'Theme and Variations' 4: Little On-the-Spot Snacks/'Puddings'

Well, another theme to this 'theme and variations' series of mine seems to be the lack of a good name for some of my staple food items! I guess this is the flip side of my observation that I often mention, that people who eat a 'standard' diet and don't think about what they eat are often so attached to a prototypical 'named' food, which must always taste the same every time, and be paired with the right partner, or else it's unacceptable. (Bacon and eggs, corned beef and rye - many of them I'd never even heard of before I met my husband - or, smoothies must be ice cold or else they're undrinkable, etc.) This has made it very hard for me to imagine winning people over with rawified 'pizza,' 'lasagna,' etc - even the desserts need some explanation. My flip side is that lots of things that I eat on a regular basis don't even fall under a generic characterization (like 'salad,') - far less a prototypical rendition with a standard list of expected ingredients (like 'caesar salad'.) 

Theme

Of course, salad itself is one of my main staples, and will be part of another 'theme and variations' post. But for this week, the 'theme' is a little snack, mixed together on the spot from superfood powders, spices, omega-3 seeds, etc. This is a 'make at home to eat at home with a spoon' snack, not a take-and-go. It can be mixed together in a small bowl or mason jar, but I often make such a small amount that I mix it up and eat it from a jar lid!

My basic 'theme' for it at the moment is coconut kefir, a little coconut butter, some flax seed meal or chia seeds, and spices and superfoods.

Variations

Here are some favorite combinations:

Couple tablespoons coconut kefir, 1/2 teaspoon coconut butter, scoop of flaxseed meal, teaspoon each of maca and mesquite, cinnamon, cardamom, bee pollen;

First three ingredients above plus a few chopped goji berries;

First three ingredients and some ginger, cardamom and spirulina;

Couple tablespoons coconut kefir, couple tablespoons chia gel or 'chia-sweet,' cardamom, rose water, teaspoon almond butter;

(Especially if I've just been exercising): add some hemp or pea protein powder and some kefir whey to any of these mixtures.