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Mexican Lemonade or Limeade: “Chia Fresca”<\/b><\/span> Mix all ingredients in a glass. Let stand for 10 minutes or so until Chia seeds gel a bit and thicken the mixture. Stir again, and drink!<\/span><\/p>\n Chia Banana Pudding<\/b><\/span> Mush the banana, add chia seeds and almond or coconut milk. Add optional cocoa powder. Leave in the refrigerator for an hour or more to get thick pudding. You can sprinkle with cinnamon.<\/p>\n For another great recipe, try our Fancy Apple Pie Chia Pudding<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n Delicious Quick Cereal for One Person<\/b><\/span> Optional: Sweeten with chopped pitted dates, maple syrup, honey<\/a> <\/span> Stir Chia into milk, add sweetener and fruit. Stir and let sit for about 10 minutes. Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n ~ Variation for a Nutritious Pudding <\/b>Snack <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Variation on above recipe: Blend fruit (especially bananas) in a food processor or blender with the milk and any sweetener. Put the chia seeds in a bowl and pour mixture over the chia seeds. Stir well. Let soak for 10 minutes until thickened, or cover and soak in the refrigerator overnight. <\/span><\/p>\n Stir again before serving. <\/span><\/p>\n Optional: Top with fresh fruit and cinnamon.<\/span><\/p>\n Chia Seed Recipe Helpers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Chia seeds can be sprinkled into liquid or semi-liquid ingredients, and left to stand for 5- 10 minutes to gel and thicken.<\/b><\/p>\n You can make a loose Chia gelatin ahead to store for daily use.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Mix 1\/3 cup of seeds to 2 cups of water. Wait 10-15 minutes, mix again. Place in fridge. This will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n Take 3 <\/b>tablespoonsful of Chia gelatin a day eaten straight by the spoonful, or add to foods and recipes. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Chia Seed Recipes Mexican Lemonade or Limeade: “Chia Fresca” 10 oz. pure water 2 Tablespoons of Chia seeds Juice of one lemon or lime Sweeten with maple syrup, real stevia leaf or raw honey Mix all ingredients in a glass. Let stand for 10 minutes or so until Chia seeds gel a bit and thicken … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[377],"tags":[384,383],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CHIA_MG_0764.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4682,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions\/4682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n10 oz. pure water<\/span>
\n2 Tablespoons of Chia seeds<\/span>
\nJuice of one lemon or lime<\/span>
\nSweeten with maple syrup, real stevia leaf or raw honey<\/span><\/p>\n
\n1 banana<\/span>
\n1\/4 cup of Chia seeds<\/span>
\n1 cup of almond milk or coconut milk<\/span>
\nOptional: 1 tablespoons cocoa powder<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CHIA_MG_0764-300x200.jpg\")
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\n2 Tablespoons Chia seeds <\/span>
\n4 oz raw dairy milk, or almond milk, or coconut milk<\/span>
\nBerries or chopped banana, apple or papaya <\/span><\/p>\n
\nOptional: Add 1 Tablespoons Hemp Hearts or ground almonds or coconut flakes<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Chia](\"https:\/\/healthfree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/chia-large-300x300.jpg\")
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