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Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding

A healthy, vegan, gluten-free vanilla-flavored pudding made with chia seeds, coconut milk and maple syrup. Topped with blueberries and strawberries.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Chia and vanilla work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 93 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Whisk the milk, chia seeds, sweetener and vanilla extract together in a bowl until no clumps remain.

  2. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes, then whisk again to break up any seeds that have stuck together.

  3. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight, until the pudding is thick and gel-like.

  4. Stir the pudding well before serving, and spoon it into small glasses or bowls.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chia + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Coconut + chiatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Maple syrup + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together752 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Coconut + maple syruptop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chia, maple syrup, vanilla):

  1. Coconutthe original
  2. Blueberryabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Bananaabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chia, maple syrup, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).