raw strawberry mango chia pudding

there are several ways to make raw vegan pudding.  i wrote about making chocolate pudding with avocados, you can use coconut meat, or – as i did here – you can use chia seeds, which puff up and become gel-like with water. add any kind of fruit you’d like, i’ve used a pleasant blend of strawberry and mango, sweetened with a touch of maple syrup. Read More  Read More

extra seedy peanut butter granola bars

chia was a staple of the ancient aztec diet. i remember trying it at an anthropology museum in middle school, we put out our hands and they dropped a few tiny little seeds in our palms. they didn’t taste much like anything but we were told the aztecs ate them because you only need a little bit to get full. they absorb water and expand in your stomach, how cool is that? they also gained popularity as the seeds that sprout hair for chia pets... Read More