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Chia Pud (S)

SERENE CHATS: Chia Pud, as opposed to chia pet—and it rhymes with “good”! It’s short for pudding, but you can enjoy this for breakfast or a snack. Hydrating and blood-stabilizing chia provides energy stamina and slays the snacking monster at its ankles. This superfood of the ancient Aztecs has twice the potassium of bananas, three times the antioxidant levels of blueberries, and also triple the iron of spinach! Dig in, Mamas. It’s all good! (Serene's Chat is continued below.) This recipe is found in the "Sweet Treats - Sweet Bowls" section of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, page 344. This can be a single-serve recipe or enough for 2 servings, depends on how hungry you are.

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SERENE CHATS: Chia Pud, as opposed to chia pet—and it rhymes with “good”! It’s short for pudding, but you can enjoy this for a breakfast or snack. Hydrating and blood-stabilizing chia provides energy stamina and slays the snacking monster at its ankles. This superfood of the ancient Aztecs has twice the potassium of bananas, three times the antioxidant levels of blueberries, and also triple the iron of spinach! Dig in, Mamas. It’s all good! (Serene's Chat is continued below.) This recipe is found in the "Sweet Treats - Sweet Bowls" section of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, page 344. This can be a single-serve recipe or enough for 2 servings, depends on how hungry you are.

Ingredients
  • 1 cup unsweetened nut milk (almond, cashew, Foundation Milk (p. 439), or water - if adding avocado)
  • 1 tsp TH Super Sweet Blend
  • 3 pinches TH Mineral Salt
  • 1/2 tsp TH Natural Burst Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/4 tsp THM Integral Collagen (1 1/4 teaspoon (1/2 scoop) or up to 1 1/2 Tbs (full scoop) of collagen peptides)
  • 1/8 cup THM Pristine Protein Powder (1/8 cup (1/2 scoop) or up to 1/4 cup (full scoop)
  • 3 Tbs chia seeds
  • Add On's (See list below in recipe notes.)
Instructions
  1. 1
    Make the foundation. Blend the milk or water with the basic foundational ingredients and any other additions, but leave the whey and chia seeds at this point. After the initial blend, add the whey and blend on low for 3 seconds, or just until it combines. Don’t let it froth!
  2. 2
    Pour this blended mix into a refrigerator-safe container and stir in the chia seeds. Let set for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge and stir occasionally if you ever think about it.
  3. 3
    Just before eating, give it a final stir, garnish with whatever thrills you, or enjoy it simply as is, and dig in.
Note

From page 344 of the Trim Healthy Cookbook...
Serene's Chat, continued - "Build Your Own Chia Pud—use your imagination; we have listed some flavor ideas but the sky is the limit.  Of course all are not meant to go together in one Chia Pud.  Some can be combined but others will not harmonize together.  My favorite way to eat this is to add the ½ avocado.  Talk about a filling and hearty snack! When I am pregnant or nursing - which is most of the time!  I throw in a golden pastured yolk and even some raw cream to boot.  When I don’t want Pearl eating any of mine and I am not in a sharing mood, I just make sure I put in a toddle of cod liver oil to scare her off.  It always works like a charm . . . here she comes diving in with her spoon across the computer where we are working, and I just mention politely about the cod liver oil, and her hand snaps back with a disgusted jolt. Ha! Luv ya, Pearlie!"

Chia Pud Optional Additions:

  • ½ cup berries (either blended in or stirred in after blending)
  • ½ avocado, sliced
  • 1 teaspoon cocoa powder (when using cocoa, up the sweetener by ½ teaspoon)
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons pressed peanut powder
  • Cinnamon to taste
  • Ginger to taste
  • Pure extracts like mint, lemon, butterscotch, banana to taste
  • Pure essential oils like mint, orange, lime, chai spice blends to taste
  • 2 teaspoons maca powder
  • 2 teaspoons green superfood powder
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons pastured raw cream - this little Chia Pud is meant to be a superfood snack keeping in line with chia’s superfoody status, so pasteurized regular cream can be used, but is not as optimal.
  • 1 golden pastured egg yolk
  • Chopped, raw nuts for garnish
  • Cinnamon Crispy Addictions, for garnish (page 458)

NOTE: If you become a Chia Pud addict, then we suggest making four batches of the same or different variations at the beginning of the week so you have it when the chia urge hits.

Chia Pud is used in the Allergen-Friendly Menu - Week One.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/chia-pud-s/