Basic Chia Seed Pudding {5 Ways to Serve}

Chia seed pudding with a bonus of 5 serving ideas is ALL-YOU-NEED for your weekly morning meal prep plan! It’s super easy to make, vegan and fills your nutrition intake plan. 

Recipe originally posted in March 2017. No change in recipe (you guys already love this pudding recipe so much), just upgraded the basic recipe to add 5 serving ideas! Original pic below –

Make one basic chia seed pudding and dress it up 5 different ways. 5 different ways to change it’s flavors, and each one of it so delicious, I couldn’t pick one as my favorite flavor. Eat a different flavor every single day of the week.

Depending on the season, mood and what your craving for, decide which flavor of chia seed pudding recipe you want to have.

If you are looking for ways to intake protein-packed super food chia seed pudding is what you should be trying! You can eat/serve this for breakfast, snack or even as dessert! You only need 4 basic ingredients (3 If you like to skip vanilla extract) – chia seeds, milk (coconut milk or almond milk for vegan version and regular milk for non-vegan option) and sweetener of your choice – honey, maple syrup or any other sweetener of your choice!

 This vanilla pudding with chia seeds is a perfect dish that you want to have during summers. Have it as the first thing in the morning for breakfast or eat it as a dessert. If you are deprived of dessert due to a lot of health reasons and all, this one would be perfect for you. With refined sugar free and substituted with honey, it’s healthy as it gets.

And wait, I haven’t even mentioned the best part yet…there is absolutely no cooking involved. Now that sounds like a perfect summer dish, doesn’t it! With temperature soaring high, you could really try and use all options of not increasing the heat even more by sweating in front of the stove getting all sweaty and exhausted.

This chia breakfast pudding is no-brainer recipe. A minimal prep work, no cooking treat that you should be making every week and all round the year! Though chia seed pudding recipe is perfect summer treat, it’s great around the year as well. A great pick-me-up-and-go breakfast or afternoon snack that will keep you full and satisfied throughout the day!

A single serving will keep you energised all day long. Plus you can get all the prep work done the precious night, come morning, just top it with your favorite fruits or nuts or flavors, breakfast is ready!

PRO-TIP: Make single portions and soak in masor jars or any other pick-me-up-and-go-ready-jars for easy serving purpose. This is will reduce cleaning up of dishes.

Those little tiny seeds of goodness gets plumped in milk (or yogurt) once soaked and the texture is simply magical. It almost resembles tapioca.

This Chia breakfast pudding is easy make ahead breakfast dish or snack on the go.

How to Make Chia Pudding

Wait until you try this chia breakfast pudding to believe how easy it is to make. With minimal prep work and absolutely no cooking involved, seriously you’re not going to believe how easy it is to make chia seed pudding.

Start with mason jars to make individual portions of chia seed pudding. Or you can make in bulk like I did in a large bowl.

Fill up the jars with milk – you can use coconut milk, almond milk, hemp milk, soy milk for vegan options and regular milk if you are not particular about veganising it.

Add chia seeds to the jars/bowl and stir it. You can choose to add sweetener at this stage, but for some weird reason I always add sweetener after chia seeds are soaked and plumped.

Sweeteners like honey, pure maple syrup works best. Along with sweetener add pure vanilla extract too.

Cover and place it in fridge for atleast 4 hours, overnight soaking is best. That’s it! Now all you have to do is, wait!

Wait, while the magic happens!

Chia seeds soaks up all the liquids and thickens resembling the texture of pudding.

And that’s all, it ready, your basic chia seed pudding!

If you like it, just serve it as it is.

Or you can create different flavors from the basic chia pudding.

5 Chia Pudding Flavors

5 days a week, 5 unique flavors. And each flavor is so amazing, you’ll find it hard to pick one as your favorite.

1. Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe –

Decadent, rich and a healthy dessert for your sweet tooth.

Ingredients-

¼ cup chia seeds

1 cup coconut milk

2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon water

3 tablespoon maple syrup (or honey)

¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

Toppings – chocolate (shavings, or choco chips) and fresh raspberries

Method –

Two ways to do it:

Start with basic chia seed pudding recipe by soaking chia seeds in coconut milk over night. Next day add maple syrup, vanilla extract, pinch of salt mix well. Basic chia pudding is ready.

To basic chia pudding add cocoa powder whisked in water. Whisk well to make it lump free.

Or mix all ingredients together at the same time and soak overnight.

Serve it with your favorite topping.

2. Avocado Macha Chia Seed Pudding

Combination of avocado mousse and matcha is heavenly. Subtle green chia pudding is not just pretty but it’s all good for you. Add some fresh kiwi for extra gorgeousness and texture to the pudding.

Ingredients –

¼ cup chia seeds

1 cup coconut milk

1 teaspoon matcha powder (add more if you prefer strong matcha flavor)

2 avocado, mashed up

3 tablespoon maple syrup (or honey)

¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

Toppings – Kiwi, chopped and sliced. Fresh green apple slices.

