I follow a young and beautiful lady on Instagram who is a Registered Dietitian. She comes up with all sorts of healthy and neat foods to share with us.
Today, this chocolate pudding recipe caught my eyes. It looked really easy and I happened to have all the ingredients in hand. So I decided to give it a try! Here are the basic ingredients:
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
- 4 Tbsp raw cacao powder
- 1 tsp ground ginger (optional)
- 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 cups milk of choice (e.g. almond or coconut milk): updated with high protein soymilk by SILK. It contains 20g of protein per cup
- Optional toppings: nuts, coconut flakes, cacao nibs, granola, etc.
Combine and mix dry and wet ingredients well enough. Keep in the refrigerator over two hours and then use the blender to blend it smooth…
Here is the nutrition breakdown:
Total Calories: 902
Carbs: 93g (39%)
Fat: 51g (49%)
Protein: 28g (12%)
Tip: I found it taste much better if you leave the smoothed out mousse in the refrigerator overnight, the chia seeds started to soften and expanded in the mixture. Tastes more like normal chocolate mousse.
Updated on
02-18-202006-18-2021 in order to accomodate Macro counting system:
- 1/2 cup chia seeds = 85g = 2.8 servings
- F: 25g
- C: 39g
- P: 14g
- 4 Tbsp raw cacao powder = 1.6 servings
- F: 3g
- C: 15g
- P: 5g
- 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup = 0.75 servings
- F: 0g
- C: 41g
- P: 0g
- 2 cups milk of choice (this time we are using HIGH PROTEIN soymilk, more protein)
- F: 18g
- C: 10g
- P: 40g
Overall, the total would be:
Fat: 46g (22%)
Carbs: 105g (50%)
Protein: 59g (28%)
For the purpose of Macro counting, if we break the pudding into 5 servings and you will get:
Fat: 9g; Carbs: 21g; Protein: 12g
It is really filling and yummy!