Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Though I didn’t go to any St. Paddy’s Day parades this year, the Irish in me wanted to add a little green into my afternoon in honor of the holiday.
A few days ago, Kiss Me Organics sent me some of their matcha green tea powder to try out. Some stats on matcha:
- It’s the highest quality powdered green tea out there and is considered a powerful superfood.
- It’s been a Japanese cultural norm since the 12th century.
- It’s an antioxidant powerhouse. In fact, my package notes that matcha has 137x the antioxidants of brewed green tea — whoa right!
- Made of chlorophyll-rich tea leaves, matcha is ground into a fine powder using the entire leaf.
- Its natural properties are thought to cause an increase in energy and physical endurance, as well as a metabolism boost.
I’ll talk more about Kiss Me Organics Matcha later on after I get to use it a lot, but for now, I’ll share my first recipe using it:
Banana Berry Yogurt Matcha Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 3/4 cup mixed berries I used strawberries, blueberries & blackberries
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 TBSP honey
- 1/2 TSP matcha
- Ice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.
Tell me, have you ever tried matcha?
Such a beautiful color smoothie! I’ve never tried matcha before, but will definitely be looking into Kiss Me Organics products. Thanks for sharing!
I thought it would turn out green, but it wound up this pretty purple! Ha.
I love matcha! Especially as a frozen latte or milkshake. It’s so healthy!
And even if you’re smoothie didn’t turn out green, at least there was still some green in it! Sounds delicious!
Thanks, Sarah! I definitely want to try matcha next in some healthy muffins or cookies.
I made matcha fortune cookies at a Sur La Table cooking class and they came out really good! I definitely had no idea it had so many awesome benefits though! Thanks for sharing.
Oooh nice! Even more reason to love it right?
Nope I’ve never tried matcha, but now I want to thanks to this yummy looking smoothie and your tips on how healthy it is!
It’s new to me too! 😉
I am a huge matcha fan! one of my fav snacks is matcha mixed in with yogurt and topped with chocolate chips…super yummy! but not before bed because then I am up all night lol
Oooh I’ll have to try that! Hmm, it’s weird because I’m really sensitive to caffeine in coffee, but I haven’t felt any jolt from matcha yet and am fine with drinking green tea. Maybe my body just hates coffee haha which is why I don’t drink it!