Chia Pudding

Two more das before we say goodbye to 2016. I ask the same thing like everybody asks, where did the time go?? Have I failed to treasure the days that have passed? It is hard to believe that the year that feels so new, is now nearly over. There have always been things to do, million things to chose from, if you desire that. I am happy that I don't have a day in which I get bored and have no clue on what I should do. I love most of everything that happened this year and I will do my best to forget the unpleasant things that took place.

I still have lots of love for chia pudding. It's a healthy but simple thing to prepare and there are so many variations to make. You can use any type of liquid, milk, chocolate flavor, matcha, vanilla, cinnamon sugar, etc. You can top the pudding with anything you like as well. Your imagination is the limit.

Cocoa Oatmeal Balls

These Cocoa Oatmeal balls are simple to make and they are great healthy snacks or breakfast if you like, or both. 

Ingredients:
10-12 medjool dates, removed the seed and slice
1 cup oatmeal
1/3 c coconut oil
1/3 c cocoa powder
1/2 c grated coconut
1 Tsp chia seeds
1/3 c grated coconut for final coating

Toast oatmeal with 1/2 of the coconut oil over medium heat, stir occasionally until they smell fragrant and toasty. Let them cool. 

Process the oatmeal using a food processor, add sliced dates and process more. They do not have to be very smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and mix using the food processor until they come together. Roll into balls and roll them in grated coconut to coat. 

Chia Pudding

This is still one of my favorite breakfasts. It is easy to prepare and it doesn't require that many ingredients.

Chia Pudding Breakfast

Chia pudding breakfast does not take much time to prepare, mainly because it is prepared the night before. What I need to do in the morning is chopping up the fruit and topping the pudding with whatever I want. And breakfast is ready. A fresh and healthy one. 

Chocolate Chia Pudding

Here comes my wicked chocolate chia pudding that I had yesterday morning. The pudding had pomegranate seeds on the base and topped with more pomegranate, cubed mangoes and strawberries.

Granola Breakfast

I always like to have a more elaborate granola for breakfast. It is a bit too plain if I have granola with yoghurt alone, especially when time permits. I tend to eat fruits in the morning anyway. It's my ritual that is hard to break. So here is my granola breakfast.  I had it with pomegranate, raspberries, persimmon, dried figs, blueberries and mint leaves and sprinkled them with chia seeds for extra boost for health. 

Coconut Chia Pudding

My breakfast this morning was prepared last night. Easy and delicious, this was put together and kept in the fridge overnight, stirred a couple of times. In the morning, I took it out from the fridge and put whatever I want. Breakfast was ready, just like that.

I used coconut milk instead of almond milk that I normally mix in. It is creamy and tasty.

Matcha Chia Pudding

Chia pudding is cooling and soothing and with added fruits, it becomes such a nice and healthy breakfast. It doesn't require cooking, but simply mixing liquid and the chia seeds the night before and by morning, it would be ready for consumption. 

Unfortunately it can't wipe away sadness and broken hearts. Maybe someday,  someone will be able to make a pill to cure them. Dream big! 

Chia Pudding Breakfast

Another chia pudding breakfast, topped with pomegranate, mango and blackberries. Just fresh and good. 

Breakfast, Breakfast! Homemade Breakfasts!

It's 2015 and January nearly ends. These are some of my homemade breakfasts in December. I had overnight oatmeal with chia seeds above, pancakes and more healthylicious below. 

Strawberry Chia Pudding

A healthy homemade breakfast I made sometime ago. Strawberry flavored Chia pudding with more strawberries and some sprinkles of grated coconut on top.

Chia Pudding Breakfast

Being back home means that I can have homemade Chia pudding, which is so easy to make. I had it with granola and goji berries as well as cut up papaya. On the side, I also had more fresh fruit. Healthy breakfast was served.

Oatmeal Breakfast

I got many of my favorite things in a bowl for breakfast. This is a bowl of warm oatmeal cooked with low fat milk and topped with kiwi slices, dried figs and raspberries and sprinkled with goji berries, sesame seeds, chia seeds, cocoa nibs, almond and sesame seeds.

Mango Smoothie

On a hot sunny afternoon, a glass of mango smoothie is a good company. I mixed it with banana and orange and topped it with strawberry pieces and chia seeds.

Chia Pudding Breakfast

It has been more than a month, this was my first attempt on making Chia Pudding. It was really easy, because what I needed to do was to soak the chia seeds in milk overnight and the next morning it was ready for consumption. I also mixed in some oatmeal in the pudding. All I needed to do was to add whatever I wanted on it. 

I topped the pudding was dried figs, blueberries, granola. almond and sesame seeds. Lots of toppings. They make the whole thing good!