As my first "Friday Favorites" post, I pondered over what to write. Should I pick a favorite food from this past week? (Like Nutella, which I tried for this first time - definitely a new favorite! I mean, anything with chocolate and nuts mixed together is an automatic favorite for me.)
Or, maybe I should pick one of my favorite exercises to highlight. Yes, I do have favorite exercises - it is possible to like some aspects of exercise! In fact, I really enjoy strength training.
But, I decided to highlight a new favorite drink for me - a Green Tea Smoothie. It's super simple to make and a very light, refreshing drink. Now, I actually don't care for tea. Never have, though I've tried to make myself like it for years. :-) But I love this smoothie! And it's prpbably because you can't taste the tea very much. So for those of you who are tea drinkers, you might want to add more tea to the smoothie than the recipe calls for, especially if you're wanting a strong "tea flavor".
Tea has so many healthy benefits, and I'm sad to missing out on them. I've tried all kinds of tea, but the flavor itself just makes me gag. Even if I plug my nose while drinking! I'm a hopeless cause...an outsider looking in. I shall never be able to enjoy a winter evening sitting in front of a crackling fire, wrapped up in a soft blanket and sipping hot tea out of a beautiful China tea cup. *SOB!!!!!!* How depressing is that???? But at least I get a little green tea in the smoothie!
I originally got this recipe from a book that came along with the Mr. Coffee Frappe Maker that I bought for my sisters for Christmas. But, don't worry - you don't have to own a frappe maker in order to enjoy this smoothie. Just throw the ingredients into a good blender and you can make your own!
Add 1/2 cup of prepared green tea in a blender with about 1 cup of ice, (more or less, depending on how thick you want your smoothie - I usually do a little less because I prefer it not so icy cold!), 1 tbsp of honey and 1/2 tbsp of sugar (I use our unrefined sugar, or you could substitute with a few drops of stevia), 1/2 cup of milk, and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. Blend it all together and enjoy!
I drank several of these when I had a horrible head cold about a week ago and was impressed with how much they helped my cold clear up. I added a drop of peppermint oil into the smoothie and it helped "unplug" my nose and open my airways. A word of advice about peppermint oil - if you add too much, you'll feel the burn on your tongue and down your throat! Don't overdue it. I learned that the hard way...:-)
Blessings on your Friday! ~Bekah
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4 comments:
Sounds like a great recipe! :-) I left you a comment the other day to let you know that I liked your new blog plans, but I'm not sure what happened to the comment... So I'll try again! Love, Sarah
That's fantastic. I'm going to have to try this... I love the green tea frappes from Starbucks but I know they are TERRIBLE for me. By the way, I love the idea of the Friday Favorites, I can't wait to keep reading. :)
Also, that whole wishing-to-be-a-sophisticated-tea-lover-and-failing-thing, I'm right there with you.
Thanks, Jessie! I know I'm not alone in the "I wish I liked tea" group...Maybe we should start a support group or something.
I've never had the frappes at Starbucks because (I'm ashamed to say this) I've NEVER BEEN to Starbucks but I can imagine that they add a lot of sugar and such. Don't you hate it when they go and ruin a good thing?
I like your idea! We can have a snapy name or something. ;)
Don't go to Starbucks then! It's one more thing you don't need to resist being addicted too. I never get coffee there but it would prolly be better for me if I did. I like all the sweet drinks. Mmm... Anyway, that's how I feel about coffee and other forms of addictive things, if I don't start, I don't have to try and break any addictions later. My grandma is always trying to get me to drink coffee.
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