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Can you tell I am a little indecisive or what?
I mean, chia pudding 3 ways? Come on, can’t I just pick ONE flavor?! Clearly I simply cannot, so I went for all three! Three fall inspired flavors that I could not be more excited about!!
Cinnamon Apple
Fig and Whipped Maple Butter
Chocolate Honey Banana
All my favorites! Apple, fig and chocolate. Yum, yum, YUM!
Okok, but first, life talk! Or my like goat, goaty talk! Soo, you remember on Sunday how I mentioned that Mara had her baby, and that Tiramisu was the only one of our three goats left who had not yet delivered? Well, she finally delivered early on Sunday morning (we all thought that for sure she would go first – she was huge!). Again, I was the first one to find the new baby goats. Tara did have three kids, but sadly one of her babies was dead when I found them all. Literally the saddest thing ever. Tara seemed fine, but just seeing that lifeless little goat was really hard. It’s not an uncommon thing for a baby to die, so we knew it could be a possibility, but I hoped and prayed that it wouldn’t happen. Tara’s other two babies are a boy and a girl. The little girl has been fine since I found her, but the baby boy has needed some help. I spent a lot of time on Sunday helping him nurse to make sure he got some milk in him. Thankfully once he started to get nourishment, he gained some strength and is doing much better now!
Feeling kind of good that I helped the little guy get there. Never did I ever think I would be handling baby goats, let alone helping them nurse and taking care of them, but I have to say, I love it!
And I know I’ve said this like more than once in the last week alone, but puppies have nothing on baby goats. Nothing.
Soo, this leaves us with a grand total of eight goats. Three healthy moms, two healthy baby girls and three healthy baby boys (aka the billies). My favorite little family is Layla and her two kids. They were the first-born, and I was the first to find them, hold them and love them, so they are just kind of special. Plus, I LOVE how protective and motherly Layla is with her kids. They eat, play and snuggle together and it’s the cutest thing ever.
As of right now the kids still don’t have names, but I’m sure Asher is going to change that very soon. I heard talk of naming them all after Harry Potter characters…
Alight, goat talk over. So sorry if that totally bored the heck out of anyone. I will try to keep the goat talk down the rest of the week, but umm, warning… that may be difficult. If you ARE digging hearing about and seeing the baby goats, just follow along on Instagram and snapchat. 🙂
SOO. I made us chia pudding! Let’s talk about that!
I dunno about you guys, but when it comes to breakfast I am a major creature of habit. Yogurt and fruit is my GO-TO and I rarely ever stray from that combo. I mean, sure I make crazy breakfasts for lunch and dinner, but in the early hours of the morning I can barely brush my hair let alone cook. Enter my yogurt + fruit.
I can’t lie, it sometimes gets a little boring, so I finally decided that I was going to make a few batches of chia pudding for easy breakfasts, or even as an easy healthy afternoon snack. I adore chia pudding so I thought this was a genius idea on my part. I really should have started doing this long ago. Chia pudding is great because you can make it on Sunday and then just let it sit in your fridge until you’re ready to eat it!
Since I have fall majorly on the brain, my pudding flavors reflect the season…
…Cinnamon Apple: a combo you really just cannot beat. It’s classic, and absolute perfection when topped with caramelized apples, pumpkin seeds and almond butter. Gimme.
…Fig and Whipped Maple Butter: words cannot describe how insanely good this flavor is. It’s all about that WHIPPED MAPLE BUTTER. Literally it’s the best thing ever, and totally delish with fresh figs… my favorite.
…Chocolate Honey Banana: I mean chocolate pudding for breakfast… enough said.
What I love most about these chia puddings is that they feel special. Like they could be a weekend breakfast, but yet they are crazy healthy and literally just take minutes to prepare.
Even if you’re one of those people who love your morning breakfast and cannot bear to part with it (I know my mom could never give up her artisan grain bread and hot chocolate/cacao, and I do have to say, I love my yogurt!), these make really great afternoon snacks!
