Berry Chia Pudding

This refreshing berry chia pudding recipe is a perfect high fiber and high protein breakfast recipe to meal prep for your week. With a 15 grams of protein from vanilla greek yogurt blended and 10 grams of fiber from the berry blend, you’ll be reaching for this high protein chia seed pudding recipe all summer long.

Berry Chia Pudding

Chia seed pudding is one of my go-to breakfasts when I want a healthy breakfast recipe that is high in fiber, high in protein, and versatile enough to serve different ways with different flavors.

While chia seeds themselves do naturally contain plant-based protein, I like to add extra boosts of protein to create high protein chia seed pudding recipes that will keep you full all morning long. From ultrafiltered milk to protein powder to greek yogurt, there are plenty of different ways to add protein to chia pudding.

This berry chia pudding recipe has quickly become one of my favorite breakfasts to prep and features a high protein, greek yogurt and berry blend base that you could truly drink as a smoothie. Mixed with some chia seeds and allowed to sit overnight, you’ll wake up to a high protein breakfast that is refreshing and delicious!

Let’s get to the recipe:

Why you’ll love this chia pudding with berries:

You’ll love berry chia seed pudding recipe because it is:

• Made with frozen mixed berries: I always keep frozen mixed berries on hand for smoothies, oatmeal bakes, or to blend as the base of this berry chia pudding. While you can certainly use fresh berries for this recipe, I do prefer using frozen!

• Protein rich recipe: Mixing chia pudding with yogurt is a great way to boost the protein content and this recipe has 15 grams of protein per serving. Including protein at breakfast not only helps you work towards your protein goals for the day but it also supports muscle growth, enhances your immunity, and keeps you fuller for longer.

• High fiber: A base of blended berries and a few tablespoons of chia seeds gives this recipe almost 10 grams of fiber per serving, helping you work towards your fiber goals in a delicious way.

• Meal prep friendly: If you aren’t a huge fan of overnight oatmeal for meal prep then you should meal prep chia seed pudding instead. Simply mix everything together, let it sit in the refrigerator overnight, and wake up to a delicious and healthy breakfast in the morning!

• Refreshing!: I could honestly drink the base of this berry chia seed pudding as a berry smoothie instead, it’s THAT good. Mixed berries blended with a touch of lemon and the creamy flavor of vanilla Greek yogurt make the perfect base for this easy breakfast recipe.

This high protein chia seed pudding with mixed berries is one of my favorite meal prep breakfast recipes to make and I love having it ready to go in my refrigerator throughout the week!

Ingredients you’ll need:

Here’s what you’ll need for protein chia pudding recipe:

• Chia seeds: Chia seeds are rich in plant based protein, fiber, healthy fats, and other micronutrients. Beyond recipes like this breakfast idea, I add chia seeds to most of my baked goods like sweet breakfast bakes, pancakes, and oatmeal!

• Vanilla greek yogurt: This chia pudding with greek yogurt gives you a protein rich and creamy breakfast that you’ll love. I like to use a vanilla greek yogurt for a boost of flavor but you could use plain greek yogurt, a lemon meringue yogurt, or even a berry flavor greek yogurt instead.

• Frozen mixed berries: When adding fruit to chia seed pudding, I almost always reach for frozen fruit because it will defrost overnight and doesn’t get soggy as it sits in the chia seeds. For this recipe, we’ll blend the berries into a high protein berry base then stir in our chia seeds.

• Lemon: Lemon and mixed berries are always a refreshing combination and they really enhance the flavor of this berry chia seed pudding. You’ll use fresh lemon juice and a dash of lemon zest in this recipe!

• Milk: This will thin out your chia seed pudding recipe and give it that classic pudding texture. If you want a thinner chia pudding, you can always add more milk than what's in the recipe card or stir in milk in the morning until it reaches the consistency you prefer.

• Brown sugar: For a touch of sweetness. You can skip this entirely or swap it for honey or maple syrup if you prefer using a liquid sweetener.

That’s it!

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Berry Chia Seed Pudding Recipe Step by Step Instructions:

Now let’s walk through how to make this easy high protein breakfast recipe:

Step 1:

Add your frozen berries, milk, yogurt, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest to a blender or blender cup. Blend until smooth.

Step 2:

Pour your berry mixture into a medium glass bowl then add in your chia seeds. Stir them until combined, cover, and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator.

Step 3:

In the morning, stir your berry chia pudding to break up any clumps. Evenly distribute your recipe into 2 or 3 smaller glass jars (it will make two, 8 oz breakfasts), and top with fresh mixed berries or toppings of choice. Enjoy!

These are the glass containers I use for my chia seed pudding recipes and overnight oat recipes!

Swaps, substitutions, and suggestions:

Here are a few changes you can make to this chia seed pudding recipe:

• Change your berries: I used frozen mixed berries as the base for this colorful chia pudding but you could easily swap the mixed blend for solo berries to make raspberry chia seed pudding, blackberry chia seed pudding, strawberry chia seed pudding, or even blueberry chia seed pudding.

• Change your yogurt: I love to mix chia pudding with yogurt because it’s creamy, adds flavor, and boosts the protein content. I used vanilla for this recipe but mixed berry yogurt, strawberry yogurt, lemon meringue yogurt, or other fruit forward yogurt flavors would all be delicious in this recipe.

• Add protein powder: If you want to add even more protein to your protein chia pudding recipe then you can stir in a scoop of vanilla protein powder. Note that adding protein powder will make a thick chia pudding consistency so you may also want to increase the amount of milk you use.

And more! Make this recipe your own and tag me on instagram with any fun ideas you come up with!

Recipe FAQ:

1. Are chia seeds healthy?

   1. Yes- chia seeds are incredibly nutritious and a great ingredient to add to your recipes. If you want to learn more about their health benefits, check out my deep dive on chia seeds.

2. Can I use fresh berries?

   1. Absolutely! If you have fresh berries on hand, feel free to swap out the frozen berries and use up what you have in the refrigerator.

3. How long can you store chia seed pudding?

   1. Chia pudding will stay good in the refrigerator for 3 days! It does tend to get thicker the longer it sits so remember that you can always add a splash of milk if you want it to be thinner.

Other protein chia seed pudding recipes you will love:

Looking for other protein chia seed pudding recipes? I have a few on my blog that I think you will love:

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Berry Chia Pudding

This refreshing berry chia pudding recipe is a perfect high fiber and high protein breakfast recipe to meal prep for your week. With a protein boost from vanilla greek yogurt blended with a high fiber berry blend, you’ll be reaching for this high protein chia seed pudding recipe all summer long.

Prep time: 2 MinTotal time: 2 Min

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vanilla greek yogurt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup chia seeds
• 1 tbsp brown sugar (or other sweetener)
• 1 cup frozen mixed berries
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest

Instructions

1. Add your berries, greek yogurt, milk, brown sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest to a blender or blender cup and blend until smooth.
2. Pour your berry mixture into a glass container then stir in your chia seeds. Cover the container and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.
3. In the morning, stir your berry chia seed pudding to break up any clumps then separate it into two separate 8 ounce containers or bowls. Top with toppings of choice and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Calories

252

Fat

10 g

Carbs

31 g

Sugar

19 g

Protein

12 g

Fiber

9 g

All nutrition information has been approximated.

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