Start your year off the right way with 5 great Green Tea Smoothie recipes to get your taste buds and body excited!
So it’s that time of the year again, everyone is making promises to be more fit, healthy or kick that habit. What are your goals for this year? Well, one that never hurts is to be healthier and maybe even lose a few kilos! What better way to do that then use natures detoxifier – Green Tea. The benefits of green tea are well known and its antioxidant properties can help rid the body of toxins, helping your health and fat-burning potential.
Here are 5 great green tea recipes that I have personally tasted and most importantly enjoyed! Firstly you will want to brew the tea and allow to cool before adding. Follow the instructions on the packet but at King and Queen, we recommend 4 mins for our Simply Green tea.
Banana Pine Tea Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
200ml freshly brewed Green Tea (cooled to room temperature)
½ cup fresh greens (Kale, Spinach, Broccoli, etc.)
1 cup fresh or frozen pineapple
1 small banana
½ cup coconut milk
A handful of ice cubes
Simply blend together and enjoy this tropical-tasting Pine Tea Smoothie. The pineapples sweet and tart flavour profile helps balance the bitter greens leaving you with a balanced beverage.
Peach Green Tea Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
200ml freshly brewed Green Tea (cooled to room temperature)
1 cup of frozen peaches
1 small banana
½ cup Greek yoghurt
½ cup of ice cubes
Blend together for an icy peach smoothie that is healthy and delicious. Depending on the season peaches can be a bit tart, sometimes a spoon of honey can help sweeten it up naturally.
Green Mint Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
200ml freshly brewed Green Tea (cooled to room temperature)
1 small handful of fresh chopped mint
1 cup Almond Milk
½ cup spinach
2 teaspoons honey
½ an avocado
Blend this smoothie together for a very smooth velvety drink, the avocado packs it with lots of good fats. The spinach and green tea fill it with antioxidants great for flushing your body of unwanted toxins.
SUPER GREEN Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
200ml freshly brewed Green Tea (cooled to room temperature)
1 small handful of parsley
1 Pink Lady apple
1 Avocado
½ cup of Kale
½ cup of Broccoli
1cm cube of chopped ginger
¼ cup water
Small handful ice cubes
Do you want health in a cup? Well, this is it, packed with greens, detoxifying ginger and parsley this drink will do wonders for your health. The green tea gives you that bit of kick from the caffeine and boosts your mental performance. This drink is a real winner if you are looking to get your daily dose of vitamins.
A Berry Green Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
200ml freshly brewed Green Tea (cooled to room temperature)
1 ½ cups of frozen berries
1 small handful of roast almonds
1 cup of Greek yoghurt
Blend these ingredients together for a refreshingly delicious drink packed with fibre and antioxidants. This drink will help you start your day or is the perfect mid-afternoon pick me up.
Those are just 5 of our delicious green tea smoothie recipes if you want more let us know in the comments or like this post. We are always eager to know what our readers want and how we can help them enjoy their beverages!
The benefits of creating smoothies are that it is easier for the body to absorb nutrients and also to digest. This is why adding green tea to your favourite smoothies are a great way to add all the health benefits of tea to your diet.
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Adding other types of tea can be just as beneficial, we have a range of boutique tea blends available in our collection.