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Chia pudding perfection, right? Thinkin so! 🙂
PS. If you think figs aren’t really your thing, I HIGHLY recommend at least giving them a try. If then you truly do not like them, dates, pears, apples and bananas will all work in their place.
I immediately put these on my “to-make” list, but I waited to comment until I made them all. YUM! It is a light, but hearty and complete breakfast – and so easy! For mine, I used half skim milk and half nut milk. On the chocolate banana, I thought of blending the dates with the milk first, but it was early in the morning (quiet time), so I’ll give that a try next time. The buttered apple was so good! I wasn’t sure about the pumpkin seeds, but the flavors went together so well! (I didn’t include the almond butter – I’ll try that next time too) I made the maple fig with dried figs, and soaked them in milk while the pudding set. The whipped maple butter is amazing! I used the recipe amount of maple butter for double the pudding amount, and it was plenty for us – I think the dried figs gave it a lot of sweetness. I will definitely be making all of these again – more chia pudding recipes, please!
And, I will definitely be making whipped maple butter to put on EVERYTHING! It would be perfect for pumpkin donuts! Or even veggies – carrots, sweet potatoes, yum!
Awesome! So happy these were so great for you!! Thanks Elizabeth!
These look awesome! Where could I find the jars shown in this post?
Thanks 🙂
These just look so delicious, and I especially imagine the cinnamon and apple to be perfect for the fall. Figs are in season right now where I live (Denmark), and this post just reminded me that I need to stock up on them 🙂
Love, Emma
Thank you Emma!! So awesome!! Figs are the absolute best!! Hope you enjoy!!
I’ve been looking for something different to try for breakfast and now I’ve found it. Thanks! And I love your goat stories.
Thank you so much, Karen! Hope you are having a great weekend!
Fig with maple butter? Is this real life! So, so making this!
haha! YESS! Thanks Jessie! 🙂
Indecisiveness is my middle name! I think chia pudding is amazing–I will see if I can try these out with coconut oil instead of butter!
haha! Thanks so much, Cassie
Just gorgeous, Tieghan! I need to try them all! 🙂
Thanks Laura!
I’m so jealous of your baby goats! I’d love to be able to keep goats, they are so cute! I need to start making more chia pudding, I’ve been very unadventurous with it so far but your combinations look delicious 🙂
Thanks so much Hannah! I hope you get a chance to try them and love them! (:
It does not exist diet to resist these wonderful puddings … Congratulations Article
Thank you
YES PLEASE! Love chia pudding – adding all 3 to my breakfast rotation!
Awesome! I hope you love all three Marilyn!
Ooh I’ve been really into making interesting toppings for my morning bircher muesli or chia pudding lately – I’ve gotten a bit stuck on roast peaches and caramelised banana, or roast rhubarb when it’s around. I love the sound of these ones to change things up- especially the chocolate chia pudding, because who could turn down chocolate for breakfast?!
Right?! I do not think anyone in my family would! lol! I hope you love these Claudia! Thanks!
These look amazing! As do all the other recipes you post. Does your chia pudding end up be runny or firm? I used a coconut milk from a carton in the refrigerator section and it was pretty runny. Maybe that is what I should expect? Thanks!
HI SHREYA!! So I used canned coconut milk and I really think that helps thicken up the pudding. Let me know if you have questions. Thank you! 🙂
p.s. Sorry to hear about the baby goat that didn’t make it. 🙁
Oh these look good! I have chia seeds that I use for smoothies and I don’t know why I haven’t thought about putting them in pudding, I mean DUH! Lol Triple yum on this! ?
Thanks so much Sheila! I hope you love this one! (:
WOW!! CONGRATULATIONS!! I just checked to see if you had won and you did!! How exciting!!!
Awh thank you Charlotte! I am super thankful for all of you who voted!!