Description
I’ve been making this spiced pumpkin chia pudding since the fall season started. Moreover, it’s not only the chia pudding, but also pumpkin overnight oats that have been in my menu almost daily. So, pumpkin all the way!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tbsp. (10g, 0.4oz) chia seeds, preferably ground
- ½ cup (120g, 4.2oz) unsweetened almond or hazelnut milk
- 100g (3.5oz) butternut squash puree (additive-free)
- ⅛ tsp. Himalayan salt
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp. ground cloves
- ⅛ tsp. cardamom
- ½ tsp. ginger powder
- ⅛ tsp. ground nutmeg
- Birch Xylitol or stevia to taste (I used 2 tsps. xylitol)
- ½ tbsp. carob powder
- 1 tsp. cocoa powder
- 6 tbsps. plain soy yogurt
- 1 tbsp. dried almond pulp or ground almonds (optional)
Instructions
QUICK VERSION
- First, mix together chia seeds and plant milk. Now, stir them well until the seeds have swollen a bit and don’t form clumps any more. Then, let it soak for at least 30 minutes. 15 minutes is enough, if you use ground chia seeds.
- Finally, add the remaining ingredients and mix until well incorporated.
WITH LAYERS
- Start with stirring the spices (except cocoa and carob), salt, 3 tbsps. of soy yogurt and sweetener into chia-almond milk mixture. After that divide the mixture into two parts.
- Then, add cocoa and carob to one part of the mixture and a tablespoon of pumpkin puree to the other part.
- 1st layer: dried nut pulp or ground nuts.
- 2nd layer: the reminder of pumpkin puree.
- 3rd layer: 3 tbsps. of the soy yogurt.
- 4th layer: chia pudding with pumpkin puree.
- 5th layer: chia pudding with carob, and cocoa.
- Topping: some sesame seeds or chopped nuts, some frozen blueberries or blueberry juice or puree.
How to make homemade pumpkin puree:
- First of all, cut pumpkin into cubes and transfer into saucepan.
- Next, add a bit of water and simmer until pumpkin is tender (about 10 minutes).
- Then, puree with immersion blender or transfer into regular blender and process.
- Finally, add a bit of boiled water if the mixture is too thick.
Notes
If you include a tablespoon of dried almond pulp, you’d get 53.8% of kcal from fat. So now, it depends on how much fatty foods you have eaten on that day ?
One serving (doesn’t include nuts) has 10 GL points.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One serving (doesn't include nuts)
- Calories: 154 kcal
- Fat: 7.31g
- Carbohydrates: 24.4g
- Fiber: 9.86g
- Protein: 7.85g
