Mixed Berries Smoothie | Chia Seed Smoothie

Mixed Berries Smoothie, a delicious and fulfilling smoothie made from the varieties of berries. This mixed berries smoothie is a healthy breakfast smoothie and can be prepared in minutes. 

As spring is in full swing here now, the fresh produce aisles are filled with different varieties of berries. So I have been snacking on the berries a lot nowadays and also making these kinds of smoothies often as breakfast  when I'm planning for an earlier/heavy lunch meal. 

Though I have used fresh berries for this smoothie, it can also be made with frozen berries, tried a couple of times and it tastes equally good. In addition to the fruits, I have used some soaked chia seeds for extra nutrition and also it gives thickness to the smoothie. 

Ok, let's check out on how to make this delicious smoothie.

Mixed Berries Smoothie

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Apple - 1/2 
Blue Berry - 1/4 cup
Raspberry - 1/4 cup
Maple syrup/Honey - as needed
Milk - 1 cup
Chia seed - 1/2 tsp

Procedure

Take the chia seed in a bowl, add the water(1/4 cup) and set it aside for minimum 20 to 30 mins to bloom or until it becomes all gel like consistency.

Next, in a blender/mixie jar, add apple & berries, grind them into smooth puree, then add the milk.

Next add the maple syrup and  soaked chia seed, again pulse it until all mix together.

Healthy Mixed Berries Smoothie is ready.

Related: How to make Pomegranate Milkshake

Notes:

• In addition to blueberry & raspberry, you can add whatever the berries you like or have it.
• Instead of maple syrup, you can use whatever the sweetener you like too.
• Soaked chia seed stays well in refrigerator up to a  week.
  

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Chia Seed Mango Pudding | Chia Seed Pudding

Chia seed mango pudding, a delicious, flavorful & easy to make pudding with chia seed and mango. The whole food blogging world has already tried every possible flavor of chia seed pudding, so here, nothing new !!! I'm simply sharing my way of making chia seed mango pudding here.

Coming to Chia seed, it's  believed to be super food which means it has more micro nutrients and also it's excellent source of omega 3 fatty acid and rich in antioxidant.  But also European union declared chia seed as "Novel food" which means chia seed doesn't have a history of human consumption. So guess it's one of the food that got viral around some five years back only.

Chia seed looks almost similar to basil seeds/tukmaria/sabja seeds which is quite popular in India and extensively used in North Indian drinks like falooda. Both seeds are bloom when soaked in liquid and increase in its size. I'm not going into benefits of eating chia seeds, lot of online source available, if interested, google will help you. As far as me, i would like to include as much as variety in my food, so chia seed is one of the addition!!! 

Now coming to chia seed pudding, it's so easy to make and can have it as breakfast or as quick snack . Chia seed takes time to bloom, so if you have soaked them and keep it in refrigerator(it stays well for 5 days), then this pudding can be made in mins. Now let's check out how to make this super easy chia seed mango pudding.

Chia Seed Mango Pudding

Preparation Time : 2 hrs | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Pudding | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Chia Seed - 2 tbsp
Milk - 1 cup
Mango -1 
Maple syrup - 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp(optional)

Procedure

Take the chia seed in a bowl and add milk, mix it well and let it sit aside for 2 hrs. You can mix this previous night and keep it refrigerator for next morning breakfast.

Next take the mango, scoop out the flesh(reserve few pieces to add into the pudding) and grind into smooth puree.

Once the chia seeds are well soaked and bloomed, add maple syrup and mix it well. Pour the chia seed milk mixture into the serving bowl.

Then add the mango puree and again chia seed. Finally top it with few mango pieces.

That's it Yummy and fulfilling Chia Seed Mango Pudding is ready.

Related: How to make Detox Chia Seed Lemon Drink 

Notes:

• For 1 cup of milk, you can up to 3 tbsp of chia seeds depends on how thick you like you pudding.
• Instead of regular milk, any plant based milk also works.
• Tried once with coconut milk, mango and coconut flavors really goes together well.
• If you like you can add some toasted coconut on top for extra flavor.
• Soaked chia seed can stay well in refrigerator for up to 5 days.
  

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Raspberry Smoothie With Chia Seeds | Smoothie Recipe

Raspberry Smoothie, a delicious and easy to make fulfilling smoothie with few ingredients. Smoothies can be made with almost all fruits and any type of milk like full fat, skim milk, coconut milk  and almond milk or even with curd. I personally prefer to make my smoothie with milk if the fruit has little tartness in it and with curd if the fruit is too sweet to balance out the taste. The raspberry that i have used today has little bit of tartness in it, so i used milk here, taste your berries, based on that you can use milk or curd or as per your liking.

Here in today's smoothie i have added some soaked chia seeds to the smoothie. Adding chia seeds to your drink helps to keep you fill for very long time, so you can have this as breakfast smoothie if you plan for earlier lunch. Chia seeds are often known as super food and have many amino acids which the body needs, also the nutritional experts advice to include in the diet. And this is one of many way of me including this super food in my diet other than adding into my honey water or oats bowl. Do give it a try, it's tasty and fulfilling!!!

Raspberry Smoothie With Chia Seed

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Raspberry - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Maple syrup/Honey - as needed
Chia seed - 1/2 tsp

Procedure

Take the chia seed in a bowl, add the water(1/4 cup) and set it aside for minimum 20 to 30 mins to bloom or until it becomes all gel like consistency.In a blender/mixie jar add the raspberry, milk & maple syrup and grind into smooth mixture.Pour into the glass and add chia seed into it . Mix it well and topped it with few berries.Tasty, healthy & fulfilling Raspberry smoothie is ready.

