Oatmeal To-Go!

I love to eat oatmeal in the morning, it's one of the only foods that keep me going until lunch. Sometimes I don't have the time to make it in the morning, so I decided to try making some baked oatmeal banana muffins. They are perfect to grab on the go in the morning. 

Ingredients: 

3 ripe bananas 

1 egg 

1 cup coconut milk 

1/4 cup maple syrup 

3 cups oats 

1 tsp baking powder 

Chia seeds 

Directions: 

Blend all wet ingredients in the blender, add to dry ingredients. Let the combination sit for 20-30 minutes. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees. Enjoy! 

-M

Chocolate Chia Pudding Dessert

We have previously done a Chia Seed Breakfast Pudding and now it’s time for a slightly different variant that can still be used for breakfast but is also an amazing dessert, and healthy as well and really, that is any woman’s dream, a dessert that is tasty but also good for you. Pretty much everyone by now has heard that “chia seeds are good for you,” they are the new trend and are being included in many recipes, but why are they good for you? Chia seeds are extremely high in fiber, in about two tablespoons of chia seeds you get very close to HALF of your daily requirement for fiber, making you able to reach your daily fiber requirement in a low-calorie way. Chia seeds are also high in omega-3’s or the “healthy fat” as they are known. Omega-3 is an essential fat, meaning it cannot be synthesized by your body, which means you have to get it from your diet. Some of the health benefits of omega-3 are still controversial but regardless of your opinion on them, omega-3 still needs to be a part of everyone’s diet as they play a role in metabolism and inflammation in the body, as well as in the development of the brain, eyes and nerves.

Ingredients:

 ~ 2 tablespoons of chia seed

~ 4 tablespoons of vanilla almond milk or enough to cover the chia seeds

1 banana

shredded coconut

cocoa powder 

I used a mason jar so that I could make this the night before and bring it with me to school the next morning for our lovely 8 am class. 

Put the chia seeds and almond milk in the jar and mix it together well so all the chia seeds get wet and then store in the fridge overnight-you can also make this the morning of as it only takes about 5 minutes for the pudding to form. 

Slice the banana over it to top and sprinkle the shredded coconut and cocoa powder on top. I used about 1/4 of a tsp of cocoa powder.

I've also made it before where you mix the cocoa powder into the milk and chia seeds in the beginning, which also works well.

-A  

Chia Seed Breakfast Pudding

In many recipes, chia seeds are used as a substitute for eggs or even sometimes butter. This is because, as you may have noticed, chia seeds when exposed to moisture, form a gel.

Chia seeds are a good source of protein, so when paired with a fruit, can make a great breakfast.

I was originally going to make a vanilla flavoured pudding, but when I accidentally grabbed the wrong jar and added almond extract, I decided to go with the flow and continue this recipe as an almond flavoured one.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons of chia seeds

~¼ cup of almond milk

One banana

A drop of almond extract

Vanilla bean

Almond Slivers

This recipe is really quick to make. Put the chia seeds in a bowl and stir in the almond milk and almond extract. Put in the fridge and let it sit for a couple of minutes, this is great time to go get dressed or do your hair. After a few minutes, go check to see if it has coagulated and if it has top with a sliced banana, slivered almonds and grate some vanilla bean to top.

I was surprised at how tasty this was, but it didn’t completely fill me up, so I paired it with a poached egg.  

-A