Hmm I have a hard copy of the recipe I use, but now I can’t find it! But this is very similar if not identical (mine doesn’t include salt). Also, I would not use FF yogurt.

Adding fruit is essential, IMO. I have also added sliced almonds but haven’t tried granola.

I haven’t seen a recipe that includes protein powder but I assume you can just add it?

I also have added chocolate protein powder and some almond butter to my fave Trader Joe’s oatmeal. It is really good!

I don't eat chia pudding, but most mornings I eat oats with chia, flax and hemp seeds. I just cook 1/3 cup Bob's High Protein oats until almost done, then add in a little more water, 2 T chia seeds, and 2 T of a super seed mix that has chia, flax, and hemp seeds and let it cook for a minute or so. With the high protein oats and all the seeds it's about 20 grams of protein and a lot of fiber.

Sometimes, I also cook down about 1 cup of frozen berries until they have a lot of liquid and add in 2T of chia seeds and let them absorb the juice, and then just add walnuts and/or homemade granola and have that for breakfast.

Chia jam is good too.

I don't eat protein powder, but I think there are a lot of recipes out there where you add it to pancake mix or muffins that might be good for breakfast or snack.

A lot of the overnight oats recipes have chia seeds in them, too, if you want something besides pudding. I found this link yesterday after talking to a co-worker about overnight oats.

Overnight Oats recipes

My favorite chia pudding recipe recently was made with coconut milk, orange zest and vanilla bean paste. I am moving away from protein powder, so have not tried it as an addition. To the base recipe I add sliced almonds and some partially defrosted fruit from the freezer (usually mangos and blueberries or raspberries). One thing I have found is I do not care for the taste of the chia seeds when they are blended.

Thanks for the inspiration. I'm using up two batches that I made and then I'll try adding things like citrus zest. Unfortunately, I don't like overnight oats. My cousin used to make them 25 year ago but called them "soaks". It was a hard pass then too

I also learned two lessons: no to vanilla yogurt and no to vanilla almond milk. Both taste way to fake for me.

I need to look up some of my recipes for you re: chia pudding.

However, I wanted to see if maybe these would appeal to you - I have a grandson who really didn't like any type of protein. It was a challenge for about a year or so (he just turned three).

I started making protein balls - all different flavors. He LOVED THEM! I often used a nutrition powder instead of just protein in order to get more fruits and veggies in him.

I started sending some home with him every wednesday - i watch him on Wednesdays. He also would help me make them. My daughter and SIL also loved them! If I didn't send any home with him, they'd send me a text requesting some!

I made peanut butter and jelly ones, salted carmel ones, banana ones, strawberry and cream ones, chocolate chip cookie ones (with carob chips), french toast, lemon almond ones + a ton of other flavors. Many times, I just opened up my pantry and started mixing things together.

Also - I am gluten free (and low dairy) - so, all of these were also gluten free + made with plant protein. I also used hemp seeds + chia seeds + flax seeds + ground flax + other stuff. Some also contained greek yogurt = more protein. I made them low sugar. I used dates and other healthier things to add some seetness. My granson actually started requesting dates as a snack.

If you are interested in the above, let me know and I'll get some recipes together for you!

Oh - I also made some chia/flax cracker things (I just made them up) that had an almond flour base + different seasonings - they were pretty good and it was nice to have them since I'm gluten free. Many of the things I make are lower fat also.