This is for sure a delicious chia pudding made with dragon fruit and raspberries. Of course, it is vegan and sugar-free as all the recipes on Real Food for Life are and I have to say delicious too.
It is a very healthy dessert made from the tasty superfoods dragon fruit, raspberries, flax seeds, stevia and chia seeds.
The benefits of dragon fruit are numerous for us. They are full of many health benefits from helping digestion, reducing blood sugar levels to helping with cancer prevention. Beautiful tropical dragon fruits certainly sound and look exotically unique. Dragon Fruit Benefits You in Many Ways and Is Yummy
Raspberries are a red sweet juicy delight to see and eat. They keep your metabolic rate high with high levels of the trace mineral manganese and are one of the top 10 antioxidant-rich fruits. They are high in vitamin c and have more fibre than most fruits and vegetables.
These tiny chia seeds have soared to becoming one of the most popular superfoods in the health community. It is no surprise that chia means “strength” in the Mayan language and they are strengthening as you will see from their many health benefits. Chia is pronounced chee-ah.
One of the binding ingredients is flax seeds which are a great substitute for eggs in baking. 9 Egg Substitutes for Tasty Vegan Baking Without Eggs.
The flaxseed has only been recognized for all the wonderful health benefits in the last few decades even though it has been cultivated for their health benefits for 5000 years! Learn all about Flaxseed and It’s Many Health Benefits and Uses.
As I don’t use sugar for my baking I often use stevia which is the healthy option. The stevia plant is incredibly sweet and also incredibly good for you. The leaf is 30 times sweeter than sugar while extracts are 300-400 times sweeter. The best stevia will, therefore, be the one that retains some whole food value and is water-based. Liquid forms will be less processed. Go here to learn How to Get the Best Stevia Without the Bitterness.
Enjoy a dragon fruit chia pudding as it is easy to make.
Dragon Fruit with Raspberries Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Frozen Raspberries
- 1 Dragon Fruit
- 2 tbsp Chia Seeds
- 2 tbsp Flaxseed Meal
- 1 Cup Coconut or Almond Milk Unsweetened
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Yogurt
- Few Drops Stevia
Instructions
- Put the raspberries, dragon fruit, chia seeds, and flaxseed meal into a blender.
- Add the milk and blend on high until smooth.
- Pause to scrape the sides of the blender with a spatula as needed.
- Sweeten the coconut yogurt with some stevia.
- Place the pudding into a bowl and top it with yogurt and a few raspberries.
Notes
Find out more about these ingredients here: raspberries, flaxseed meal, almond milk, dragon fruit, stevia
Now that you have made a yummydragon fruit chia pudding, here are some more recipes.
One More Dragon Fruit Recipe
Dragon Fruit Smoothie – This dragon fruit smoothie is delicious and refreshing. This exotic fruit is delightful to make a smoothie with. Also, this recipe is vegan and gluten-free. It is a tasty smoothie which is great for breakfast or an afternoon snack.
Here are a few more of my favorite puddings to make:
Chia Pudding with Wild Blueberries is Vegan Keto and Yummy -This is a super easy creamy vegan chia pudding with wild blueberries. It is paleo and keto-friendly too. You can use frozen blueberries. Talk about a fast way to prepare pudding; it took me only 5 minutes to prepare.
Sweet Prune Fruit Pudding with Custard is Delicious – This prune fruit pudding made with the fruit compote is so delicious. What makes this pudding so special is being topped with the vegan custard. Also, what I really like about it is that there is no sugar added.
Sweet Vegan Papaya Pudding – This yummy papaya pudding is a very easy to make for dessert and super nutritious too.
Cherry Vegan Pudding – This cherry pudding is so easy to make and great for a hot summer day as it is raw.
Yummy Pumpkin Pudding – This pumpkin pudding tastes great by itself or you can also put it in your favorite pie crust making ‘Pumpkin Pie’.
Deluxe Tasty Wild Rice Pudding – his wild rice pudding is a new favorite pudding of mine. It has a creamy consistency and it is still vegan which I like. It is not overly sweet and yet is a sweet pudding with lots of flavor and lots of wild rice which is full of health benefits.
Raw Carob Pudding – I was inspired to make this for my friend Edward; he eats 100% raw food and loves carob. The first try I made was good but not as good as I knew it could be so this second try is delicious.