warm vanilla chia pudding comfort food

Chia Seeds are just lovely and full of omega 3 and a bunch of other good stuff. They kind of make me think of tapioca the way they swell up and pop when you bite them so I had a go at making a warm winter pudding a little bit like the Tapioca pudding my Mum used to make me. This is quick as anything and if you dont mind it cold you can just make it ahead of time, set in the fridge and serve with warm milk.

Recipe

2.5 cups of nut milk or non dairy milk of your choice

1/2 cup of Chia seeds

1 Tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla essence

pinch of cinnamon

pinch of nutmeg

Topping: mixed berries, drizzle of maple syrup, chopped nuts and extra nut milk.

Heat your nut milk until warmish but not hot.

Pour over your chia seeds.

Stir in maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg and then leave 10 minutes.

The longer you leave it the firmer it is but 10 minutes is enough to still be warm and quite set.

Scatter some berries over it, drizzle a spiral of maple syrup, sprinkle the chopped nuts and then make a moat of warm nut milk around the edge of the bowl. Look at that! Beautiful and very quick… oh and super nutritious.

If I hadnt eaten it while it was warm and fragrant I would have taken a photo for you but it was too delicious to muck around so you will just have to imagine it for yourself… aroma and all.