A cold and creamy dessert, this Easy Chia Pudding with Strawberry Banana Ice Cream will make your taste buds dance. Frozen strawberries and bananas are blitzed into a delicious soft serve ice cream, that’s dolloped over a thick and creamy chia pudding – all without any added sugar. You’re welcome!
This Easy Chia Pudding with Strawberry Banana Ice Cream means you can totally have ice cream for breakfast! It’s packed full of nutrition, creamy and cooling and perfect during the summer months. But honestly, we can’t resist ice cream any month of the year – it’s so delicious!
What is Chia Pudding?
Chia pudding is made with chia seeds; small black seeds – that are very absorbent. When you submerge them in liquid (usually some kind of nut milk), they absorb the liquid, thicken it and transform into a delicious creamy consistency. It’s a great option for making healthy breakfasts, desserts, and snacks.
What I love most, is that this chia pudding can be made in advance, and stored in the fridge – until you’re ready to serve. You can make it the night before – if you’re planning on having it for breakfast. Then all you need to do, in the morning, is whip up the ice cream which is just as easy as making a smoothie.
How to Make Ice Cream Healthy?
Don’t fret! This ice cream isn’t packed full of heavy cream and refined sugar. Instead, it’s full of wholesome and simple ingredients – nature’s candy. It tastes incredible and is a healthy option – to enjoy more often!
To make healthy strawberry banana ice cream, I used a combination of frozen strawberries and bananas, blended with a dash of almond milk. The frozen fruit really helps create the most delicious cool and thick texture. Not to mention, it’s also loaded with nutrients!
How to Make Easy Chia Pudding with Strawberry Banana Ice Cream
- Blend 2 cups of almond milk, dates and ripe banana
- Transfer into a bowl and stir in the chia seeds
- Pour the pudding equally into 2 glasses and refrigerate for an hour or until set (overnight is best)
Ice Cream - Just before serving, blend 1/2 cup of almond milk, frozen bananas, and frozen strawberries into an ice cream consistency
- Wash and cut fresh strawberries into thin slices and arrange around the chia pudding
- Pour ice cream over the chia puddings
- Top with almonds
Top Tips and Variations
- Make sure to use frozen fruit to make the ice cream
- I used almond milk for the chia pudding but any nut milk will work
- You can make the chia pudding in advance and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to make the ice cream and serve
- Top the ice cream pudding with any nuts and seeds you like I love to use chopped almonds
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Easy Chia Pudding with Strawberry Banana Ice Cream | Vegan, Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups almond milk unsweetened
- 1/2 banana ripe
- 2 dired dates pitted
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
- 2 cups banana frozen, sliced
- 1/2 cup strawberries frozen
- 2 strawberries fresh, large
- 10 almonds chopped, for garnish
Instructions
Chia Pudding
- Blend 2 cups of almond milk, dates and ripe banana
- Transfer into a bowl and stir in the chia seeds
- Pour the pudding equally into 2 glasses and refrigerate for an hour or until set (overnight is best)
Ice Cream
- Just before serving, blend 1/2 cup of almond milk, frozen bananas and frozen strawberries into an ice cream consistency.
How to serve
- Wash cut fresh strawberries into thin slices and arrange around the chia pudding
- Pour ice cream over the chia puddings.
- Top with almonds
Notes
- Make sure to use frozen fruit to make the ice cream
- I used almond milk for the chia pudding but any nut milk will work
- You can make the chia pudding in advance and store it in the fridge until you're ready to make the ice cream and serve
- Top the ice cream pudding with any nuts and seeds you like I love to use chopped almonds
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