hi guys i'm britta davis the internet chef and thank you for joining us on another episode of the internet chef TV on today's episode we're going to make a little cheer gel now if you have seen my little video on on the benefits of chia seeds you know that you need to get some of these in your diet so I'm going to show you a really really simple way to make sure that you do get these in your diet and so what I'm going to make is cheer gel so basically I'm taking the chia seeds I have 1/3 of a cup of the chia seeds here and I'm going to put them into a 2 cups of water which is about five hundred mils or just over a pint of water that's just cold water and I'm going to put the chia seeds in there and what's going to happen once they go when they give them a little bit of a stir is these chia seeds are going to start to swell and they actually take on water so they're going to take on 110 times their original weight and water so what's going to happen in around about 15 minutes as it takes in the chia seeds to start to swell with the water as our water here is going to turn into a gel almost like you put think we've put gelatin and then we have it because this of course is 100% natural and this is the base I use this cheer gel as the base to so many of my dishes when I am cooking with chia seeds and I also use this every single day I make myself a little cheer fresca the recipe for that is coming up real soon and what I do with my cheer fresca as I add my chia seeds a couple of tablespoons of my cheer gel just to a bottle of water every single morning and that's what I take with me when I leave the house so I'm getting all that wonderful superfoods all that fantastic nutrients and vitamins and minerals that we know is super packed into chair seeds so let's see what happens and about 15 minutes how cool is this so after not too not too many minutes 10 to 15 minutes in fact what has happened is our cheer seeds have taken on that water and swollen and soon so now I have a jelly-like consistency with my cheer seeds which is absolutely perfect and just what I was looking for now what you need to do once you have what your cheer seeds to this gel like stage is you can cover this put it into the refrigerator will last for a couple of weeks now I find that one of these amounts usually lasts me for just under a week of filling up my water bottle my own 1 liter water bottle every single day take a look at this recipe coming online on the screen now that's the recipe for the water that I make using this cheer gel but you can also use it in your courage you can put it through your stews your soups if anything that you want to use as a thickener really has multiple uses because it is flavor less so a really wonderful product hope you use this give it a go and if you come up with any recipes of your own that you think might be exciting please feel free to share thanks for joining us guys see you again real soon take care you