Sometimes, you just need a recipe that has simple, pure ingredients that boast big flavors. You need to let honest, healthy ingredients shine, and that’s exactly what this pudding does. Blend together bananas, mixed berries, homemade almond milk, maple syrup, hemp seeds, and chia seeds and there you have your pudding. It is creamy, cool, naturally sweet, and loaded with healthy fats, protein, and fiber. Plus, it is undeniably satisfying and easy to make.

This banana berry hemp seed pudding is the perfect breakfast, snack, or dessert to enjoy while adhering to a raw vegan diet. Not only does it satisfy your sweet tooth, but it also fills you up, so you don’t need to eat an entire bowl to feel satiated. A small cup will do you right! You can attribute this pudding’s ability to fill you up to the hemp seeds and chia seeds. Both of these seeds are naturally rich in fiber, healthy fats, and lots of protein, all of which fill you up.

Hemp seeds, or hemp hearts, contain high amounts of arginine, an amino acid that produces nitric oxide in the body. Nitric oxide is a gas molecule that causes blood vessels to dilate and relax, which helps to lower blood pressure. A large study that consisted of over 13,000 people observed that increased arginine intake helped reduce C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory marker linked to heart disease. Additionally, the gamma-linolenic acid in hemp seeds works to reduce inflammation.