Chia Pudding Green Smoothie
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegan, Vegetarian, Healthy
Prep time: 
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Serves:: 4 1½ C servings
 
A delicious breakfast combination!
Ingredients:
  • For the Chia Pudding:
  • ½ C Chia seeds
  • 2 C Unsweetened almond or coconut milk (more or less depending on how thick you want it)
  • 1 T Agave nectar, maple syrup, or honey
  • 1 t Vanilla extract, or almond, coconut, or lemon extracts
  • For the Green(s) Smoothie:
  • 1 C Water
  • 1 C Coconut Milk, Skim milk, almond milk, unsweetened
  • 1 C Baby Spinach, loosely packed
  • 1 Celery Stalk, chopped into 5 pieces
  • 1 Fuji apple, cored and chopped into 6 pieces
  • 1 T Agave nectar
  • Garnish with kiwi, pomegranate seeds, or as desired
Directions:
  1. For the Chia Pudding:
  2. In a quart-sized jar with a tight fitting lid, combine chia seeds and milk of choice.
  3. With a spoon, stir very well, a few times, for the next 6 minutes.
  4. Add the sweetener, vanilla or flavoring, spice mix, if using, and stir well again.
  5. Tighten lid and place in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours, or, up to overnight.
  6. For the Green(s) Smoothie:
  7. Combine each of the items in a blender container in the order listed.
  8. Process on Grate (or blend), then highest speed until texture is very smooth, about 30 seconds.
  9. Add more or less water depending on desired consistency.
  10. To Combine:
  11. In 4 small clear serving dishes, pour in equal amounts of chia pudding.
  12. Add fresh fruits as desired.
  13. Slowly pour in green smoothie, leaving room to add more fresh fruit, if desired.
Recipe by My Sweet California Life at /chia-pudding-green-smoothie/