This orange chia seed breakfast pudding, packed with protein and fiber, is a quick and deliciously healthy way to kickstart your day!
Happy Monday! Boy what a busy weekend it was! The tulip-man and I have fallen into a lazy weekend routine involving ample episodes of Bob’s Burgers, possibly shooting a foodie video, and optionally changing out of sweatpants. But this weekend was different.
On Saturday we were lucky enough to be invited onto an enormous container ship for a tour. The boyfriend-tulip-man just started his own business in shipping and logistics and needed some website photos, so decked in a highlighter yellow vest, hard hat, and all the camera gear I could carry, I hopped on board (ha…get it?!) for our little 4 person tour, led by the captain himself!
We spent the entire next day with noses pressed to the glass of the Rotterdam Zoo exhibits. It’s funny how when you’re a young’n you LOVE zoos, then you turn into a moody teen and are so over it, then become what some would call an adult and are back to LOVING everything about zoos. You can guess where I’m at on that spectrum.
But all that bustle and bustle meant I was not thinking about what I’d have for breakfast this morning, easily the most important meal of the entire week. Monday morning breakfasts set the tone for the week, so they’ve gotta bring their A game.
Fortunately, there’s chia seed breakfast pudding for that. Laced with oats and mandarin oranges (our spotlight ingredient!), this chia seed pudding is cozy, quick, healthy, and fresh all at once.
Ingredients
- 2 mandarin oranges
- ½ cup milk any variety, I used almond milk
- ¼ cup oats
- ½ tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp chia seeds
- Optional topping ideas: 1 Tbsp chopped dark chocolate, 1 Tbsp chopped seeds, 1 Tbsp toasted coconut flakes
Instructions
- In a blender, combine 1 mandarin orange, milk, oats, and honey until smooth.
- Transfer mixture to a serving glass or bowl and gently stir in chia seeds.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours*, until mixture has a pudding-like consistency.
- Top with sectioned mandarin orange. Optionally top with chocolate, seeds, or coconut.
Ali @ Home & Plate says
This breakfast looks so tropical, like something I would eat at a resort. This looks wonderful and full of flavor.
Sarah says
Haha aw thanks, Ali! 🙂
Lisa @ garlicandzest.com says
This looks so yummy! Love the tasty toppings — especially the coconut!
Sarah says
I got SO (okay maybe TOO) excited when I found that shredded coconut. I’m finding that Holland doesn’t have an ample supply of all the unique little foods you can find readily in America. So now that I have the coconut, I’m obsessed 🙂
Renz says
Love the addition of mandarins and chocolate
Christie says
Love this make ahead breakfast especially with the oranges. They are so good right now.
Meeta says
While I like Chia seeds in my porridge and muesli I just cannot get used to to consistency when they are soaked in pudding for,. WHat I am really liking here are the wonderful flavors that come together.
Sarah says
Yea it can be a unique texture, with the thick feel of pudding and the interspersed seeds. But you could definitely translate these flavors over to morning oats! 🙂
Ven crone says
Easy to make, tasty and made me feel so healthy!
todd davis says
right on . . . i had no damn idea what a china seed was so i substituted it with ….nothing we left it out and was still outstanding, if you reside in a hot climate a cold breakfast can be an inspirational way to get it out the front door …peAc3 and thank you ….will be peeping other recipes you post in the future . t. davis
wendy says
Yummy Yummy in my tummy! 🙂