I’m feeling much more rested today, no cat party in the middle of the night. Our house has mostly wood floors, so any small object slides around on it very easily. My cats thinks that’s wonderful and if they find something to bat around, they usually spend most of the night shooting it up and down the hallways and chasing each other over it. I made sure to check for said objects before going to bed last night!
Anyway, I had lunch with my mom today and I’m really proud that she created Gena’s Basic Chia Seed Pudding to serve with her own homemade almond milk!
She has always been a fan of tapioca, along with many other dairy products, so I’ve been trying to give her raw alternatives and she was thrilled with this one. It tasted better than plain tapioca and it was much easier to make than traditional tapioca … as well as much better for you with chia seeds and almond milk. Heating milk in a saucepan as required in traditional tapioca always freaked me out for some reason anyway. We served the pudding with a pretty salad containing sweet peppers, sprouts, cucumber and lettuce topped with Annie’s Organic Shitake dressing making a good, filling combo.
For dinner, I got experimental in the kitchen trying to perfect a creamy cashew cauliflower mash and I got very close.
But it’s not quite ready to post, hubby liked it, but he said it needed a little more something which I agree with. However it does have a nice creamy flavor and texture and I will put it to test on my young nieces tomorrow.
I served it with a cabbage, sprout, carrot, cilantro and asparagus salad topped with Gena’s Zucchini Dressing, and it gave me an opportunity to try a packet of my latest stevia find, NuNaturals White Stevia Powder packets.
The dressing was very good, but I only had Trader Joe’s Dijon mustard to use which is quite spicy, so I only used half a teaspoon and should have used an entire teaspoon.
Homemade almond milk sounds really cool. I wonder if it is cheaper or more expensive than store bought?
Hi Mark, for me it is, I factored the costs to be about $0.75 to $1 per 4-cup batch versus store-bought is $2 – 2.50, plus I get to keep and use the almond pulp for other recipes. It also tastes so much better.
I love chia pudding!
What a healthy, delicious dinner! Yum!
I seriously just bought a bag of chia seeds this week. They’ve been around the blog world for awhile but this is my first bag. I’ve been thinking about what I should do with them. You answered my question already :) The cauliflower mash looks delicious! Can’t wait until you post the recipe! xoxo
Hmmm I’m tempted to try chia seed pudding, it looks so good!! Your dinner looks so yummy!!!
Can’t wait for the cauliflower mash recipe :) It looks fantastic!
Cat parties.. Sigh.. I’m glad that I don’t live at my parent’s anymore because our cat always likes crying in front of their room at 4am.
I’ve tried a lot of brands of stevia but NuStevia is the best in my opinion!
Everything looks great & I’ve been meaning to try out homemade almond milk :)
oh your dinner looks great…..i would really like that served to me ;)
that is so great about your mom trying new and healthier options….love it.
unfortunately i cannot deal with the gelatin like texture of chia seeds but she must like it because she also likes tapioca which i can’t handle either.
have a good day!
Everything looks colorful and healthy with lots of power-packed antioxidants!
Hey girl!! Yes no sleep equals major fog feeling the next day : p
I am loving the chia seed pudding, I need to make that, I bought chia seeds a couple weeks back and have not been using them!!
Oh the justins page background music, lol! Know what ya mean!!
Have a great night!! xoxo
I am so impressed with your commitment to trying out raw. You have made an unbelievable amount of recipes and dishes! I hope it’s making you feel good as well.
Love chia pudding! I love mushy foods in general, and I find the chia texture lots of fun. :)