S’mores Chia-Quinoa Pudding inspired by your favorite campfire dessert! Packed with healthy fats and carbs, this sweet sugar-free bowl will definitely leave you wanting s’more!
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Even though they’re really good for you, chia puddings have a bit of a weird consistency. When they just sit with the milk for a while, each individual pod develops a slimy film around it. So when you take a spoonful in your mouth, you kinda get that gelatinous feel.
Not always the best.
If you’re one of those who avoids chia puddings for this very reason, you might want to try this version to get that low calorie nutrient boost.
Adding quinoa to the almost-thick chia pudding makes the texture a lot more tolerable, and also adds a slight nutty flavor to it.
Top it with some pieces of dark chocolate, graham cracker cereal and marshmallow (all sugar-free of course), and you won’t even know that there’s a chia pudding under there.
Campfire Breakfast S’mores Chia Pudding with Quinoa
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds, 28g
- 1 cup Almond Milk, Unsweetened
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon
- Stevia Sweetener, 1½ tsp sugar worth (Use your brand's Conversion Chart)
- ¼ cup Quinoa, Cooked, about 47g
Toppings:
- 2 Sugar-free Marshmallows, chopped
- 2 Tbsp Graham Cracker Cereal
- 5 squares Dark Chocolate
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients except quinoa, in a bowl.
- Cover and place in a refrigerator for at least 4 hours, and will be thickest after 8-10 hours.
- Fold in the quinoa once the chia pudding has thickened. Add a tbsp of Almond milk if you want it thinner.
- Serve chilled with some chocolate, grahams and marshmallows (optionally broil them in an oven until golden brown)!
Notes
- Let quinoa cool completely before combining with other ingredients.
- Cook dry Quinoa:
- Rinse thoroughly in cold water to avoid any bitter taste.
- Bring one part quinoa and 2 parts water to a boil in saucepan, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes until quinoa is fluffy and all the water is absorbed.
- Remove from heat and let rest for 5 minutes. Fluff the quinoa with a fork and transfer to a plate.
- Nutritional value is calculated using products and recipe recommended below.
- Wholesome Yum Sugar-Free Marshmallows
- Catalina Crunch Honey Graham Cereal
- Lily’s Original Dark Chocolate
- Without toppings:
- Servings: 1¼ cups | Serving size: 1¼ cups
- Calories: 235kcal
- Fat: 12.6g | Saturated fat: 0.8g
- Carbohydrates: 23.9g | Fiber: 13.3g | Sugar: 0g
- Protein: 7.6g
- With toppings:
- Servings: 1½ cups | Serving size: 1½ cups
- Calories: 324kcal
- Fat: 20.5g | Saturated fat: 3.5g
- Carbohydrates: 33.7g | Fiber: 19.3g | Sugar: 0.4g
- Protein: 10.5g
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