Matcha Chocolate Chip Chia Pudding

This healthy creamy matcha chocolate chip chia pudding is filled with fiber, healthy fats, and superfoods to keep you satisfied and energized. This delicious breakfast or snack is not only high in protein it is also dairy-free, gluten-free, and keeps you full for hours because it keeps your blood sugar balanced. 

• This matcha chocolate chip chia pudding is a healthy easy to prep breakfast
• Matcha chia pudding is full of omega-3s
• It’s quick and easy to make and takes less than five minutes
• It’s a perfect meal prep breakfast idea for the entire week
• Made with simple wholesome ingredients
• Chia pudding is a healthy and filling snack or breakfast
• This recipe is low in sugar and high in protein
• Matcha and cacao are a great source of antioxidants and tastes amazing
• Chia pudding is vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, plant-based, and dairy-free

• Matcha: high in antioxidants, amino acids, and minerals that provide health benefits including energy, enhanced weight loss, detoxification, and reduced stress  
• Chia seeds: support blood sugar regulation and provides healthy fats and fiber
• Protein: source of protein and provides satiety
• Coconut Milk: a healthy source of fats that keeps you feeling full 
• Yogurt: good for gut and heart health
• Cacao powder: aids in digestions, reduces inflammation, and improves  circulation
• Cacao nibs: adds the chocolate crunch or substitute with mini chocolate chips

Matcha is a powdered green tea, instead of brewing the dried leaves you are having the ground-up tea leaves. Matcha is like regular green tea but more nutritional. Studies show that one serving of matcha tea is the nutritional equivalent of 10 cups of regularly brewed green tea.

Matcha has tons of health benefits as well as caffeine. It can offer you a little caffeine boost, without the crash that many people get from other forms of caffeine. The benefits of matcha include energy and endurance, enhanced weight loss or maintenance, reduced stress, and antioxidants that protect against many illnesses and health problems.

Matcha is great to incorporate into your daily diet. I love having an afternoon matcha latte as a pick-me-up or adding it to smoothies and baked goods. However, not all matcha is created equal. I use high-quality, organic, Japanese-grown, and harvested matcha from Matcha.com (use code LAURAMATCHA for 20% off).   You can tell a difference in quality matcha by the taste and color.

Matcha Kari from matcha.com was co-founded by Dr. Andrew Weil and Andre Fasciola and is one of the few (less than 60) authentic matcha tea farms left. You can be sure when you purchase from matcha.com that you are not only getting the highest quality matcha you are also helping to protect one of the few remaining authentic matcha tea farms and the farmers. 

• This recipe is for one serving but I always at least double it to prep enough parfaits for a couple of days
• Feel free to use any plain yogurt or even Greek yogurt if you are not dairy-free
• You can swap the vanilla protein in the yogurt layer for chocolate protein to increase the chocolate flavor or add up to 2 tablespoons of cacao powder
• To avoid clumps you can sift matcha with a bamboo whisk, use a frother, or if you don’t like the texture of chia seed pudding you can blend it in a blender after it thickens
• I like a thicker chia seed pudding, but if you like it thinner you can always add more liquid. Make sure to let the chia pudding thicken and set first, as it is always easy to make it thinner, but not thicker 
• Not all matcha powder is created equal, which is why I love Matcha Kari matcha powder. It is high quality, has no added sweeteners, and has the best flavor. Try my favorite matcha powder from Matcha.com and use the code LAURAMATCHA for 20% off your first purchase. 

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