PUMPKIN PIE CHIA PUDDING
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VEGAN | GLUTEN-FREE | LOW-CARB | LOW-CALORIE | HIGH FIBER | LOW-FAT
Today I am presenting you with an absolutely scrumptious Pumpkin Pie Chia Seed Pudding! Yes, I know I just posted a recipe for chia seed pudding a few weeks ago. But that was Vanilla Cinnamon Chia Pudding... this is very different! You wanna know why it's so different. I'll tell ya why.
BECAUSE PUMPKIN SPICE! That's why!
I look forward all year to when there's pumpkin spice everything! Oh hell yeah. Mama can't get enough. I know there's enough of you pumpkin freaks out there to feel me on this. My husband thinks I'm insane. He doesn't jump on the pumpkin spice bandwagon in the Fall, or ever. He won't turn down a piece of pumpkin pie, I'll say that, but anything else? Nope. He's not a fan. I know, I don't understand it either. It's a huge flaw in an otherwise perfect husband. It's a good thing I love him so much and that he scores mostly A's in the spousal department. Because his big fat F minus with the No-Love-For-Pumpkin-Stuff could really eff up his GPA if I wasn't so forgiving.
So let me tell you why my pumpkin spice naysayer of a husband loves my newest chia seed recipe. It tastes like the one and only pumpkin food that he loves!
PUMPKIN PIE, BITCHES!
Oh that's right. You heard me. This pudding is like eating the inside of a pumpkin pie. The best part? It's healthy! Actually, wait... if I really think about it, that's a lie. The best part is that it's really friggin good. But it's a bonus that it's healthy too. And I'm not talkin' a little bit healthy. I'm talkin' a whole lot healthy!
My friends always ask me how I can come up with such yummy recipes that are still healthy. The answer is simple. I always have been and always will be a foodie at heart. I love food and I love sweets. I love it all. Believe me, this caused me problems for many years. I failed at losing weight for over a decade because of it. I would try to go on diets eating bird food and rice cakes and that's just no damn way to live. I can't do it. I won't do it. I need to eat delicious food. And guess what? I need dessert. Maybe not every single day and definitely not every single meal, but I'm not going to deprive myself. Depriving yourself for long periods of time causes mad lengthy binges to happen. I've lived it too many times to think otherwise.
I found success when I started making healthy versions of the unhealthy foods that I craved all the time. I did lots of research on health foods and superfoods (like the chia seed) and I started incorporating them into my recipes. Let me tell you something else, spices and herbs are your friends. I never really cooked or baked too much before with spices and herbs before my journey. I let saturated fats, sugar, and salt season most of my food. This pumpkin pie pudding I'm sharing with you today is delicious because of the spices. They make it scrumptious!
Both of my daughters love pumpkin spice anything just like their mama. Papa bear really is the odd man out in our house. My youngest, Jossy, has discovered a new way to eat the pumpkin pie pudding. She spreads hers on Ezekiel toast! I know, I was skeptical too... until I tasted it! I asked her what made her even try that and she said she wanted to have 'crust' with her pumpkin pie. Yup, she's my kid. No doubt about it. I prefer to eat this pudding with a big, giant spoon but hey however way my kid wants to eat this healthy snack is fine by me.
If you're not familiar with Ezekiel bread, it's a wonderful alternative to traditional bread. The Food For Life Baking Company has many Ezekiel products on the market. All of which are completely flourless and made with only freshly sprouted certified organic grains. They actually use the bread recipe that is in the bible, "Take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt and put them in one vessel..." Ezekiel 4:9. This is the earth's bread that we were always meant to eat, NOT the processed junk that is stocked on the bread shelves today. Today's breads are stripped of their natural goodness because of the harsh processing. I also want to mention that even though I have a sensitivity to gluten, Ezekiel products do not bother my system whatsoever! Food For Life does in fact offer gluten-free Ezekiel breads but the regular products don't cause me any problems.
