Heidi Thornton's Chilled Breakfast Pudding

We're heading into warmer weather, and so morning meals like porridge are not as appealing. Instead we want cooler, more season-appropriate meals; vibrant salads for lunches, casual BBQs for dinners, lovely stone-fruits for snacks. And breakfast? Why not try this healthy and yummy Chilled-Breakfast Pudding?

The frozen banana adds a lovely thickness, helping to create a pudding-like texture. Flaxmeal and Chia Seeds provide you with Fibre, Omega-3 Fats and Protein to help keep you going all day long. Rolled Oats are another great addition to help bulk up this breakfast.

Berries are delicious over Summer, and they give you a bundle of Antioxidants right here. Lastly, drizzling Melrose Organic Coconut Oil over the top is a real treat - it forms a hard shell, and adds a lovely flavour to this Chilled Breakfast Pudding.

Cool down and nourish yourself with wonderful nutrients, starting with breakfast!

Chilled Breakfast Pudding

* This recipes requires a Blender and a pre-frozen Banana. For the frozen banana, peel and wrap a ripe banana in glad wrap and freeze for at least 4 hours before using. I always keep a few in my freezer, they're great in smoothies and of course, this recipe!

Serves 1

Ingredients

• 1 Frozen Banana
• 3-4 tablespoons Low-Fat Vanilla Yoghurt (larger bananas will require more yoghurt, smaller ones will require less)
• 2 teaspoons Chia Seeds
• 1 ½ tablespoons Rolled Oats
• 1 tablespoon Melrose Organic Golden Flaxmeal
• 1/3 cup Berries (fresh or defrosted from frozen)
• ½ tablespoon Melrose Organic Coconut Oil (in it's liquid state)

Method

1. Unwrap and then thinly slice your frozen banana. Add it to the blender along with 2 tablespoons of the yoghurt. Be careful to not add too much yoghurt to begin with, as adding too much will result in a thinner mixture. Blend (you might need to stop the blender and stir the ingredients to get it blending smoothly). Add your extra tablespoon of yoghurt, stir and then blend again. Blend until smooth (adding a fourth tablespoon of yoghurt if you need to). Once the mixture is smooth and thick, pour into a small, deep bowl (allowing room to add ingredients on top).
2. Add the chia seeds and rolled oats to the banana/yoghurt mixture, stir to combine. Pop the bowl in the freezer to chill for 10 minutes.
3. While the pudding is chilling, place your jar of coconut oil in a bowl of hot water - this will help the oil to move from a solid to liquid state (do not microwave it!).
4. After 10 minutes, remove your chilled pudding from the freezer. Top it with the flaxmeal and berries, then drizzle the liquid coconut oil over the top. Place your bowl in the freezer for 2 more minutes, to allow the hard shell to form. Enjoy!