How about adding a pop of color (and lots of antioxidants) to your breakfast chia pudding? Let us show you how to make blue chia pudding using butterfly pea powder. It’s pretty, delicious and full of goodness!
Chia pudding is a quick and easy breakfast idea that is healthy and versatile at the same time.
Simply soak the seeds in milk for 10 minutes or overnight until they form a thick jelly. Then garnish the pudding with nuts, fruit and yoghurt as you like.
Chia seeds are incredibly high in soluble fiber. What makes soluble fibers so cool is that they dissolve in water and form a web that traps water and forms a gel.
And did you know that these tiny seeds can swell up to 10 times their size when soaked in water? Wow!
The same fiber that makes your chia pudding so jelly-like is also a boon to your health.
They keep you full for longer and keep blood sugar and cholesterol in check. They also nourish your gut flora and promote a happy and healthy digestive system.
In addition, chia seeds are a powerhouse of plant proteins and omega-3 fatty acids, and provide iron, calcium, and vitamins.
No wonder chia pudding is so healthy for breakfast!
What you can do to make your chia pudding even more amazing is to add a little butterfly pea powder. You get a colorful blue chia pudding and a blast of antioxidants all at once!
Butterfly Pea is a bright deep blue flower found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The dried flowers are used in Thai, Vietnamese and Malay cuisine as a natural food coloring for desserts, rice dishes and for brewing blue tea.
Butterfly Pea Powder is made from ground dried flowers and tastes sweet, earthy, grassy, ​​and floral.
You can find it at your local Asian grocery store or online and use it in many recipes, from smoothies and lattes to baked goods and ice cream for a pop of color.
Butterfly pea flowers are packed with blue pigments, botanicals that are also powerful antioxidants — great for fighting off those nasty free radicals.
When you dissolve butterfly pea powder in milk and mix it with chia seeds, you get a bright blue chia pudding that’s super pretty!
You can increase or decrease the amount of powder if you want to get a deeper or lighter shade of blue. Have fun experimenting with different shades; We’d love to hear about it in the reviews section at the bottom of the page.
And if you’re looking for other recipes using butterfly pea powder, check out our Blue Latte and Butterfly Blue Smoothie!