If your local store carries Ezekiel breads, you'll find them in the frozen section (usually either in the frozen organic section or the frozen bread section). I recommend that you keep them in the freezer at home as well and only take out bread as you use it. Ezekiel bread is completely preservative-free. Just a few days on your counter and it will start getting yucky. However, if you keep it in your freezer, it will last a very long time!
This is my youngest daughter's favorite Ezekiel bread. My favorites are the Ezekiel English muffins, both the plain and the cinnamon raisin. Yum!
I will also take this opportunity to declare that this pumpkin pie pudding was in fact approved by the Pumpkin Spice Police.
I really need to straighten out my picture frames! WTH? How do I walk past that every day and not see it?
It may take another 17 years together but at some point I'm going to convert this son of a bitch. He will become a member of the Pumpkin Spice Cult if it kills me! I will make it my life's work! Okay okay, you got me. I really just want to keep making pumpkin shit so I can eat it all and then occasionally maybe ask him if he wants to try it. I really don't care if he's in the cult or not. There's enough of us psychotic pumpkin spice lunatics out there already. Quite frankly, I scare myself. We should be trying to thin out the pumpkin herd, not recruit more of us crazy bitches. Besides, what if there gets to be too many of us Scary Spice Girls and the world can't supply us with enough pumpkin products? Omg, let's not even go there.
I have to take a mini break from the article to share something. I'm always doing impromptu photo shoots for my blog. My family has come to accept it. They go along with it because, well... because I make life hard for them if they don't. Hehe. So as I was snapping pics of the hubs while he was trying to peacefully eat his pumpkin pie pudding, I made a comment that his hand looked like a mutant hand that didn't belong on his arm.
You can see by his reaction that he didn't quite think it was as funny as I did. While he was trying to eat his pudding in peace, I continued to make fun of him and his King Kong hand.
I reminded him that I'm adorable and that he loves me a whole bunch. He completely agreed that he'd be lost without me and that he could never love anything more. I have proof that he actually uttered those exact words in this next pic...
Yup. He loves me.
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{I had a lot of issues with insulin resistance in the beginning of my journey and had a very difficult time losing weight because of it. In addition to ingesting cinnamon every day, find out how I beat my insulin resistance and started losing weight by reading my article, "IN THE VERY BEGINNING, IT WAS TOUGH AS HELL".}
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PUMPKIN PIE CHIA SEED PUDDING
MAKES 4 (1/2 CUP) SERVINGS
WHATCHU NEED:
1 1/4 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk OR preferred milk
1 cup Pure Pumpkin Puree
1/4 c Organic Chia Seeds
2 tsp Ground Ceylon Cinnamon OR Regular Ground Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Organic Ground Ginger
1/4 tsp Organic Ground Cloves
Important:
Never eat plain, dry chia seeds. Make sure they have been mixed with food or liquid before consuming. Chia seeds can expand more than 20x their size and if you consume a large amount dry (not sure why anyone would), they can expand in your esophagus or belly and cause discomfort.
WHATCHU DO:
1. Combine all ingredients EXCEPT chia seeds and puree in blender.
Puree until well blended.
2. Stir in chia seeds
The chia seeds will expand up to 10x their size once the pudding is done. This will make the pudding thicker.
3. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours until set and enjoy!
Try my low-carb/keto whipped cream recipe to top your pumpkin pie pudding with.
IT TASTES JUST LIKE COOL WHIP!
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NUTRITIONAL INFO: Serving size = 1/2 cup
Pumpkin Pie Pudding w/ Stevia:
104 Calories
4g Fat
13g Carbohydrates
6g Fiber
5g Sugar
4g Protein
7g Net Carbs
Pumpkin Pie Pudding w/ Honey:
149 Calories
4g Fat
25g Carbohydrates
6g Fiber
17g Sugar
4g Protein
19g Net Carbs
NOTE: Nutritional information was calculated by using both a calorie calculator and actual labels from brands used. Nutritional information will vary depending on the brands/products you use. The nutritional data provided is to serve as an estimate. For exact accuracy, you will need to calculate using the information on your ingredient/product labels.
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