Blueberry Raspberry Cream Chia Pudding

Blueberry Raspberry Cream Chia Pudding

If you love berries, you will love this pudding recipe.  It’s bursting with berry flavours, and so colourful and inviting to eat, and and can be made ahead so you can just grab one out of the fridge and be on your way with a delicious healthy snack, or breakfast.

Ingredients:

1 12 -16 ounce package of fresh raspberries
2 12 – 16 ounce packages of fresh blueberries
1 teaspoon of sugar – you can use Raw Sugar if you choose.
1 cup of Chia seeds
2 cups of vanilla yogurt (divided – see instructions)
1 cup of half and half – soy, almond or other milk of choice can be used
2 teaspoons of vanilla (divided – see instructions)
1/2 cup of honey (divided – see instructions)
6 – 8 small glass containers (or containers desired)

Directions:

In a small mixing bowl, add the Chia seeds, half and half,  1 cup of the yogurt, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1/4 cup of the honey, and stir until well blended.

Place pudding in the refrigerator.

In another small bowl, add the remaining Yogurt, vanilla, and honey, stir well, and place in refrigerator.

Wash the blueberries, and raspberries, and place on paper towels to dry.

Remove the pudding from the refrigerator, and place 1 container of the blueberries (leaving out a few for topping) in the pudding, and mash the blueberries with a spoon as you stir into the pudding.

Place the pudding back in the refrigerator.

Remove the Yogurt mixture from the refrigerator and and place the raspberries (leaving out a few for topping) into the yogurt mixture, smashing them into the mixture and stir well.

Place the yogurt mixture back into the refrigerator.

Take the rest of the blueberries in the second container, and in a small bowl, smash them with a spoon or fork, and add 1 teaspoon of sugar to the berries, and place them in the refrigerator.

Leave pudding, yogurt and berries in the refrigerator for one hour to chill.

Remove pudding, yogurt and blueberries from refrigerator, and place a heaping Tablespoon of pudding in the bottom of the containers, until all containers have pudding in the bottom.

Place a spoonful of smashed blueberries on top of the pudding, and place yogurt with smashed raspberries on top of blueberries.

Top with pudding, and fresh whole berries.  Serve immediately, or place containers, covered, back in refrigerator until ready to eat or serve.

Enjoy!