Several days a week, I make smoothies for breakfast.
For the base of the smoothies, I often use Brazil nuts or black sesame seeds to make the milk.
However, when I am in the mood for something a little lighter, I’ll substitute nuts/seeds with tea. Yes, tea.
While I am completely sold on the medicinal benefits of tea, I am just not a (hot) tea drinker. So, in order to get the huge amounts of antioxidant benefits of tea, I’ll use it in my smoothies.
Today, I made a green tea cacao smoothie.
Organic ingredients used for 2 large glasses:
- 3 cups of cold filtered water
- 3 small bananas
- 3 packets of ActiGreen, a special green tea powder with 3-4x the amounts of antioxidants as normal green tea.
- 1.5 tablespoons of palm sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons of raw cacao powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of Artisana raw coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of chia seeds
- 3 tablespoons of Boku’s protein powder
Finally, put all of the organic ingredients into the blender for 15 seconds.
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Two great things about this smoothie:
1) It can be made in about 2-3 minutes and requires almost no prep time.
2) It is a fantastic recipe to make while traveling. If you’re going somewhere that has a blender, you can literally pack all of the ingredients that you need in order to make yourself a nutritious breakfast in the morning.
And, yes, this green tea cacao smoothie tasted as good as it looks. It is light, refreshing, packed with antioxidants, and won’t weigh you down.
Yum! Looks like a great post-workout smoothie
Hello Max,
Where did you buy the organic green tea-ActiGreen?
I am making your smoothie today but without the green tea!
All the best,
stephanie
Hi Alana,
Sure is!! But I love it any time of the day!
Live well,
Max
Hi Stephanie,
Unfortunately, their e-commerce component is not set up yet, so it will probably require a phone call. Not the easiest situation for consumers, I know.
Live well,
Max
This drink has too many calories and your using sugar, a major faux pau!
Hi John,
I completely disagree that it has too many calories.
Also, the sugar is not a white refined sugar but coconut palm sugar (evaporated coconut nectar) which is low on the Glycemic Index.
I am in agreement with you that sugar should be avoided but a small amount of coconut palm sugar from time to time is something that I am totally okay with.
Thanks for reading.
Live well,
Max