{"id":1275,"date":"2016-08-24T04:33:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T04:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2016-09-04T03:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T03:40:17","slug":"1275-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/1275-2","title":{"rendered":"Chia Seed Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day,\u00a0but I get into ruts and end up eating the same thing day after day; usually, whatever is easiest or I happen to be making for my daughter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->Here is one of my favorite make-ahead recipes, which I love incorporating into my routine. \u00a0I always feel so good knowing I am starting out the day with something that is actually fueling my body and the chia seeds do\u00a0just that. \u00a0They provide\u00a0omega-3 fatty acids, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, antioxidants, and\u00a0calcium, all while being satisfying and keeping me full until\u00a0lunch. \u00a0This recipe is so good and easy &#8211; it&#8217;s a must try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/giada-de-laurentiis\/chia-seed-pudding.html\">Giada De Laurentiis<\/a>\u00a0for Food Network<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Chia Seed Pudding<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup unsweetened Greek yogurt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup unsweetened almond milk (carageenan free!)<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp\u00a0maple syrup, + 2 tsp for serving<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup chia seeds<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 cup almonds *optional<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 tsp himalayan sea salt<\/li>\n<li>1 pint strawberries hulled and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup dried coconut flakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Directions:<\/span><\/strong> In a medium bowl, gently whisk the almond milk, yogurt, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, the vanilla and 1\/8 teaspoon salt until just blended. Whisk in the chia seeds and almonds- let stand 30 minutes. \u00a0Cover and refrigerate overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, in a medium bowl, toss the berries with the remaining 4 teaspoons maple syrup. Mix in the almonds.<br \/>\nSpoon the pudding into 4 bowls or glasses; top the pudding with the\u00a0berry mixture and finish with a\u00a0sprinkle of coconut flakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1279 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chiaseedpudding.jpg\" alt=\"chiaseedpudding\" width=\"650\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day,\u00a0but I get into ruts and end up eating the same thing day after day; usually, whatever is easiest or I happen to be making for my daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[448,453,452,608,607,612,606,604,605,611,613,610,609],"class_list":["post-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-almond-milk","tag-breakfast","tag-breakfast-recipes","tag-chia-seed-pudding","tag-chia-seeds","tag-food","tag-food-network","tag-giada","tag-giada-de-laurentiis","tag-healthy","tag-healthy-recipes","tag-recipes","tag-yogurt"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chia-seed-pudding.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1275"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeautifulhunt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}