Chia Coconut Milk Smoothie With Soft Tofu: A Layered Breakfast Smoothie
Chia Coconut Milk Smoothie With Soft Tofu.
A Layered Smoothie With Seasonal Fruit, And No Added Sugar.
A Short Recipe Note: Chris’s Notes On Amounts And Steps Are Coming.
Introduction to chia coconut milk smoothie
This chia coconut milk smoothie is chia seeds and coconut milk in the bottom layer, with soft tofu, vanilla and fruit such as pineapple on top. I use whatever fruit is in season, and I add no extra sugar. This page is a short recipe note: I have not written down the amounts and steps yet, and they will be added.
In May 2024 I went to Melbourne to be on a yoga teacher trainee assessment panel for Iyengar Yoga Australia. The yoga studio where the assessments were held prepared a fantastic breakfast for all of us assessors. Mine was specially made, because I am gluten free. So instead of bread, I was given a delicious chia fruit smoothie.
I loved it so much that when I got home to Darwin I started making Darwin smoothies with chia, coconut milk and soft tofu. Then I mix in whatever Darwin fruit is in season, and some other fruit like berries. Whenever I can, I choose very low sugar fruit such as avocados or strawberries. I don’t add any extra sugar, as the fruit has enough in it.
I don’t have one every day, far from it. But it has been fun experimenting with chia, black rice pudding, tapioca pearls (sago) and various seeds. I often make a breakfast like black rice pudding, then add the smoothie to it, and sometimes the whole thing becomes a very filling smoothie bowl.
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Strawberry chia coconut milk smoothie
Chia and coconut milk, with strawberries on top.
Ingredients for chia coconut milk smoothie
Here is what goes into this Flametree Yoga Studio smoothie. Chris’s notes on amounts, and on how many it makes, are coming.
- Chia seeds
- Coconut milk
- Soft tofu
- Seasonal fruit: Darwin fruit or berries, such as strawberries, or avocado for low sugar
- Vanilla
- Pineapple, on top
How to make chia coconut milk smoothie
The coconut milk and chia seeds go in the bottom layer, with the pineapple, tofu and vanilla on top. Chris’s step by step notes are coming.
A tray of Darwin chia smoothies
Different fruit and colours, from my smoothie experiments.
With mango on top
Mango on top.
Layered, with mint
A chia base with a smoothie on top.
Blueberry, with yoghurt and strawberry
A blueberry version, topped with yoghurt and fresh fruit.
A creamy smoothie over chia
Creamy smoothie over a chia layer.
With pineapple and passion fruit
Pineapple and passion fruit on top.
Does this smoothie have added sugar?
No. I don’t add any extra sugar, because the fruit has enough in it.
What fruit goes in a chia coconut milk smoothie?
Whatever Darwin fruit is in season, and other fruit like berries. When I can, I choose very low sugar fruit such as avocados or strawberries.
How much protein is in chia seeds?
Dried chia seeds have about 16.5 g of protein in every 100 g, according to the USDA FoodData Central database.
Chia coconut milk smoothie: quick questions answered
Does this smoothie have added sugar?
No. I don’t add any extra sugar, because the fruit has enough in it.
What fruit goes in a chia coconut milk smoothie?
Whatever Darwin fruit is in season, and other fruit like berries. When I can, I choose very low sugar fruit such as avocados or strawberries.
Where did this smoothie come from?
In May 2024 I was on a teacher trainee assessment panel for Iyengar Yoga Australia in Melbourne. I am gluten free, so my breakfast was a chia fruit smoothie instead of bread. I loved it, and started making my own Darwin version at home.
More Flametree smoothie and breakfast recipes
If you like this, try my strawberry banana smoothie with tofu, my avocado banana smoothie with ginger and apple, my Indonesian black rice pudding, or my tapioca dessert with papaya.
Do you have a vegan recipe or dish you’d like to share?
Please contact me with any dishes you’d like to share with me.
Obviously, I’m especially interested in any dish that is already a great Darwin vegan option.
Alternatively, it may be a potential vegan Darwin recipe that I could adapt, or be inspired by, as I did here.
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Recipe by Chris Lalor, Flametree Yoga Studio, Darwin NT. General information only.
