Rest Stop - Chia Seeds / Smoothie Recipes

Last night I decided to buy some Chia Seeds.  I have read that they are the super food of the year.
ABC News did a story on Chia Seeds: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/eating-chia-seeds/story?id=18296119#.UbTHAfnVCmg
So I went to my local Good Earth Health Food Store and bought some Chia Seeds.  I made two things with them today.  The first was Vanilla and Chia Pudding and the second was a smoothie from Daphne Oz.   I tld the guy I talked to at Good Earth that the recipe for the pudding would be on this blog within a day or so.   They were both pretty good.  Vick wasn't so excited to try them but she did.  She is not so sure about some of the things I have begun to make along this journey, but I told her she is the one that wants me to lead the way in eating better.

The First recipe is for the smoothie:

Daphne Oz's Super Green Smoothie

Ingredients:
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1 Tbsp Chia seeds
1/2 cup baby spinach
1/4 cup fresh Mint leaves
1 Banana (peeled cut into 2 inch pieces and frozen)
1/2 cup Cranberry juice
1/2 cup water (plus more if needed)

Directions
Place all of the ingredients in a blender.  Blend until smooth.  Add extra water as needed.

The recipe comes from the Chew web site. http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/Super-Green-Smoothie-Daphne-Oz

The second recipe is for the pudding:

Vanilla & Chia Seed Pudding

Ingredients:
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp Chia Seeds
3/4 cup Almond Milk
1 tsp stevia or authentic maple syrup

Directions:
Add almond milk to a glass.  Stir in chia seeds, vanilla extract and stevia.  Place in the fridge for 30 minutes but keep stirring the mixture every 10 minutes.  It will start to thicken up.  I left mine in the fridge for about two hours.

Garnish with dried nuts or any fruit of choice.

This recipe comes from the web site Fit and Fancy  http://fit-n-fancy.com/2013/03/16/vanilla-chia-seed-pudding/


As a closing thought:

"Our food sholud be our medicine and our medicine should be our food." ~ Hippocrates