Coconut Matcha Smoothie
Coconut matcha smoothie fuelled with healthy fats to keep you satiated until your next meal! Matcha green tea is a great superfood to incorporate into your day as it is high in antioxidants, increases energy levels, boosts memory and concentration plus it helps to burn calories by increasing the metabolism.
Recipe
Serves 1
Ingredients
1 frozen banana
3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 tablespoon Matcha powder
1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup (vegan)
1/2 cup packed baby spinach
Method
Combine all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth.
Enjoy!
* I make mine with the Harmonic Arts Mucuna Matcha-ta as it is a Superfood Upgrade containing mucuna extract, green tea pollen and incan spirulina!
- Mucuna Extract has been shown to help the body with natural nervous system function.
- Green tea pollen is rich and creamy with many food oils and hormonal building blocks.
- Glacier fed Incan spirulina is the highest source of antioxidant rich blue pigment phycocyanin.
Created by Renee Altman, RHN from Verity Nutrition
Renee was raised in small town Kaslo in the West Kootenays. After graduating, she pursued a health and lifestyle path by enrolling in the Human Kinetics program at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna. While attending university, she found her passion not only to be fitness, but also nutrition. In 2012, Renee attended the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Nanaimo, where she specialized in holistic nutrition. She then returned to the Okanagan where she now resides. Renée’s strong belief in healthy practices such as fitness, nutrition, and emotional well-being fit well with the principles of holistic nutrition.
Renee’s method is to ditch the diet and switch to a lifestyle where incorporating nourishing food everyday will have you feeling empowered and revitalized. Her plan will have you forgetting about trendy diets that leave you feeling hungry, irritable, and tired, and instead incorporating natural, alive, and good quality whole foods.
