So quick and easy to make and chock full of chia -- a "super food" lauded as a nutrient powerhouse, chia pudding is what was for breakfast and bedtime snack yesterday, as well as what was for picnic dinner just a couple weeks ago.
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| We made these servings with a extra seeds for stiffness, so it was easy to scoop from jars to single serving containers at a dinner picnic. |
Chia seeds absorb up to 10 times their weight in fluid and add fiber, protein, calcium, zinc and omega-3's to our diets, but do not create a texture that any of my kids loudly protest! (Granted, given the day, at least one of my three kids only takes a small serving of pudding. But, if 4 out of 5 people in my home love a dish, I consider it a "keeper!")
How do I make chia pudding?
Chia pudding is quick, easy and adaptable to make! My two favorites are vanilla and chocolate:
Vanilla Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 can organic coconut milk
- an overflowing 1/3 cup chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- a few shakes of sea salt
- 3 tablespoons raw, local honey
Procedure
Put all ingredients into a blender, whiz, pour into a jar, put in the fridge, shake a few times and let sit for a couple hours or overnight. Then enjoy with toppings of choice - for me, that means berries!
Increase or decrease the chia seeds to achieve stiffer or soupier consistancies and adjust the sweetener to taste. (Maple syrup works well, too!)
Chocolate Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 can organic coconut milk
- 1/3 scant cup chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- a few shakes of sea salt
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
Procedure
Put all ingredients into a blender, whiz, pour into a jar, put in the fridge, shake a few times and let sit for a couple hours or overnight. Then enjoy with toppings of choice - for me, that means coconut flakes and berries!
No blender?
No problem. Just mix the ingredients together in a jar and shake. The seeds don't actually need to be blended. I just prefer the texture that way.
No room in the fridge?
No problem. Mix it all together, let it sit for 10-15 minutes and enjoy. It just won't be as cold and refreshing unless your coconut milk was pre-chilled.
Where do you buy chia seeds?
We often find chia seeds at local discount stores like Ocean State Job Lot, TJ Maxx or Marshalls, but sometimes we purchase them from grocery stores or specialty stores. If you cannot find any locally (or want to help us out by clicking through an affiliate link to make a purchase), you can also also find plenty of chia seed choices on Amazon, of course.
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| Cooling off before bed with some vanilla chia pudding... |
We tend to use black chia seeds, because it is what our local stores most often carry. However, we occasionally use white ones, too, which are more aesthetically pleasing in vanilla pudding to some of our children.
Either way, we enjoy our chia pudding, and I am thrilled that preparing requires no cooking. I also find it tastes that much more delightful to me knowing it contains "super food"!
What are some of your favorite quick, cooling, no-cook treats? Do you enjoy chia seeds in other recipes?
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davidroemer -78p · 505 weeks ago
Reasons to believe Jesus is alive in a new life with God can be found in quotes from two prominent atheists and a biology textbook.
Thus the passion of man is the reverse of that of Christ, for man loses himself as man in order that God may be born. But the idea of God is contradictory and we lose ourselves in vain. Man is a useless passion. (Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, New York: Washington Square Press, p. 784)
Among the traditional candidates for comprehensive understanding of the relation of mind to the physical world, I believe the weight of evidence favors some from of neutral monism over the traditional alternatives of materialism, idealism, and dualism. (Thomas Nagel, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False, location 69 of 1831)
And certain properties of the human brain distinguish our species from all other animals. The human brain is, after all, the only known collection of matter that tries to understand itself. To most biologists, the brain and the mind are one and the same; understand how the brain is organized and how it works, and we’ll understand such mindful functions as abstract thought and feelings. Some philosophers are less comfortable with this mechanistic view of mind, finding Descartes’ concept of a mind-body duality more attractive. (Neil Campbell, Biology, 4th edition, p. 776 )
Sartre speaks of the "passion of man," not the passion of Christians. He is acknowledging that all religions east and west believe there is a transcendental reality and that perfect fulfillment comes from being united with this reality after we die. He then defines this passion with a reference to Christian doctrine which means he is acknowledging the historical reasons for believing in Jesus. He does not deny God exists. He is only saying the concept of God is contradictory. He then admits that since life ends in the grave, it has no meaning.
From the title of the book, you can see that Nagel understands that humans are embodied sprits and that the humans soul is spiritual. He says, however, that dualism and idealism are "traditional" alternatives to materialism. Dualism and idealism are just bright ideas from Descartes and Berkeley. The traditional alternative to materialism is monism. According to Thomas Aquinas unity is the transcendental property of being. Campbell does not even grasp the concept of monism. The only theories he grasps are dualism and materialism.
If all atheists were like Sartre, it would be an obstacle to faith. An important reason to believe in Jesus is that practically all atheists are like Nagel and Campbell, not like Sartre.
MartianneS 53p · 471 weeks ago