Ingredients:

• 4 tbsps. butter, softened
• 1/2 unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tbsps. chia seeds (whole or ground)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch or two of ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup dried goldenberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In large bowl, cream together butter, applesauce, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
3. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flours, chia, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
4. Gradually beat into butter mixture.
5. Stir in oats and goldenberries.
6. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Adapted from recipe found on http://dosesofnourishment.blogspot.com/.

Ingredients:

• 8 dried prunes, soaked in 1 pint pure water
• 1 tbsp spirulina powder
• 1/3 cup chia seeds

Directions:

1. Drain off most of the prune soak water and put the chia seeds to soak in the prune soak water.
2. Blend together the prunes with the spirulina and a small amount of the soak water.
3. Stir the spirulina/prune mixture into the soaked chia seeds.
4. Leave the chia to soak for at least 10 minutes before consuming.

Ingredients:

• 4-5 tbsp chia seeds
• 1-2 bananas
• 1-2 persimmons
• 1 tsp maca
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• handful of goji berries
• handful of pumpkin seeds

Directions:

1. Blend together the bananas and persimmons. Pour out the mixture into a bowl.
2. Stir in the chia seeds, maca, cinnamon, gojis and pumpkin seeds.
3. Leave the chia to soak for at least 10 minutes before consuming.

3 small or 2 big Apples
8 Dates, pits removed
4-5 tbsp Chia Seeds
1/4 cup Dried Mulberries

Blend the apples and six of the dates together. Transfer that mixture into a bowl and stir in the chia seeds and mulberries. Chop down the remaining 2 dates into pieces and stir those in too. Leave to soak for at least 10 minutes before consuming.

2 tsp. Chia Seeds
10^oz pure Water
Juice of one Lemon or Lime
Agave syrup or raw honey to taste

Simply stir the ingredients together and enjoy. This is still a popular drink in modern-day Mexico.