I love making ahead healthy vegan breakfasts like my Tiramisu Overnight Oats, Vegan Blueberry Breakfast Bars, or Healthy Banana Waffles and now this 3-ingredient chia pudding recipe. It’s a convenient way to feed the entire family in the morning, and this plain recipe can be tweaked to anyone’s taste. A chia pudding is a healthy breakfast pudding made of overnight soaked chia seed into milk. Chia puddings are naturally:
Grain-free Paleo-friendly Vegan-friendly Keto low-carb approved Gluten-free
Since chia seeds are superfoods with a very high amount of fiber, protein, and healthy fat, a chia seed pudding is a healthy breakfast to start the day.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make this plain chia pudding are:
Chia Seeds – you can buy chia seeds in two different colors: white chia seeds or black chia seeds. There’s no nutritional difference between both seeds, and you can interchangeably use one or the other in chia seed recipes. Some people prefer white chia seeds because of their bland color. Non-dairy milk – feel free to use any plant-based milk you love like almond milk, vanilla almond milk, oat milk, or coconut milk to create different chia pudding flavors and textures. Sweetener – you can add an unrefined liquid sweetener like maple syrup, my favorite option for best flavor, or a sugar-free sweetener to make a keto chia pudding.
How To Make 3-Ingredient Chia Pudding
It’s very easy to make a chia pudding recipe using only 3 basic ingredients. Let me share how you can make this easy chia pudding recipe.
The Perfect Chia Pudding Ratio
The ratio to make a creamy, simple chia pudding with 3 ingredients is always 3 tablespoons of chia per cup of liquid. Then, if you add any other ingredient high in protein or fiber, the liquid ratio must be increased to avoid a too dense pudding.
Chia Seed Pudding Toppings
This is the most simple chia pudding recipe, plain with no extra flavor. To make this breakfast tastier, serve half of the batch with some toppings below:
Berries – raspberries, strawberries, blueberries. Peanut butter Almond butter A Drizzle of extra sweetener – like maple syrup or coconut nectar. Chopped nuts – peanuts, almond, pistachios. Seeds – hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds.
Flavors
You can create different pudding flavors using this 3-ingredient chia seeds pudding recipe by adding some of the ingredients below. Stir in 1-2 tablespoons of:
Chocolate Chips – any kind of chocolate chip works Protein Powder – this changes the chia pudding texture. It means the recipe will require more milk as well because protein powder absorbs liquids and make the pudding ultra thick. Mashed Bananas or applesauce. Desiccated Coconut Dried Fruits – cranberries, dried raisins, finely chopped apricot.
Storage Instructions
Store the leftover chia pudding in sealed glass mason jars, as seen in the pictures.
More Chia Seed Recipes
It’s amazing all the recipes you can create with chia seeds from dessert pudding, pies, or jam. Below are my favorite chia seeds recipes for you to try.
