With the New Year in full effect I am doing my darndest to be mindful of what I am eating. It’s just so hard sometimes to eat well and make time for the gym when you are constantly on the go, and with a 2 year old. Not too mention what I do for a living, cook, a lot!
Breakfast is something that I take so seriously because I usually eat it around 6 am in the morning in complete darkness, silence and coldness and I want whatever I am eating to be dang good. This Chia Seed Pudding with Apples and Cherries is really really tasty not-too-mention has a ton of health benefits.
The Bob’s Red Mill® Chia Seeds are perfect given the large quantity and the fact that they are whole seeds. Thousands of years ago, chia seed was a staple in the diets of ancient Mayans and Aztecs. The word chia is derived from the Mayan language, meaning “strength,” and Aztec warriors relied on chia seed to boost energy and increase stamina.
During the winters months I am a huge advocate for buying in season and in the cold months it’s apples, pears and citrus. I decided to chop up and throw in an assortment of apples, almonds and cherries in this seriously delicious chia seed pudding. Guess what, in the summertime I’ll be replacing all of that goodness with fresh berries!
A nice big picture below for pinning, DO IT!
- 2 cups of plain yogurt
- 2 cups of coconut milk
- ¾ cup Bob’s Red Mill ® chia seeds
- ¼ cup of honey
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 1 each medium diced golden delicious, red delicious, granny smith and honey crisp apple
- 1 cup of chopped roasted almonds
- 1 cup of roughly chopped fresh cherries, seeds removed
- In a large bowl whisk together the yogurt, coconut milk, honey and vanilla and then fold in the chia seeds until everything is completely combined.
- Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night.
- Once the chia seed pudding has been refrigerated over night, stir and serve.
- Serve with diced assorted apples, almonds and cherries.
Sounds delicious! How many servings can you get out of this recipe?
Thank you,
renders about 5 cups!
When you say coconut milk, do you mean the kind in the can, or the kind in the dairy section or box that you can pour over cereal? I can’t wait to try this. I used to love rice pudding, and this looks like a super alternative. Also, would you have a recipe for a pudding with quinoa?
The dairy kind that you can pour over cereal.
How many calories per serving? and how big is a serving size please? This looks amazing!! Also can you add the fruit and almonds in early or will that not work out? in the photo the fruit is mixed into the chia pudding I noticed.
Reigh, you’d have to put the recipe into a calorie counter to find that out. Makes around 5 cups. Add fruit at the end or else you’ll have mush.
After I broke it down without the fruit and almond it was around 310-320 Calories per 1 cup serving 🙂 couldnt find cherries that looked good but settled for some strawberries and the almonds. It was quick to make, simple and from the little tastes I snuck it was very good. Thankd for the share…. can the yogurt be substituted with anything less dairy? Weird question im sure but I have the vegan friends who’d like to try this but were wondering if anything could be substituted for the yogurt?
You can actually do straight coconut or almond milk and simply rid of the yogurt all together. It will be a little thinner and to offset simply add in some more chia seeds :-).