Delicious Way to Use Strawberry Chia Jam for a Healthy Breakfast

The strawberry season is here and that's why I have wrote for you this month a little inspiration on how to enjoy them to the maximum and prepare from strawberries, for example, this excellent homemade jam without any added sugar. During my consultations, parents often ask me how they should do it in the morning with healthy breakfast, when they don't have time to have it together with their children and often just buy something quickly on the way to work. So even for these cases I have a solution for you in today's article, read on :-)

Strawberry Chia Jam

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of strawberries

• 2 tablespoons of Chia seeds

• 1 vanilla pod

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Portion: for 4 people
Designation: Vegan, gluten-free

Directions:

Mash the well-washed strawberries and put them to boil in a saucepan. Then turn off the heat, add the vanilla and chia seeds and mix well. Leave to cool and put in a glass jar.

You can store the jam in the fridge for 3 days, but we ate it even earlier :-)

Sugar

Yes, this version is really completely SUGAR FREE and tested by my son who loves it. I only sweeten with fruits, vanilla, coconut or 100 % nuts butter. These ingredients have a naturally sweet taste and our receptor cells can perceive it. Try make this jam with your kids too. You need only 3 ingredients and it´s ready in 15 minutes! You will definitely have a lot of fun and the children will enjoy the goodies they have prepared together with you.

Nutritional point

Strawberries

Who doesn't like these sweet treats, which are now all around us? Did you know that their red color is due to an antioxidant called anthocyanin? When consumed regularly, this antioxidant helps to protect the cells of our body from damage. Strawberries are also a source of potassium, manganese, fiber and vitamin C. In 1 cup of strawberries, we find more vitamin C than in an orange and thus support the proper functioning of our immune system.

Chia seeds

Chia seeds is an excellent source of quality fats called Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) . This PUFAs are the basic building blocks of lipids, which our body then use for the formation of cellular tissues, and then, for example, for the proper functioning of the brain and heart. Since they belong to the essential substances, our body cannot produce them. PUFAs have a big impact on cognitive performance, increase memory, ability to learn and concentration and they should therefore be part of not only our but especially our children's menu.

"Chia seeds is an excellent source of quality fats called Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which have a big impact on cognitive performance, increase memory, ability to learn and concentration"

Healthy Family breakfast, ready in 5 minutes!

Ingredients:

• Strawberry Chia Jam

• 2 Greek Yogurts

• 2 tablespoons of Buckwheat flakes

• 1 banana

• 1 handful of nuts

• 100 % almond butter (no added sugar)

• 1 bowl for a child

• 1 glass jar four you

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Portion: for 2 people
Designation: Vegetarian, gluten-free

Directions:

In order to save maximum time in the morning, start preparing breakfast for you and your child(ren) in parallel. Start with Greek yogurt as a source of quality protein and fat, then add buckwheat flakes to provide complex carbohydrates. Strawberry jam with chia seeds together with nuts will also provide us with the intake of healthy fats. The sweet taste is then supported by added fruit in the form of strawberries or bananas, so that we don't have to sweeten it any further. Add almond butter to the topping and you will see that both you and your children will enjoy this healthy and at the same time quick breakfast.