Method –

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Soak overnight.

Serve with fresh kiwi fruit and green apple slices.

3. Peanut Butter Chia Seed Pudding

Creamy peanut butter mixed and topping to the pudding to make it sweet and decadent.

Ingredients –

¼ cup chia seeds

1 cup coconut milk

1 tablespoon peanut butter (plus extra for topping)

3 tablespoon maple syrup (or honey)

¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

Toppings – Banana slices

Method –

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl except for peanut butter. Soak overnight.

Next day – leave a portion of chia pudding out of fridge for couple of hours. microwave peanut butter for couple of seconds to thin down it’s consistency. Pour into chia pudding and whisk well. You will get thicker pudding consistency while mixing in peanut butter.

Top with peanut butter and sliced banana.

4. Pineapple Chia Seed Pudding

Sunshine in your jar! This is perfect summer pudding which is a combination of fresh fruit and pudding layered up. You can easily substitute pineapples with mango and make a great fruity mango chia pudding recipe.

Ingredients –

¼ cup chia seeds

1 cup coconut milk

3 tablespoon maple syrup (or honey)

¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

½ cup pineapple, pureed

Pinch of salt

Toppings – Pineapple cubes, Mint leaves

Method –

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl except for pineapples. Soak overnight.

Add pineapple puree to the jar, top with chia pudding.

Garnish with pineapple cubes, mint leaves. Serve.

5. Merry Berry Chia Seed Pudding

A mix of berries and chia pudding makes perfectly balanced sweet, tangy and delicious dessert. Use a combination of any of your favorite berries. We used fresh blueberries and fresh strawberries. You can use raspberries, blackberries too.

Ingredients –

¼ cup chia seeds

1 cup coconut milk

3 tablespoon maple syrup (or honey)

¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 tablespoons strawberries, pureed

3 tablespoons blueberries, pureed

Pinch of salt

Toppings – Fresh berries, mint leaves

Method –

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl except for berries. Soak overnight.

Make blueberry and strawberry puree separately by blending it with little water or milk.

Stir in half portion of chia seed with strawberry puree and another half with blueberry puree. Stir well.

Add strawberry chia seed pudding layer into serving jar. Top with a layer of blueberry chia seed pudding. You could also make multiple thin layers of individual berry puddings.

Garnish with fresh berries, mint leaves. Serve.

Is Chia Seed Same as Sabja(basil) Seed

Some people ask me what is the difference between chia seed and sabja seed? There are lot of reference on the net regarding these 2 amazing super seeds. All I want to say is chia seed and sabja seeds are not the same, chia seed is damn expensive when compared to sabja seeds if you are comparing it price wise. Each have their own medicinal benefits and yes, some easily replace chia seeds with sabja.

Sabja seed or sweet basil seed is native to India and Mediterranean regions and usually used in drinks and desserts like faloodas, serbhets. Sabja seeds impart a sweet flavor to the dish.

Sabja seeds are only black in color.

Both seeds have health benefits of their own.

Sabja seeds is good for your heart, helps in clearing arteries and has various nutrients like potassium, magnesium ,phosphorus.

Sabja seeds can be consumed only after soaking it in liquids like water or milk.

Chia seed on the other hand is native to central and Southern Mexico and Gautemala.

It’s an energy food which can be consumed raw as well as after soaking. Sprinkle over salads, or cookies. Soak them and use it as pudding or blend in smoothie.

Chia seeds can be black, grey, white or brown.

Chia seeds helps in weight loss. Consuming chia seeds before meal can make you feel full and satisfied, hence curbs over eating.

You may want to check our other pudding recipes as well-

Microwave Chocolate Pudding

Breakfast Pudding 

Another overnight breakfast recipe we have –

Overnight French Toast Casserole

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Chia Seed Pudding {5 Ways to Serve}

Jyothi Rajesh

Chia seed pudding with a bonus of 5 serving ideas is ALL-YOU-NEED for your weekly morning meal prep plan! It's super easy to make, vegan and fills your nutrition intake plan. 

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Prep Time 5 mins

Course Breakfast, Snacks

Cuisine American

Servings 5 serving

Calories 128

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 cups milk for vegan option use almond milk
• ▢ ¼ cup chia seed
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 2 tablespoon honey you can even use maple syrup
• ▢ A pinch of salt

Instructions

 

• Place chia seeds in big glass dish. Pour milk, honey , salt and vanilla extract over it. Milk well and ensure no lumps are left. Cover and place it in refrigerator overnight.
• Next morning, whisk the pudding once. If required top it with little milk.
• Add toppings of your choice. You can use fresh cut seasonal fruits like mango, strawberry, banana, blueberries. You can also add some chocolate shavings, nuts over the top.
• Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 43mgPotassium: 163mgFiber: 2gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 160IUCalcium: 164mgIron: 0.6mg

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