Chia is a great source of fibre, protein, calcium, magnesium, antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. It's low-GI and low calorie. It’s incredibly nutritious, in many of the ways that we need for digestion and gut health.

You can make it at night, and in the morning all you have to do is chop some fruit, stir in whatever else you want to add, and your breakfast is done. You can make it in a jar or container so it's portable and easy to store in the fridge. So it’s also very convenient, and cheap (under $1 per serve). And you can adapt a basic chia pudding with lots of different flavours.

A basic chia pudding is 1 cup liquid, 3tbsp chia seeds, and 1 tbsp sweetener.

For the liquid I use half tinned coconut milk and half water, and for sweetener I use brown sugar. You can use any milk (almond, rice, soy) or sweetener (maple syrup, coconut sugar) you like.

Put the liquid, seeds and sweetener of choice into a jar or container. Stir really well for a minute. Leave for a few minutes and stir again. Repeat once more. (If you don't keep stirring it will clump together at the bottom.) Then pop it in the fridge for at least 3 hours.

When ready to serve you can add stuff:

Chopped nuts - I like almonds and hazelnuts
A spoonful of nut butter like peanut or almond
Your preferred fruit (seasonal or frozen)
Protein powder
Seeds - I like flax seeds
Cocoa/cacao to make it chocolate flavoured
Coconut flakes

To begin with, just keep it simple with 1 or 2 types of fruit and some nuts.

I love frozen fruit for this and usually have raspberries, mango, and passionfruit in the freezer. Fresh banana is always good, as are fresh strawberries when they're in season.