Tag Archives: Green Tea

Apr 29 2012

Ingredient of the Week: Coconut Part II

As promised, here is a recipe post using this week’s ingredient of the week… coconut!

Here are two NEW recipes featuring coconut. Warning – both are addicting, delicious, and husband approved.

Coconut-Chocolate Chip Cookies

So simple, so good.

Very simple recipe that only takes a few minutes to prepare and bake. I ended up making two batches in two nights… whoops! They were sooo good, I couldn’t help it! They are flavorful and it is hard to believe they are good for you, but they are. They are vegan, egg, dairy, and sugar free, contain rich cocoa nibs filled with antioxidants, and filled with protein and fiber.

Coconut Cream Pie Smoothie

Add all ingredients into blender, blend until smooth. That's it.

Another very simple recipe, probably the world’s fastest coconut cream pie! For an extra protein boost add some Silken Tofu.

Here are some recipes I’ve posted about in the past….

Pineapple Coconut Rum Cake

Mmmm rum cake....

Green Tea Cookies

Tasty green cookies


Green Tea Smoothie

My version of a green smoothie

For other recipes using coconut, check out RECIpage. It is a great resource for finding healthy (and sometimes not-so-healthy but still delicious!) recipes. The RECIpage link will take you directly to the results of a “coconut” search, which yielded 650 results! That’s 650 amazing recipes waiting to be made!

All this coconut talk has me dreaming of tropical beaches with a pina coloda in hand… Anyone else?!

Mar 12 2012

St. Patrick’s Day recipes

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to create some fun recipes for the holiday!

To start off your day, which will most likely consist of drinking large amounts of green beer, you need a healthy, filling breakfast. Try this hearty not-your-typical green smoothie (because to be honest, I can’t stand the green smoothies that are all over the internet – I LOVE spinach and other green veggies when they are cooked or in a salad, but in liquid form… YUCK! No thank you!) Plus, this green smoothie has a little caffeine boost: Green Tea Smoothie.

Green Tea Smoothie

For dinner, this pork and cabbage slow-cooker recipe is little twist on the traditional boiled dinner recipes that you are used to seeing:

Pork, cabbage, apples, oh my yummyness!

I have an abundance of root veggies from my CSA right now, and I’ve been trying to get creative with them, hence this recipe. You may want to add this on the side for some extra veggie boost: Root Veggie Mash Up.

Great veggie fill up!

And last but not least, you need some dessert! It’s the best meal of the day! Green Tea Cookies.

Tasty green cookies

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Be safe and don’t drink and drive!