Let's continue with this week's 'Ideas with Chia' - here a dessert you'll love!
I loves me some chocolate pudding and I'm also interested in using chia seeds so I was eager to try this recipe. I have a mixer at home and I'll use it at the drop of a hat so I did a cheater version and put everything in the mixer bowl and just turned it on every five minutes until it was ready.
I can't really tell you how much sweetener to use - it's a Jersey thing...no, but really, it's personal preference. And I kept adding agave and it just didn't taste right, so I added some Truvia and that did it for me. Wait until it thickens up a little and add the sweetener, mix, taste and then see what more you'd like to do.
OH - and guess what else? I had this after dinner one night and I had energy to get up and go - so out I went grocery shopping - and I also did a lot more chores around the house that night than I usually would so this will give you some 'get up and go'. Best of all, the Kid, who continually mocks my chia gel ate a big bowl of this and thought it was tapioca - so neener neener on her!
One morning I had forgotten to make a new batch of chia gel for my smoothie so I plopped in some of this pudding instead and it worked just fine! Pudding Smoothie, anyone?
It tastes better than it looks! |
PS: Isn't 'chiapioca' a cute word! I can't take credit for it though, I got that from Robert on the WB Facebook site.
Chocolate “Chiapioca” Pudding
makes 4 servings
adapted from Maria's Delicious and Nutritious Journal
3/4 cup chia seeds
2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
(or use plain almond milk and add a little more vanilla extract)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
pinch of salt
sweetener of your choice (agave nectar, Stevia or Truvia) to taste
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together and then let the pudding set up for a few minutes.
Stir the pudding every five minutes.
After sitting for 20 minutes the chia seeds will thicken up and it resembles tapioca pudding.
Print the recipe: Chocolate Chiapioca Pudding
I am addicted to this. I have 1/2 cup serving every day!
ReplyDeleteIs this Stage 1? I don't think I have heard of Chia seeds.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is Stage 1. Here is another post about Chia Seeds that you can read for info:
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