Vegan strawberry cheesecake chia pudding is a delicious make-ahead snack or breakfast. It’s packed with fiber, protein, and healthy fats and is filling without high calories.

A few simple ingredients is all it takes to make this fresh and creamy snack or breakfast. It is easy to make ahead of time and keep on hand. Forget sugar-loaded yogurt cups that have no fiber. Make the switch to chia pudding for tons of health benefits!

This Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake Chia Pudding Can Fight Inflammation?!

I recently listened to this podcast from Zoe about inflammation, talking about 7 spring foods that fight it. High inflammation is at the root of many health issues, and is linked especially to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, dementia,

Chia seeds, berries, and fermented foods (like the yogurt in this recipe) were three the of the top foods that fight inflammation! Can you guess what some of the other ones were? If you’re thinking they’re all plant foods, you’re right! The fiber, polyphenols and antioxidants that are only found in plants are keys to fighting inflammation.

Chia seeds also help with weight management, as they fill you up with lots of fiber and promote really good digestive wellness (having effective bowel movements every day is really helpful in weight loss and overall wellness!). Chia seeds also contain one of the healthiest fats that should NOT be avoided–omega 3 fatty acids.

You don’t want to only eat a few anti-inflammatory foods, however. It’s best to eat as much variety of them as possible. Pack your day with whole, plant foods and fermented foods to get started!

To learn more, watch this YouTube Video on how to reduce inflammation from the number one gut health scientist!

What Variations of this Chia Pudding Can I Make?

The options for this snack are endless!

mix up the berries
add sliced banana
use any kind of milk or yogurt
use strawberry jam as your sweetener for more strawberry flavor
try coconut, almond, lemon or strawberry extract instead of vanilla
add crushed graham crackers or granola for some crunch
You could also make a quick raw granola that would be delicious layered with the creamy, tangy chia pudding. My raw granola (rawnola) recipe makes it easy to get tons of micronutrients and healthy fats in from nuts and seeds.

What Yogurt Is Best?

I love to make homemade soy milk yogurt, since soy milk has the most amount of protein of all the plant-based milks, and it’s cheaper to make it than buy it. I have a blog post explaining how to make this very easy soy milk yogurt! It’s really SO easy. You can use it straight, or strain it for thicker yogurt. Since straining it reduces the volume so much, I just use it straight from the jar after it ferments for things like this chia pudding.

As far as store-bought yogurt options, they might be hard to find in your area. Kitehill has a greek yogurt made with soy and almond milk that has 17 grams of protein per serving! Silk has a soy milk yogurt but I have never been able to find it in stores near me. I often just buy almond milk Silk yogurt (it’s at every Walmart I’ve been to), which isn’t as high in protein but has that good live bacteria. You can also use regular dairy greek yogurt if you’re not strictly plant-based.

You might also like these other chia and berry recipes!

Actually Delicious Tropical Chia Pudding

Easy Chia jam

Almond Berry Breakfast Cookies

Blackberry Crisp

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