UsageMixing them with milk or fruit juice to make a chia pudding, which you can top with cacao nibs or fresh fruit. Creating an egg replacer to use in baked goods such as cakes or breads. Mixing them into
Chia seeds are the edible seeds of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to central and southern Mexico,
or of the related Salvia columbariae of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around 2 millimetres.
Chia seeds come from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, a member of the mint family.
Salvia hispanica seed often is sold under its common name "chia" as well as several trademarked names.
Its origin is believed to be in Central America where the seed was a staple in the ancient Aztec diet.