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The Green Monster, makes one big serving (about 10 oz.)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon matcha powder
• 1 banana, frozen
• 1 spinach cube (I’ll explain in a second)
• 1 granny smith apple
• 2-3 fresh mint leaves

Directions

1. First let’s talk about spinach cubes. If you’re looking to make some green smoothies anytime soon, I highly recommend you blend together 8 oz of well-rinsed spinach with 2/3 cup water. I usually do this in a food processor but a blender would work well too.
2. Then freeze the spinach mixture in a an ice cube tray, and use those cubes throughout the week to make green smoothies. This ensures your spinach won’t go bad before you can use it all, and I think it blends into the smoothie better so you don’t have little leafy bits.
3. I also like to remove ripe bananas from their peel and cut them into 5-6 pieces. Then I freeze those in a ziplock and use throughout the week too. I usually freeze 4-5 bananas at once so I will have enough to last a little while.
4. For the green tea, I like to whisk together the matcha and water first. This helps to ensure you don’t have any powder clumps left in your mixture. Also, peel and remove the apple core before use.
5. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. The frozen banana and spinach will make this smoothie just chilled, so add a few ice cubes (before or after blending) if you want it really cold.

Vanilla Matcha Breakfast Smoothie

Ingredients

1 cup milk (or water)
1/2 teaspoon matcha powder
2 frozen bananas
1/2 scoop (or suggested serving size) vanilla protein powder

Directions

1. Whisk together the milk and matcha powder until no powder clumps remain.
2. Then blend all the ingredients together for 2 minutes. You really want to blend well here, otherwise the protein powder can feel a little chalky.

Chia Green Tea

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon matcha powder
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• juice from 1/4 lemon or lime

Directions

1. In a tall glass or jar, whisk (or shake if you’re using a jar with a lid) together the water and matcha powder.
2. Stir in the chia seeds and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
3. Give the water a stir if it looks like the seeds are sticking together. The longer they soak the more gelatinous they will become.

Before serving, squeeze in a little lemon juice.

Bulletproof Green Tea

Ingredients

• 2 cups hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon matcha powder
• 1/2 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil

Directions

1. Heat your water until just before it boils.
2. Add the matcha and whisk until no powdery clumps remain. In a blender combine the green tea with the butter and coconut oil.
3. Place a towel over the top of the blender (in case any hot liquid seeps out) and blend for 30-45 seconds on high.
4. The butter and oil will dissolve and the high speed will incorporate some air, giving you a little foam on top (like a latte).

Serve hot.

Green Tea Lemonade

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon matcha powder
• juice from 2-3 lemons
• ice

Directions

1. In a tall glass, combine the cold water and matcha. Whisk until no powder clumps remain. Then stir in the fresh lemon juice and add ice.