organic coconut milk in cans at Wholefoods is about $2.50 for memory but one batch of the chia seed pudding lasts for three breakfasts so that price point works for me. I know you can get non-organic coconut milk from other markets for a bit over $1 so it’s really up to you. Alternatively, you could check out coconut water… I don’t know what it goes for though.
As a side note – these little pots are packed with goodness so you are making an investment in yourself :)
StarvingFox-
If you have a mexican or asian market nearby, they usually have the same young coconuts that WF sells for a buck or two.
Haha! I have since learned to open coconuts and I agree – fresh is the business! I hate to admit with the amount I use it’s not always affordable (and I’m not even on a tight budget) so I still sometime resort to pre-packed stuff. Life is about trade-offs right?!
Thank you for sharing! You are so wonderful!
Love,
Vivien
Thanks for the note Vivien!
I love to share, and the chia pots are one of my favorite foods ever – hope you love them too.
xx
Hi!
I recently discovered your blog and it is amazing!! I am trying to incorporate more vegan foods into my diet and I love your raw vegan chia seed pudding recipe. I have all tge ingredients but the recipes calls for a food processor. My question is, would a blender work? I have the Vitamix. Thank you and keep those delish vegan recipes coming!!
Hi!! Thank you for your note. I’m so happy to hear my little blog has been helpful for your foray into vegan foods.
I haven’t tried the pudding in a blender but I’m sure it would be fine. I would probably try it on a low-med speed though as you don’t want to blend the chia seeds to destruction as they provide a nice texture.
Let me know how it goes ;)
xx
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Please let me know where you got your theme. Thank you
It is a standard wordpress.com theme so you would have to move your blog to that platform to use it. They have hundreds to choose from and you can customize them a lot after you choose the one that works for you.
Good luck!.
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Hi! I love that you’re thinking of writing a blog :) It is time-consuming in the beginning – setting up the templates, layout etc. but once it’s up and running it really depends on what type of blog it is. If it’s just your thoughts, I suppose it’s like a journal, if you’re doing research it can take longer. Happy to chat offline if that’s helpful: crazyrawvegan@gmail.com.
xx
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Thanks for your feedback – I’m always open to suggestions. Can you help me better understand what you’re asking? Do you think more text (content) would help, or less text (content) and more pictures? Or just more white space? Which, unfortunately, wordpress doesn’t really allow for).
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Hi! Made these yesterday and we all loved them. My four year old and two year old finished one pot together. :)
Wanted to ask if they have to be in the fridge and for how long I can keep them? Thanks
I’m so excited to hear that!! I do keep them in the fridge and find they last three days.
Thanks! :)
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