banana almond butter chia pudding;

almond butter banana chia pudding;

A sweet chia pudding with bananas and nut butter for a perfect balanced morning.

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So Tyler and I are trying out a Whole 30 diet this month to see what the benefits are.  If it helps us feel and look better, we may try it again for the month before the wedding!  So far we’re about a week into it, look out for a post next month about our experience so far with the diet!  For anyone who’s not familiar with this latest fad diet, I’ll try to summarize:

• No sugar additives, real or artificial.  What does that mean?  No white sugar, brown sugar, honey, agave nectar, coconut syrup, etc. in anything you eat.  Fruits and foods with naturally occurring sugar are fine in moderation.
• No alcohol.  Nope, nada, none.  Not even for cooking.
• No grains.  Basically most starches.  Foods that contain natural starches like potatoes are a-ok.
• No legumes.  Any kind of bean, also peas, chickpeas, lentils, and peanuts and includes all forms of soy: soy sauce, miso, tofu, edamame, etc.
• No dairy.  Any milk or milk products including butter, yogurt, sour cream, and very very sadly, cheese.  =(
• No SWYPO.  A very weird acronym meaning “Sex with your pants on”.  What does that mean?  You can’t make banana ice cream and call it good.  You can’t make pancakes with coconut flour.  If the principle of the thing is off limits, it’s off limits.

So now that we’ve established the set of very stringent rules (there’s a couple of other principles I won’t get into here), you’ll be happy to know that chia seed pudding for breakfast IS whole 30!  And delicious, and actually surprisingly filling if you ask me.

Before this month, I had never tried chia seed pudding, and while it’s not the most amazing thing I’ve ever eaten, it’s a wholesome, easy breakfast that makes sticking to this diet way easier. The key is to prepare everything the night before and let the seeds soak.  You can use any nut-butter to your preference.  If you’re sticking to whole 30 that’d pretty much be any nut but peanut butter, but peanut butter is an option if you’re not sticking to whole 30.

You can go with a half a banana up to a full banana depending on size and hunger levels.  I’ve both added the banana while soaking and fresh in the morning, and while both options work fine, I actually prefer letting it soak overnight.

You can make them up to 3 days in advance, I’ll usually make two at a time.  You could do more, but in that case I’d just prepare the chia seeds + nut butter and keep the bananas fresh outside the mix until you’re ready to eat!

almond butter banana chia pudding;

A sweet chia pudding with bananas and nut butter for a perfect balanced morning.

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Wait Time: 8 hours hours

Oven Temp: –

Servings: 2

Author: bestwithchocolate.com

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Ingredients

• 2 heaping Tbsp chia seeds
• ⅔ cup almond milk
• 1 large banana or two small
• 2 Tbsp almond nut butter

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Instructions

• Prepare two containers to hold your chia puddings. Recommend 8oz mason jars.
• In each jar add, 1 Tbsp chia seeds and ⅓ cup almond milk and mix thoroughly.
• Add 1 Tbsp of almond nut butter (or more as desired).
• If banana is not overly ripe, you can slice and add to the containers. If they are on the ripe side, suggest skipping this step and waiting until later to slice
• Allow to soak overnight in the fridge.
• Serve cold. If you haven’t added the banana, slice and mix in before serving.

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