Category Archives: Puddings

Recipes: Today’s Chocolate Fix (and one Vanilla)

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I cannot eat cocoa. It’s one of those things that give me the itchies (or hives, if I eat a lot of it). But, I want to provide readers with lots of great recipes to fuel Primal families!

Primal Chocolate Cream Pie

http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2011/04/banana-chocolate-cream-pie-oh-my-dairy.html –>     Thanks to The Spunky Coconut!

Primal Chocolate Pudding

It’s quick and easy. I have made various versions of chocolate pudding based on avocado (or eggs), and my kids do like it.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/decadent-chocolate-fix–>

White Chocolate

My 7 year old prefers vanilla. I’ve made him a pudding similar to the chocolate pudding above, but made sure to make it sweet and vanilla. Despite the green color, he loved it. Be sure to get a perfectly ripe and mild avocado for this!

Recipes: Rachel’s Chia Seed Puddings

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This is one of my informal recipes. Making chia seed pudding is more of a simple art than it is a recipe. But, here are a few quick tips and the flavor variations I have come up with.

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Chia Seeds: Healthy, Low Carb and Primal!

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I am renewing my efforts to eat Primal Blueprint Weight Loss! Every time I do renew my efforts, I get one more step closer to sustainable, permanent changes. Our modern lifestyle sure does make it difficult. Plus, it is difficult to be a nuclear family without extra people here to prepare food.

Good news. Chia seeds are healthy, Primal and low carb!  2 Tbsp contains 12 g of carbs, but 11 g is fiber. (Net 1g carbs in the Atkins Induction Diet). It’s high in a couple of important minerals too, like calcium. Vegans may rejoice, because chia seeds contain all 9 essential Amino Acids. And high Omega-3 fatty acids should make us all happy.

2 Tbsp is a decent serving, because they absorb so much liquid that when you make chia seed pudding, you get a nice sized treat or snack, which is truly Primal Fast Food! I haven’t used them for much other than chia seed pudding, but don’t need to, because this one concept for this ingredient is totally satisfying, and I’m not bored yet!

What a perfect bedtime snack for children (and me)!

I checked measurement of chia seeds in fitday.com against the chia seed info on Livestrong and it came out close enough. Just record 1 oz. for 2 Tbsp. in your fitday.com food log.

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Recipes: Chia Seed Puddings

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What first inspired me to try chia seed pudding was a combination of my friend Emily telling me about how she makes chia seed pudding as well as an e-newsletter from Tera Warner, then rawmom.com. Here’s Tera Warner’s blog on chia seeds: http://www.terawarner.com/blog/2011/06/how-to-get-chia-seeds-on-your-menu/

But, after many times using measured ingredients, I finally had a feel for how to whip up a bowl of pudding and now I do so several small dishes at one time. It works in pretty well when I am multi-tasking in the kitchen.

Below are a couple of recipes, but, you may want to start at  –> Rachel’s Chia Seed Puddings.

Here are the original recipes from the RawMom.com Continue reading →