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Chia Seed Pudding


This recipe has been inspired by nuts.com, wherein I came across a multifariousness of post-workout snacks.Being a physical therapist, I sympathise the importance of working out together with eating good for yous . Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 good for yous balanced diet goes manus inwards manus alongside a regular exercise authorities to give 1 a good for yous body. You tin read to a greater extent than near the exercise portion below nether " tip for good for yous living". Coming dorsum to diet, it is of import to swallow the correct form of nutrient at the correct time.  Frequent small-scale meals are recommended to keep a steady blood saccharide score together with to preclude binge eating. It is of import to brand certain that every repast has some poly peptide inwards it. Proteins give us from getting hungry equally it takes longer to digest. Protein is needed for growth together with regeneration of the trunk tissues. It is also needed to construct muscles. Today, I am sharing alongside yous a recipe that would brand for a swell agency to start the day, or used equally a mid-day or a post-workout snack to refuel your day. It could also brand for a good for yous guilt-free dessert. This is perfect for those who want to lose weight together with fifty-fifty diabetics( equally long equally they don't add together whatsoever additional sugar/sweetener into it). 


Dietary poly peptide comes mainly from non-vegetarian sources. There are fewer vegetarian sources of poly peptide together with only  a handful of them are consummate proteins. Proteins are made upward of 20 amino acids, nine of which our trunk cannot hit together with thence withdraw to last sourced from our diet. Although lentils together with nuts are swell sources of protein, they are non complete proteins, that is why they are unremarkably paired alongside grains ( eg: idli-sambar, rice & beans, Hummus& pita). The handful of vegetarian sources of complete protein are soy, quinoa, buckwheet, hempseed together with chia seeds. 




Chia seeds are native to key together with southern United Mexican U.S.A. together with Guatamala. It is used inwards S American countries equally business office of their regular diet, due to it's nutritional value which provides them liberate energy for their difficult move inwards the fields. Chia seeds are non exclusively a swell source of poly peptide together with vitamins, they are the best plant-based source of omega-3 obese acids. You tin abide by to a greater extent than data near chia seeds here.




Being predominantly vegetarian, I am constantly striving to include poly peptide inwards my diet. Chia seeds are a swell source of poly peptide for vegetarians, providing iv grams of poly peptide for 2 tablespoons serving ( recommended). I stimulate got ever added Chia seeds into my daily oatmeal,  into my smoothies together with salad dressings, but had never made a pudding out of it until my co-worker introduced me to it. She is a health-conscious somebody who works out regularly together with eats healthy. She has been making this pudding for a patch forthwith together with uses it equally a mid-day or post-workout snack.  When I tried it, I savage inwards love alongside it! It was light, yet filling, making it a perfect snack! I so had to larn far for myself. My co-worker had also shared the master source of the recipe alongside me, which yous tin find here.The master recipe calls for evidently unsweetened almond milk, evidently Greek yogurt. I had some flavored kokosnoot yogurt  and  some evidently Greek yogurt that I wanted to finish.


I decided to brand the pudding using it. I mixed 1 loving cup of Greek yogurt alongside 1 loving cup of kokosnoot yogurt together with 1/4 th loving cup together with 2 tbsp chia seeds.



I decided to convey it to my friends at a gathering that nosotros were having. When I took it out of the fridge to convey it alongside me, I felt that the pudding was also thick. I so decided to add together some other loving cup of evidently kokosnoot yogurt to larn far a piffling thinner together with it worked. The best part, my not-so-healthy eating friends also enjoyed it. The exclusively fruit I had on manus were strawberries together with thence that's all I used. You could transcend this pudding earlier serving alongside whatsoever topping of your choice: fruits of your choice & nuts of your choice if yous wish!



