Delicious Green Tea Smoothie Recipes
Awesome green tea smoothie recipes - try this one!
Green tea is one of the healthiest beverages of our time. For many millenia, the Chinese have known that green tea is full of natural goodness and have been using it as medicine for many ailments and diseases.
If you are aware of the innumerable health benfits of green tea, you will be looking for ways in which to present this herbal drink to your family, and there is no better and more refreshingly delicious way, than in a smoothie!
Green tea lends itself to smoothies as it is appetising and easy to combine with fruits and spices. Imagine green tea with peaches, cinnamon and nutmeg! Totally delicious!
There are two ways to create green tea smoothies; either with powdered green tea or brewing fresh green tea with tea bags. The latter option may take longer but usually results in a nicer smoothie. Creating a green tea smoothie from your regular smoothie recipes is not hard.
When using the powdered form, just add the powder to your smoothie for extra health benefits. When using the brewed form, make sure the tea is chilled and use as the liquid to blend the smoothie ingredients.
This will give you a totally fresh and nutritious taste sensation.
Green tea has long been used by Chinese physicians in treating a whole range of health issues from headaches to indigestion. It is used in alternative therapy treatments now as well. Green tea contains ECGC, a very powerful antioxidant. This antioxidant is responsible for fighting free radicals (precursors to many cancers in our bodies).
Green tea helps fight bacteria, infections, can accelerate weight loss, and can help in boosting your immune system and metabolic rate. The health benefits of green tea are now being researched enthusiastically and are expected to find even more uses for a healthy body that can fight aging and tissue damage.
Peach Green Tea Smoothie Recipe
Green Tea Smoothie Tips
You can use powder (matcha) or freshly brewed green tea with loose leaves.
1 large peach, sliced and pitted
1/2 banana
1 Green Tea tea bag
1/2 cup ice cubes
1 tbsp honey
Directions:
Brew 1/2 cup of green tea and chill with ice cubes or Brew 1 cup of green tea and chill in refrigerator.
Next blend the green tea, banana, and peaches until smooth while adding honey for sweetness.
Enjoy a healthy green tea smoothie.
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