Chia Ambrosia

Before leaving to go to town on Friday I ate up what remained of the Chia pudding. It seemed to me that if the claims made for Chia are anything like truthful then it was just the fuel food required for my expedition.  I can report that when the cafeteria on the boat opened I …

All Good Things

I had my first experiment with Chia today. I made a pudding, using a tin of coconut milk as the base. Added flavours: cocoa, cinnamon, maple syrup so, that’s why I am calling it All Good Things Pudding Makes 2 generous or 4 small portions. Three people may be moderate pigs. Believers in Chia as …

We all love figgy pudding

The recipe that I linked to the other day, for Vanilla-Rooibos Fig Newtons set me off a-Googling. It contained mystery ingredients, plus I had always wondered what a Fig Newton was. Turns out it’s just a plain old Fig Roll. Mystery #2 was the Chia seeds. These come from a Salvia, believe it or not …