The making of this pudding is also really versatile. You could larn far vegan if yous wishing past times using almond milk/ soy milk/coconut milk/ soy yogurt/coconut yogurt if yous wish. Or yous could but larn far alongside regular milk together with yogurt. I used Greek yogurt to growth the poly peptide content of my snack. You could larn far sweetened or unsweetened. When made unsweetened, it makes for a swell snack for diabetics equally well. If yous wishing to sweeten it, yous tin sweeten it alongside good for yous sweeteners similar maple syrup/honey/agave or alongside regular chocolate-brown sugar/sugar.I chose to larn far good for yous together with used honey. You could fifty-fifty drizzle dear on transcend earlier serving  instead of mixing it in.





The beauty of this recipe is that it is but mixing of a few ingredients together together with putting it inwards the refrigerator. You could brand a batch on Sunday night together with accept them a piffling everyday , topped alongside freshly cutting fruits to swallow at move or afterward your work-out. Do endeavour this, yous powerfulness similar it, but the agency I do! Yes, the texture does accept a piffling getting used to! Then again, I love textures inwards my food.



Servings: 4-6 ( 1 loving cup each)


Ingredients :


Plain/ flavored Greek yogurt: 1 six-oz cup
Plain/ flavored Coconut yogurt: 2 cups ( whatsoever yogurt tin last used)
Chia seeds: 1/4 loving cup together with 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence: 1/2 tsp
Salt: a pinch
Honey/maple syrup: 1 tsp ( optional)
Strawberries: 4-6 , 1 sliced strawberry per cup.
Nuts of your choice: 1 tbsp, chopped ( optional)

Method:


Add the chia seeds, yogurt, salt, vanilla essence to a bowl. Use a whisk/ big spoon together with mix thoroughly.



Cover the bowl together with refrigerate it for 3-4 hours minimum.

When laid upward to serve, using a whisk, mix it 1 time thoroughly to brand certain at that spot are no lumps.

Serve inwards bowls the desired amount ( around 3/4 loving cup per person).
Top it alongside sliced fruits of your choice. In my case, strawberries.



Garnish alongside chopped nuts if yous wish.

Enjoy! 

You tin abide by to a greater extent than post-workout  healthy snacks and high poly peptide snacks  by clicking on them.

I am bringing this good for yous snack for all my friends to endeavour at Throwback Thursday#36, Saucy Saturdays#42! The co-hosts this calendar week are 2 first-class bloggers, Mollie @ The Frugal Hausfrau and Scarlett @ Unwed Housewife


Cooking made easy:


This pudding tin last adjusted to your desired consistency past times adding some form of milk to the mixture.

 If yous are wary of the chia seeds, a practiced house to start would last alongside a piffling fleck of chia seeds together with role Greek yogurt so that yous even so stimulate got a protein-rich snack. As yous larn used to the texture, yous tin growth the amount of chia seeds used.

It is a practiced thought to serve this pudding alongside fruits that are sweetness together with non role much of the sweeteners to sweeten it.


Tip for good for yous living:


When 1 decides to exercise, choosing the correct form of exercise is but equally important. There are 2 types of exercise: aerobic together with anaerobic. Aerobic  exercise is low-impact action that yous tin do for a long catamenia of time. Some examples are walking, jogging, cycling together with swimming. Anaerobic exercises are those that are high-impact or strenuous and  tin last done for exclusively brusk duration. These  include sprinting together with lifting weights.  If your intent is to loose weight, yous withdraw to do aerobic exercises. If your goal is to construct muscle, yous withdraw to focus on anaerobic exercise such equally lifting weights. Regardless of your intent, the best exercise regimen is 1 that makes yous do a combination  of aerobic exercises together with lifting weights. When yous construct muscles, they shipping away liberate energy fifty-fifty when yous are non exercising together with this helps accelerate loss of weight. 

References:
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2011/05/13/getting-fit-doesnt-mean-killing-yourself.aspx
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-sarokin/best-exercise-programs_b_4158115.html
http://www.webmd.com/diet/truth-about-chia
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/12-complete-vegetarian-proteins.html

Food for thought:


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