Strawberry Chia Seed Spread

Recipe i followed: http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-strawberry-chia-seed-spread-recipe/

First off, had trouble finding the chia seeds. I wasn't too surprised by that. My mom ended up going to Trader Joe and found some there. Now i have a few things i can make with the bag my mom got. One being a chia seed pudding.

After coming across a bunch of things involving chia seeds and seeing the spreads/jams, i really wanted to try making some. Seems like such a simple way to make a spread and then you get added benefits of having the chia seeds in it. I have another strawberry one i want to try that is basically the same thing but different portions, just see if any difference.

It's pretty easy to make. A little disappointed in that the flavor didn't seem to be very strong. Might just be because i'm use to really sugary strawberry things. I did accidentally add sugar then rinsed it off when making this. I could of swore it said to do like a cup of sugar, read it again and saw it didn't after i added the sugar. Rinsed it off and i doubt it really messed with anything. But even the not super sweetness wasn't that bad, it just didn't have a majorly strong strawberry taste.

I'll try to remember to finish it before it goes bad, i don't really have a lot of things that i can put it on unless i start having more toast or something. Which i found some bread i really enjoy(the one pictured) that might make having toast a bit better, taste and for me wise. Also need to finish it off so i can make a different flavor to try other ones. we don't go through jam stuff very fast so i'll probably be the one who eats them mostly...Maybe i will just have more peanut butter and jam sandwiches lol.

Oh guess i'll say something about the texture since the chia seeds are what thickens it. It is different but not really a bad different, more of a i'm fine with it and won't even care once i'm use to it. I read that someone compared it to like when you have raspberry jelly/jam because they have a lot of seeds, not sure how much it's compared to blackberries which also have a good bit of them, i don't eat raspberries and hardly anything made from them, don't like them.

They do look weird close up. If not use to them, or sometimes maybe even if you are, a close up might not be the best thing to be able to eat them. Some people get completely turned off of eating something just based on how it looks. Like my family doesn't like when i add food coloring to just normal food, they say it makes the food less appealing. Going to include a picture of what i have for a close up, probably could of gotten closer but this is the picture i got of it.