Overnight chia pudding with almond butter and raspberry coconut cream

A soft and creamy dessert, with bright pink colours, that would be great to serve at an Easter buffet or to surprise your Valentine. Naturally sweetened with raspberries and maple syrup. Build up with two different layers. The base is formed by overnight chia: mix with almond or cashew milk and put in the fridge for a few hours. The pink layer is formed with raspberries and thickened coconut milk, sometimes also referred to as coconut cream.

Paleo, vegan and Medical Medium

Glutenfree, dairyfree, vegan and paleo friendly. For Medical Medium: only if you eat fat. Chia seeds, almond paste and coconut cream all contain fat. Healthy fats but still not ok on a cleanse or when you try to eat low fat. Do not take it for breakfast but as a dessert.

Other chia desserts

Portion size

For a small to regular dessert, you can make two portions with the specified quantities. When I used to take this for breakfast, I took one large portion of four layers as shown in the photo.

Easy to make, but needs some prep

This dessert is super healthy and incredibly simple to make. But first you need to ‘make’ coconut cream. This you can easily do by putting a can of full fat coconut milk in the refrigerator as early as possible in advance. If you already have a few in your refrigerator, ready to use, that would be great.

Ingredients

• Raspberries – frozen is fine, but for a nice topping fresh gives a nicer overall look.
• Chia seeds & vegan milk – ratio 1:3.
• Nut butter – I used almond but any will do.
• Coconut cream – thickened part of coconut milk.
• Maple syrup or coconut flower sugar
• Celtic sea salt – to taste, for Medical Medium preferably as few as possible or even leave it out.

Coconut cream

In the fridge the fat separates from the ‘water’ in the can of coconut milk. You can make a delicious drink from the water, for instance combined with ginger, lemon juice and turmeric. It will still be a bit fattier though than the ‘real’ coconut water (the inside of fresh coconuts).

Chia pudding

The chia seeds need at least an hour, but preferably four hours, to get soft and mushy. A night in the refrigerator may suit your schedule better. Chia pudding is also called ‘overnight chia’. If you eat this for breakfast, you won’t have to do much work in the morning!

Almond butter

Almond butter is made by grinding almonds for a long time. First flour or meal is formed, then the oil is released and pasta is formed. You can make it yourself, but it is also available in health food stores. Please make sure the label says it to be 100% nut paste without additives. You can also use cashew butter or any other nuit butter.

Raspberries

You can buy fresh raspberries season. But a box of frozen fruits will also work great for this dish. Then off course, be sure to let the raspberries thaw before you start.