{"id":1118,"date":"2013-05-16T11:02:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2017-02-18T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T22:44:32","slug":"chia-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/chia-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana-Coconut Chia Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chia seeds are one of my favorite ingredients. The term “super-food” gets thrown around too much these days, but chia really is the epitome of a super-food. To quote Christopher McDougall in Born to Run<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

In terms of nutritional content, a tablespoon of chia is like a smoothie made from salmon, spinach, and human growth hormone. As tiny as those seeds are, they\u2019re superpacked with omega-3s, omega-6s, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, fiber, and antioxidants. If you had to pick just one desert-island food, you couldn’t do much better than chia, at least if you were interested in building muscle, lowering cholesterol, and reducing your risk of heart disease; after a few months on the chia diet, you could probably swim home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the great things about chia seeds is that they “gelatinize” in liquid. This turns a tablespoon of chia and some liquid into a semi-solid jelly that makes the perfect texture for a breakfast porridge.<\/p>\n

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There are at least 2.85 million chia pudding \/ chia porridge recipes on the internet. What’s new and better about this one? For starters, we’re blending the chia seeds to give it a nice creamy consistency. We’re also adding some rolled oats, vanilla, and lemon juice to round out the flavors. And there’s some mashed banana that we’ll add at the last minute.<\/p>\n

This recipe needs at least 2-3 hours in the refrigerator for the seeds to gelatinize, but it keeps well for several days. It’s a great idea to make a big batch one evening so you have a healthy, super-food breakfast already made for the next 2-3 days.<\/p>\n

Makes 1 (big) bowl<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/h4>\n
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