Passionfruit Chia Pudding

This passionfruit chia pudding is healthy, zingy and can be a pudding or a breakfast! Chia seeds just need to be soaked for a few hours overnight in water or dairy-free milk. You can actually top them with whatever fruit or granola you'd like!

Chia seeds are a bit weird aren't they? Once they're soaked anyway (which is the best way to eat them) – they go a bit gel-like, but we promise, if you haven't tried them before, they're amazing and so good for you! They're not weird as part of a delicious passionfruit chia pudding though. We love to make chia pudding as a super quick breakfast.

We make up a few portions the night before and then add passionfruit to them in the morning, along with some homemade granola and top it off with coconut yoghurt, or a different flavoured yoghurt – depending on our mood (and what we've got in). It's also great to make up in advance, as it will last for a couple of days in the fridge, covered.

What are chia seeds?

According to BBC GoodFood, chia seeds are tiny black seeds from the Salvia hispanica plant, native to South America, and a member of the mint family.

They're a great source of Omega-3, which a lot of people think are only available to humans through oily fish. Omega-3 is really important for a healthy heart and brain, as well as being anti-inflammatory.

Chia seeds are also high in protein – contrary to what some believe, it is possible to get enough protein on a vegan diet, and there are so many sources to choose from! Chia seeds contain 16.5g of protein per 100g. They really are a superfood!

What you'll need to make Passionfruit Chia Pudding:

• A jar, container or glass to make the pudding in
• A spoon

You could make some of our healthy Cinnamon Granola to put on top of this Passionfruit chia pudding. It adds a satisfying crunch to the breakfast!

Passionfruit Chia Pudding

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• Author: Jess Saunders
• Prep Time: 10
• Cook Time: 1 hour
• Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 2 1x

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chia seeds
• 1 and 1/2 cups almond milk
• 4 tbsp dairy-free coconut yoghurt*
• 2 passion fruit
• Optional: 2 tsp of maple syrup
• Optional: 1 tsp vanilla extract can be added to sweeten it up
• Optional: 4 tbsp granola

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Instructions

1. Mix the chia seeds and milk in a glass, jar or bowl – whatever you prefer (as well as the maple and/or vanilla if you're using them). Be sure to stir the mixture really well, otherwise the pudding will go lumpy, and we don't want that.
2. Put in the fridge for at least 1 hour until the chia seeds have soaked up the almond milk.
3. Serve half of chia pudding per portion.
4. Cut each passion fruit in half and scoop out the insides (including the seeds) and put on top of your chia pudding.
5. Top with dairy-free yoghurt and granola (if using it) and enjoy!

Notes

We used a mango and passionfruit yoghurt, but you could use plain too.

• Category: Breakfast
• Method: Fridge