How To Make Chia Pudding | 5 WAYS

Have you ever tried making chia pudding? This post is teaching you how to make chia pudding and how to customize it 5 ways so you never get tired of this delicious breakfast or dessert recipe!

If you would have asked me a couple of years ago what I thought the holy grail of healthy living was I probably would have said “meal prep”, without skipping a beat. If you dig back into the THM archives, you’ll find weekend recaps of me sharing the vast spread of food I whipped up for the week and meal plan suggestions for my fellow 9-to-5ers.

These days, I still find myself doing the occasional meal prep, but nowhere near the level of intensity that it used to be.

So why the change? Good question.

I think my newer, less extreme, version of meal prep took over for two reasons: 1) I no longer work a 9-to-5 and have a lot more flexibility in my life and 2) I just simply found a lot less value in spending hours in the kitchen on Sunday when I could be out doing something else.

That’s not to say that I think meal prep is bad, I just think it should be stressed that that same version of it doesn’t work for everyone. What worked for me 4 years ago, no longer works in my life now. And what works for you may not work for me. I’ve always said I wanted this space to empower YOU to create your own version of health, and I love that I can be a resource in helping you figure out what this is.

So let’s chat what meal prep looks like in my life now. I recognize the privilege of being able to work from home and set my own schedule, but that has obviously changed the way I meal prep. These days, I usually think through what meals I want to make that week (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and put together a grocery list using Wunderlist. From there, I’ll decide where to grocery shop that week. These days it’s a lot of online shopping to grab staples like Silk Almond, peanut butter, bananas and oats.

Once the groceries arrive I unpack them and usually do things like wash and chop the fruit and any vegetables that I use for dipping (i.e. carrots and celery). I may whip up some balls or bars and lately I’ve been making a big batch of chia pudding to eat for dessert and sometimes for breakfast.

And that’s it!

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I honestly don’t spend more than maybe 20-30 mins meal prepping for the week. I like not having a lot of things prepared so that I can just go with the flow. I used to be so uptight about planning, so I find that I can be a lot more flexible, enjoy my life more AND eat well when I give myself more freedom with just a little bit of prep.

Chia pudding is one of the best ways to spend less than 5 minutes prepping and still have the benefit of having a delicious recipe ready to go whenever you want it. I like that it doubles as dessert and breakfast and that once you get the basic recipe down, the skies the limit!

The Basic Chia Pudding Recipe

The basic recipe is simple: 1 cup of Silk  to a 1/4 cup of chia seeds.

You can swap in whichever flavor you want, add your toppings and really personalize your chia pudding to your liking. And whether you’re a 4 minute meal prepper or a 4-hour meal prepper, you will definitely love this tutorial on how to make chia pudding. I can’t wait to see your own creative versions of it!

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #thehealthymaven when sharing your creations on Facebook or Instagram!

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