I’ve recently started drinking what has become a wonder food in my diet – matcha green tea.
Matcha is a powdered green tea that has been praised for helping to prevent cardiovascular disease, cancer, and to help reduce harmful cholesterol in the blood. It does this by fighting free radicals, which cause disease in our bodies. Its luminescent green colour is because of its high chlorophyll content.
Matcha green tea has 10 times more antioxidants than green tea! It actually contains the highest known concentration of antioxidants in a food source (beating gogi berries, pomegranates, and cranberries). It has 9 times the beta carotene of spinach and boosts metabolic rate by 35-40% when consumed regularly, making it ideal for weight loss. It is also high in L-theanine, which increases alertness, improves concentration, and reduces stress.
The great thing about this powder is that it has so many uses. If you don’t want to drink it as a tea, you can add the powder to a smoothie, or in a cold drink. You can also use it for baking. Here are some examples of what you can make with matcha:
Matcha macaroons
Matcha cookies
Matcha cupcakes
Matcha cheesecake
Matcha Rice Krispy squares
Today you can win THIS free Match Green Tea canister from Vitalife!
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3. The winner will be announced next Tuesday April 11th.
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Hi, I really wanna try to make the macaroons!!! They look awesome. Thanks for posting such cool info!!! As always, you rock V
I think from the recipes it’d either be the icecream, smoothie or just a cuppa for me
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I would love to try the MAtcha Cheescake!
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The macaroons definitely look the best to me, but I’ll probably try the smoothie first just due to convenience.
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Now, of course, I’m probably also going to order some Matcha, which was your intent all along, wasn’t it?!?!
I’m currently drooling over the macaroons.
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I think i would first do the rice krispy Matcha squars recipes I have kids and I’m sure they would love it. Plus it’s an easy way to get them to eat antioxidants
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The White Chocolate Matcha Macaroons sound delish!!
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A healthy or at the very least healthier cheesecake sounds like a great recipe to try.
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I’d really like to try to make the cheesecake…sounds and looks delicious!
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