A healthy make-ahead breakfast or snack that is high in protein and easy to take along for lunch for school.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Gluten-free
Keyword: chia, greek yogurt
Servings: 1breakfast sized servings or 2 snack sized
Calories: 404kcal
Author: Trish | The In Fine Balance Food Blog
Ingredients
½cupyogurt, your choiceI used unsweetened greek yogurt, or greek-style coconut yogurt
3tablespoonchia seeds
½cupnon-dairy milkunsweetened almond, or unsweetened vanilla almond milk is
1-2teaspoonsweetner of your choice½ packet of stevia for a calorie free sweetner
1cupfresh berries or other fruit
Instructions
Mix yogurt, non-dairy milk and chia seeds in a small container. Stir well until fully combined. Sweeten to taste using honey, maple syrup, or stevia. Stir well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Top with fresh fruit, I like berries. But all fresh fruit works - banana, kiwi, mango, pineapple, diced pears or apples.
Notes
Nutritional information is for the full recipe or meal-sized serving. The recipe makes 2 snack-sized containers, all nutritional information should be divided by two.For a meal-sized serving, you will need a 500ml mason jar to accommodate both the pudding and the fruit for the assembled parfait.For snack-sized servings, you will need two (2) 250ml mason jars to accommodate both the pudding and the fruit for the assembled parfait.This recipe is gluten-freeTo make this recipe vegan substitute the dairy-based greek yogurt for a plant-based yogurt, I like coconut greek-style yogurt the best here. Nutritional information will vary from about if a plant-based yogurt is used.