Chia Pudding

What do you do when you’re a breakfast person, but also NOT a morning person? You make a batch of chia pudding that’ll feed you for a week!

I’m really not a trendy person. I don’t know whats ‘in’ or what’s ‘cool’. I’m that horrible brand of person who tries so hard not to be mainstream and predictable that eventually you find out that your very rejection of everything mainstream makes you predictable.

Chia pudding is very mainstream. It’s all over Instagram and tbh looks a lot like falooda, which I do not like. So I was quite reluctant to try it out. Breakfast is my favourite meal and since I usually work out before breakfast you can bet that by the time I get to the kitchen I’m starving. Now what’s usually available is some carby south indian items that I ABSOLUTELY love. Unfortunately so do my hips. And butt, and thighs.

Since my mornings are pretty busy, I don’t usually make it to the breakfast table before 9am. To have to cook my breakfast at that point as the smell of dosas fills the kitchen is too difficult and cruel of a task so I usually cave and stuff my face with dosas (and a ghee roast because what’s a dosa breakfast without a ghee roast to finish?).

Chia puddings have been quite a saviour in that regard. Make a batch the previous night and you’ve got a great breakfast for almost a week! I like to finish mine off in 3 days but it will keep for a week in the fridge.

The ratio of chia seeds to liquid is more up to preference than anything, but I’ve given you my preferred ratios below. Add more or less liquid according to your preference.

There are a ton of flavour combinations you can try out and a quick google search will reveal them to you. Check this list out for 32 different flavours of chia pudding.

I usually like to top my chia pudding with homemade granola for some texture. Check out my recipe for granola here. An added bonus is some fruit compote, The day I took these pictures I managed to find some blueberries at my local supermarket and I made a batch of blueberry compote that surprisingly went well with the peanut butter chia pudding! You can also simplify the toppings and just add some chopped nuts and dried/fresh fruit. Top it, don’t top it, it’s completely up to you!