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Lemon Curd Chia Pudding. 5 Ingredient Thick Lemon Coconut Milk Turmeric Pudding with Chia seeds. This zesty pudding is a refreshing treat for Summer. Serve with whipped coconut cream. Vegan gluten-free nut-free soy-free Recipe. Pin this for later.
Its been getting cooler the past few days and I was wondering where the Summer went. Hint, remember the 2 weeks of unbreable heat? That was the PNW summer. Oh wait, the heat is back later this week.
On some of the super hot days, we all need something to refresh and fill us up for a snack or breakfast. Cue Lemon + chia! Lemon zest and juice and mixed with full fat coconut milk and sweetener. Then some chia seeds are mixed in to make it into a thick creamy pudding. Add some vanilla or other flavors of choice.
The lemon zest + juice + coconut milk + sweetener is super delicious by itself and can substitute as a thinner lemon curd when chilled. Chia seeds make it into one filling and delicious pudding or treat. Add more or less turmeric for the color or to make a Turmeric Lemon Chia Pudding. Be sure to let the chia seeds sit for a while for best results. And also hydrate well (drink water!) when eating decent amount of chia seeds in pudding or other form.
Serve with a dollop of coconut cream or whipped coconut or non dairy cream and a sprinkle of lemon zest. For variation, use lime juice and lime zest or lime bar pudding. So easy and so Good!
More summery treats from the blog. All GF
- Mango Mojito
- Orange cream floats
- Vegan Cookie dough Blizzard
- Mocha Milk shake
- Brownie Batter Chia Smoothie
This recipe is also in my second cookbook! Loads of meals and meals and some desserts in Vegan Richa’s Everyday Kitchen.
On another note, how hard it is to photograph chia seed puddings!
Lemon Curd Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- Zest of a large lemon, or 2 small lemons
- Juice of 2 large lemons
- 13.5 or 15 oz can full fat coconut milk, about 1.5 cups
- 1/4 cup water, optional
- 3 tbsp or more sweetener, I use raw sugar
- a good pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp or more turmeric
- 3 tbsp or more chia seeds, 5 to 6 tbsp for well set pudding
Instructions
- Blend the lemon zest, juice, coconut milk, water, sweetener, salt and turmeric until well combined. Add chia seeds and pulse once or twice to distribute the chia seeds well.
- Taste and adjust sweet and tang. Add more lemon juice or zest to taste and mix/blend in.
- Pour the mixture into glasses. Chill overnight in the refrigerator. Stir once after an hour or so to distribute the chia seeds if needed.
- Garnish with whipped coconut cream and lemon zest and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is a fabulous recipe – thank you! I added freshly grated nutmeg and a drizzle of pomegranate molasses. (Not that it needed them! Just felt like being fancy.) Everyone at the family dinner loved it. So lemony! And the pop of the chia seeds – delightful. A little bit was left over and was really enjoyed the next day! 🙂
So happy it was a hit!
Delicious! This was a fantastic breakfast meal prep dish that came together so quickly and is wholesome.
I added 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder and ommitted the sweetener. I also added a pinch of black pepper to activate the turmeric.
Thank you for another great recipe Richa!
Thrilled you liked it!
Is there another vegan milk or other ingredient that can be used to replace coconut milk? It contains a lot of saturated fat. Thank you!
You can use another plant milk, but it won’t thicken as much, so more chia seeds will help there. For added richness blend in nuts or nut flour.
Well, I just think I found my new favorite dairy free dessert – splendid – chef’s kiss, etc!
Awesome!
I make this all the time, thanks Richa!!
If your blender is very dry, try making the chia seeds into a powder before putting them into the rest of the ingredients, I’ve found some people don’t love the texture of the whole seeds (and they get stuck in my teeth!).
Thanks for the tip!
This the best chia pudding. Ii make it regularly and everyone loves it.
So good to hear!
This was so good! thank you!
Yay!