This hearty Spiced Chia Seed Porridge is a a great way to start your day. It takes only minutes to make!
If you like chia pudding, I think you're going to love this vegan porridge. It's a healthy breakfast that will kick-start your day.
It is a great alternative to oatmeal for people on a vegan keto or keto diet.
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🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Chia seeds: Get gelatinous when liquid is added.
- Ground flaxseeds: For texture, flavor, protein and fiber. You could also use more chia seeds.
- Shredded coconut: Adds coconut flavor. You could leave it out.
- Hemp milk: I used homemade hemp milk, because it is sugar free and keto. You could use unsweetened almond milk, full fat coconut milk, or your favorite dairy-free milk.
- Cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg: Adds warm spice flavors. You could use your favorite spices.
- Vanilla extract: Enhances flavors.
- Salt: Enhances flavors.
- Stevia: Sweetens without adding sugar. You could use your favorite sugar free sweetener or maple syrup, agave syrup, of dates.
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🔪 Instructions
Add chia seeds, ground flax seeds, homemade hemp milk, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla extract, shredded coconut, and salt to a saucepan. Stir and cook until heated through and thickened.
Pour mixture into a bowl and top with blueberries, coconut chips, and nuts or your favorite toppings.
🥡 Storage
This chia seed porridge recipe will last up to 5 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
📖 Variations / Additions
- Keto friendly berries: raspberries, strawberries, blackberries
- Keto dairy-free milk: full fat coconut milk, unsweetened almond milk, macadamia nut milk, flax milk, cashew milk, or soy milk. Make sure to get unsweetened.
- Nut butters: almond butter, peanut butter, walnut butter, macadamia nut butter
- Cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- Dark chocolate in moderation
I know eating a vegan keto diet can be hard, so here are some more recipes to help.
I also started a Vegan Keto Category, so that you can find the vegan keto recipes altogether, and can easily see when I post new ones. There may be other vegan keto friendly recipes that I have forgotten about, so if you search by ingredient you may find some others.
All of my recipes are also on the Prepear App. It is a free app that helps you store all your recipes in one place. You can create meal plans or choose from meal plans that are already done for you.
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This vegan keto chia porridge is a hearty meal!
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📋 Recipe
Spiced Chia Seed Porridge
Ingredients
- ½ cup chia seeds
- ¼ cup ground flax seeds (a little over 2 tablespoons flax seeds before grinding)
- 2 tablespoons finely shredded coconut
- 2 ½ cups homemade hemp milk
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- Stevia (optional)
Optional Toppings
- Blueberries
- Coconut chips
- Pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, pine nuts, or almonds
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a pan. Cook for about 5 minutes, until heated through and porridge thickens. Serve with one or all of the toppings.
Nutrition
*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
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