Notes:

• Add more or less of sweet as per the sweet of the berries and your preference.
• If you're having the habit of eating chia seed daily, then you can soak more chia seed & refrigerate and use as needed base.
• Soaked chia seed stays well in refrigerator up to a  week.
  

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Oatmeal with Chia Seeds | Oatmeal with dried nuts & fruits

Oatmeal bowl, a healthy & quick to make breakfast from oats and topped with dried nuts & fruits or fresh fruits. The topping options are endless here and you can use whatever the seasonal fruits available in your pantry or any dried fruits. I knew that the whole blogging world had already tried various oatmeal bowl options and the internet is filled with so many amazing recipes, guess i'm too late for the oatmeal party now :-) ,nevertheless it's better late than never, right?? . In addition to the dried fruits & nuts, i have added the soaked chia seeds in the oatmeal bowl. Chia seeds are rich in antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids, adding them make the oatmeal bowl more nutritious and fulfill.
The main reason for sharing the oatmeal bowl now is that I have developed the taste for oatmeal bowl recently, how can i share some recipe before without me liking first? Few months back, when we traveled because of ST's work, we stayed in hotel for around 10 days, that's when i tried this oatmeal bowl from the hotel's breakfast. It had wide variety of topping options and i started to play around with the toppings and i liked it very much then, in the past i would have sticked with the bread & peanut butter, but that time, i wanted to explore the other options !!! So after that, i have included this kind of oatmeal bowl in my breakfast once in a week when i'm out of dosa/idli batter or too lazy to prepare any other breakfast. 

When i'm writing this post today, it's snowing here continuously from the time when i woke up. Despite the difficulties associated with snow weather, i love watching those falling snow for hours through my window. It's magical!! At the same time, even watching sunny weather in movies or in tv shows makes me longing for those sunny days, Ironic,it is !!!  Grew up in hot,sunny weather make me fascinate about the snow always, will i ever stop fascinating about snow ?? Don't know, wondering about the people who born and bought up in this weather for the whole life, do they feel like me? Having new sense of respect for them who hardly complain about this extreme weather and enjoy the life !!! Ok, now let's check out how i have prepared this oatmeal bowl.

Oatmeal with Chia Seeds

Preparation Time : 20 mins | Cooking Time : 6 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Oatmeal,chia seeds,dried nuts,dried fruits Oatmeal bowl, a healthy & quick to make breakfast from oats and topped with dried nuts & fruits or fresh fruits.

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Ingredients
Oats - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup(for oats)
Salt - a pinch
Dried nuts & fruits - as needed
Chia seed - 1/2 tsp
Maple syrup - as needed 

Procedure

Take the chia seed in a bowl, add the water(1/4 cup) and set it aside for minimum 20 to 30 mins to bloom or until it becomes all gel like consistency.Next pour the water and milk into the sauce pan and bring into boil.In the mean time, chop the dried nuts & fruits as needed. Once the milk starts to boil, add the oats.Add pinch of salt and let it cook until all the milk mixture evaporates and oats gets soft.Remove from the flame and transfer into the serving bowl and topped with nuts, fruits, soaked chia seed & maple syrup.Healthy Oatmeal is ready to serve. For various topping idea, do check out my instagram page

Notes:

• You can add more or less of chia seed as per your liking.
• I have used pecans, walnuts & dates for serving, you can use whatever dried fruits & nuts you like.
• If you're having the habit of eating oats daily, then you can soak more chia seed & refrigerate and use as needed base.
• Soaked chia seed stays well in refrigerator up to a  week.
  

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Chia Seed Lemon Drink | Chia Seed Detox Water | Detox Water

Chia Seed Lemon Drink, a simple to make detox water at home with easily available ingredients from your pantry. When i saw the word "Detox water" for the first time, i wondered what is it ? Actually it's a infused water with fruits/vegetables and if you have it on empty stomach in the morning, it's said to help remove the toxins from the body and keep you energetic throughout the day. 

I'm not sure about all that claims about the detox water, but i wanna change my morning coffee routine to some what healthy drinks.So for the past couple of months, i have been drinking this lemon water with chia seed for twice or thrice in a week instead of my morning morning coffee and really like it, that means it deserves a post here. 

Chia Seed Lemon Drink | Chia Seed Detox Water

Preparation Time : 1 hr | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Drinks | Recipe Cuisine: International
Chia Seed Lemon Water, Chia seed Detox water, Detox Water Chia Seed Lemon Drink, a simple to make detox water at home with easily available ingredients from your pantry.

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Ingredients
Chia Seed - 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Honey - 1 tsp
Water - 1 cup

Procedure 

Chia Seed Mango Pudding for healthy breakfast !!

Take the chia seed in a bowl, add the water and set it aside for minimum 1 hr to bloom or until it becomes all gel like consistency.

Pour the chia gel in a serving bowl, squeeze the lemon juice and add the honey.

Mix it all well together and then add the water. Again mix it well and serve it with lemon wedges.

Tada, Simple Chia seed Lemon Drink is ready to serve. If interested in more chia seed recipes, check out this chia seed mango pudding or Raspberry chia smoothie or oatmeal recipe  

How to add chia seeds  in Smoothies 

Notes:

• The given quantity of the ingredients are based on my liking, you can add more or less of any ingredients as per your liking.
• You can soak the chia overnight in the refrigerator.  

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