Teas are probably the single most comforting and healing drink to me. Now there’s a bold statement if I ever heard one. But I mean it. I can’t think of a time when I didn’t turn to one tea or another to help me recover from some health issue Iced Matcha Green Tea Latte while providing great taste in the process. As a rule, I tend to drink more herbal teas in the Fall and Winter when I feel most vulnerable to viruses. Things seem more chaotic and pressured then. It’s just too easy to abandon common sense and start pushing good health boundaries. A little extra immune support by way […]
Almond Mocha
Almond Mocha, interestingly, is an American spin-off of a latte with added chocolate and almond flavors. Combining all three of these immortal flavors in one drink was brilliant. It was one of those rare times to me when more was better. Coffee, almond, chocolate…….three of the best flavors in the decadent drink department. To me, it’s right up there with coffee, fruit and chocolate Dreams of Cacao. I wanted Almond Mocha so bad one day that I decided, against my better judgment, to create one myself using only whole natural ingredients. I used to purchase them ready-made but only once in a while because they usually contained too much refined sugar and artificial […]
Almond Sylk (Almond Milk)
Almond milk is a wonderful alternative to dairy milk. I say alternative but I really mean it’s great milk. We tend to think of milk as only coming from a cow or other animal when plant milks have been used all over the world for thousands of years. In many cases non-dairy milks were used as a safer and more convenient milk source especially during the Middle Ages. Almond milk provides so many nutrients and it tastes just wonderful. Once I tried it, I was hooked. I loved the idea of making my own milk from scratch and once I tasted it the flavor alone won me over. No cartons, […]
Iced Minty Matcha Green Tea Latte
I developed this recipe with a certain purpose in mind…making a homemade green tea latte. It sounded so good to me that I just had to give it a try. I’ve always loved these refreshing lattes but started to avoid them because of the artificially spiked energy burst and post-drink fatigue I felt afterwards. Fresh homemade green tea latte…with matcha tea. A double dose of a very good thing. As you may already know, commercial green tea lattes often use ingredients that may not agree with you and certainly don’t improve your health. Steamed pasteurized milk and/or canned sweetened condensed milk is typically used which may or may not be […]
Beta-Carotene Cocktail
Cocktail: “A mixture of agents usually in solution that is taken or used together especially for medical treatment or diagnosis” I made this drink a while ago when for some strange reason, I felt I needed some serious beta-carotene and vitamin C. I was feeling a bit under the weather and overworked, and really needed a nutrient boost. Carrots, mangos and oranges were the most obvious choice for me. All yellow and orange fruits and vegetables contain beta-carotene but I thought these particular three would work their magic on me in more ways than one. Carrots are naturally sweet to start with so they would mix well with the mango […]