Breakfast in a jar: chia oat pudding with coral glass jelly

I love making beautiful ensemble for breakfasts. Something like this. We feel jolly looking at it and eating it. The lil' fella was so happy when he saw this. He finished them all. 

This is an easy one, almost like the overnight oat and chia pudding that we've been eating daily, but it has an additional layer, which is the coral g;ass jelly as the bottom layer. Coral glass is a type of seaweed. It is also commonly known as sea bird-nest or the poor man's birdnest, as it resembles birdnest in terms of their dense collagen and high nutrients content. 

According to an info by Matanjun et al, 2009, coral glass jelly contains 10times richer amount of collagen than birdnest, 37 times more calcium than cod liver. It is low in fat and calories but bursting with nutrients like magnesium, iron, sodium and calcium. 

You can see more about it in this previous post. 

To prepare the bottom layer

*2-3tbsp soaked and cleaned coral glass jelly (see previous post on instructions to clean them)

*1/2 cup of fresh milk 

*1tbsp dark muscovado sugar 

Or here's another recipe using apple juice 

*2-3tbsp soaked and cleaned coral glass jelly 

*1 cup of apple juice 

Boil everything in a pan and continue to stir until the coral glass jelly dissolves. Pour into glass jar to set in the fridge. 

In another container, prepare the chia seed and oat pudding with 

*2/3 cup of rolled oat 

*1 cup of fresh milk

*2tbsp chia seeds 

For more idea on the chia seed or overnight oat recipe, please refer here. 

Combine everything and stir until the chia seeds are distributed evenly. Let set in the refrigerator. 

The next morning, pour the chia and oat pudding onto the coral glass jelly. Top with chopped fruits or nuts. 

Overnight oat

Overnight oat with chia seeds 

Overnight oat with chia seeds, mulberries and kiwi. 

Gimme a LIKE, will ya? :p

Overnight oat is the IT 'trend' lately. You'll see posts of your friends having overnight oat on facebook, instagram, blogs, twitters.. everywhere. It's like a self-proclaimation that 'I'm now on a clean-diet'. Come gimme a LIKE. Hahaaa.. I just did it this morning. So no offence seriously. If you do ponder about it, you'll realized that soaked oat has been here for a long time. The lil' fella and I have been eating warmed-up soaked oat with fruits for the longest time ever. The difference now is that we don't heat it up and we serve/ prep it in a tall glass jar. It looks more pleasing to the eye.

Now, let's compare it with the warmed up soaked oat that the lil' fella used to eat. Won't you agree that the 'NEW' overnight oat is definitely looking much prettier?

Here's the recipe for a pretty overnight oat served in a glass jar:
*1/2 cup rolled oat, organic
*1 cup fresh milk
*1/3 cup plain yogurt or greek yogurt

Combine all and soak overnight in glass jar in the fridge. The next morning, prior to serving, top with chopped fruits.

OR this is a yogurt-free recipe which I prefer:
*1cup rolled oat, organic
*1 cup fresh milk

OR  here's the recipe for black sesame and chia seed oat pudding 

*1cup milk 

*1tbsp black sesame powder

*2tbsp chia seeds 

*1 cup rolled oat 

Combine all and soak overnight in glass jar in the fridge. The next morning, prior to serving, top with chopped fruits.

Overnight oat with oat crispies, chopped salted almond and fresh mango.