The Easiest Pudding You'll Ever Make

As a fan of any food (and yes, I mean any) with pretentious ingredients
     and labels such as "Raw", "Vegan", or "Paleo", I'm a frequenter of
     the simple recipe of overnight oats. If you haven't tried the beauties,
     trust me, they're the best things ever. Basically, it's just oatmeal sans
     microwave. Don't lie, you love blowing yourself up as some health
     guru as much as the next guy.

Over time though, overnight oats simply wouldn't fill my craving for a
     quick breakfast that also stroked my cruelty free ego. So, I had a
     revelation. Flax seeds! Okay, that's a lie. My first thought went to chia
     seeds, but those are rather expensive for a lowly, jobless teenager. Still,
     even if it sounds less fancy, I've come to enjoy flax seeds more. They
     have a nuttier flavor, about the same nutritional standpoint, and are
     roughly three dollars cheaper than chia seeds per pound. No, really,
     according to this website, flax seeds are $2.95/lb while chia seeds
     are $5.99/lb as of 9/25/16. See? I'm full of fun facts. How about using
     that to impress your friends at a party? Whether you're applauded or
     kicked out for it, it will have been a fun ride.

Anyways, flax seeds! They're easy, fun, nutritious, and can be said with
     the same emotional zeal as someone in Walmart thinking they're
     superior for buying the one organic thing in the entire store. Yes, I'm
     referencing myself with that jab. Flax seeds are positively delicious,
     and after doing a bit of research to see how in the world I could add
     them in, I've found my preferred method: grinding those suckers like
     coffee beans. With that, I present to you, the easiest breakfast for those
     mornings where you just cant.

THE EASIEST PUDDING YOU'LL EVER MAKE

Ingredients:

• 2tbs Whole flax seeds
• 1/2c Oatmeal (preferably not "Quick Oats")
• 1/3c + extra Almond Milk (Or whichever milk you prefer. Be warned: it may alter the flavor)
• 1tbs Granulated sugar OR sugar substitute
• 1tbs Baking cocoa powder
• Things to decorate (i.e. Fresh fruit, fruit preserves, honey, etc)

PROCESS:

• Take your flax seeds and grind them until they're pretty much a fine powder, or about ten seconds, whether it's in a bullet blender like me, or, if you're extra fancy and you have it on hand, use a coffee grinder. transfer them to a mason jar.
• Add in your first 1/3c of milk and stir until the powder is thoroughly mixed in.
• Add your Oatmeal into the mason jar then, on top of the other mixture, so that it's in two separate layers. 
• Pour in enough milk to cover the oats' tops. If you would prefer a more liquidy pudding in the end, add more.
• Stir the two layers together, adding in the cocoa powder and sugar as you do until the mixture looks more uniform in composition
• Add a your toppings (I used blackberry preserves, but you can use anything that you think would go well with chocolate), and then close your jar and set it in the fridge. By morning, you'll have a quick breakfast that you can grab on the run with no fuss.

Bada-bing, bada-boom, you have your pudding/oatmeal thing! 

     It may not look perfectly appetizing in the picture, but trust 

     me on this, it was gosh darn delicious. Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo, Gossip Girl