One of the most used ingredients for breakfast, lunch and snacks is chia. These seeds have numerous benefits for our body and allow us to integrate them into delicious, easy and very healthy recipes to keep fit. It is what we know as a superfood for its great contribution of fiber, antioxidants, omega 3 fatty acids, iron and calcium.
The only thing you should keep in mind when incorporating chia into your daily diet is that you need to leave the seeds “soaking” for at least 10 minutes before eating them. This will make them swell and absorb all the liquid in which you have put them, which can be juice, milk, water, yogurt… It will be the way in which your body also absorbs them. Otherwise you will simply delete them.
If you are thinking of preparing delicious recipes with these super seeds, here are 5 breakfast ideas with chia that you will love to try: healthy and quick to make!
Breakfast ideas with chia
With these breakfasts, no more listening to your stomach growl at 10:30 in the morning. They will fill you up and keep you active and energized throughout the day! Take note!
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Banana and chia
Ingredients:
- 250 ml of semi-skimmed or vegetable milk
- 4 tablespoons of chia
- a handful of oats
- 1 banana
- a tablespoon of honey
Step by Step:
- Pour the milk with the honey in a bowl until it is diluted and then add the chia seeds. You can leave this mixture made the night before so that the seeds soak well. The next day, you can add oatmeal (although you can also do it before leaving the mixture in the fridge to soak. As you like!) Then, all that remains is to chop the banana on top when you are going to eat it. It will give you energy to face the day although, of course, you can add all the fruits you want.
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Cocoa and chia smoothie
Ingredients:
- A tablespoon of pure cocoa powder 0%
- A tablespoon of chia
- 200 ml of milk
- 150 grams of peach
Step by Step:
- Chop the peach and put it in the blender glass together with the milk, cocoa and chia (which will have been “soaked” previously. You can have done it in the milk that you are going to use).
- Pass the blender and add, if it is too thick for your liking, more milk or even water until you get the desired texture. Afterwards, enjoy!
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Assorted fruits with chia
Ingredients:
- 200 ml of milk (of the type that you like the most)
- A kiwi and several strawberries (you can put the fruits that you like the most)
- Two tablespoons of chia
- A spoonful of agave syrup
- 10 grams of walnuts or almonds
Step by Step:
- The night before, put the milk with the chia in a glass and let it rest. When you get up for breakfast, add the syrup and the chopped fruits (reserve some pieces for the end). Mix it all very well. Then, put the rest of the fruit on top and add the nuts. Ready!
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Oatmeal and chia pancakes
Ingredients:
- A cup of oatmeal
- A cup of skimmed milk
- A small spoonful of stevia
- Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
- Two tablespoons of chia
- Half a glass of water
- A small spoonful of vanilla essence
Step by Step:
- As we have done in the rest of the recipes, we put the chia seeds in the glass of water, so that they swell. We waited for about half an hour and then we started preparing breakfast!
- In a bowl, mix the oatmeal, skimmed milk, cinnamon, stevia and vanilla essence. Next, add the chia seeds and beat well until the mixture is smooth.
- Grease a nonstick frying pan with a little oil (you can add a drop and scrub it with the help of kitchen paper) and heat it up. When it’s ready, add a ladle of the mixture and let it spread over the surface of the pan while it cooks over low heat. We will see that small bubbles are forming and it is slowly taking off. We turn it over and let it do a little more. Then we repeat the process with the rest of the mixture. Remember to grease the pan a little each time you go to make a pancake.