Matcha DNA Certified Organic Matcha Tea review

One of the things I missed about blogging during these weeks at the new job, is writing about all the wonderful product samples that I received over the holidays. 

One of which was the Matcha DNA Certified Organic Matcha Tea.  

Of course, I had to tried immediately but I must confess that is was different from what I expected. 

I thought it was simply another brand of green tea, but I was totally wrong as by infusing the powder of one little bag in a big glass of water gave me a rich and green mix. 

It is an acquired taste for sure and, try as I may, I couldn't bring my self to drink it pure :( 

I still wanted to really try it given that is organic and I'm attracted to anything that are, so I gave it another chance in my daily smoothy, as it suggested in the package and I loved it this way. I thought I'd share my recipe with you in case you would want to try it too.  

Mixed Berry smoothie 

1/2 cup of mixed berries (like blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries) 

2 Tbp of Sugar (I usually omit the sugar tho) 

1/2 of milk 

1 cup of ice 

and 1 ripe banana 

plus a single bag of Matcha DNA Certified Organic Matcha Tea 

 And voila', this is what you end up with!

Granted, it still comes up looking pretty green after being mixed together in the blender, which could be a put off for some people, but I assure you that it tastes as fruit and nothing more! 

I'm really happy to have had the chance to try Matcha DNA Certified Organic Matcha Tea and I hope more people would feel like giving it a try! 

Disclaimer: 

This is a personal blog and I do not receive monetary compensation for any of my product reviews. All reviews represent only the my opinions based on personal use and results.

I'm going banana!

Do you remember when I posted about The One race almost a month ago? 

As it was to be expected, I had lots of muscle pain in the days following the race. 

Anticipating this, I bought my self a lots of bananas as I've read that it benefit muscles especially when they hurt from exercise. 

What I didn't know is that hubby had exactly the same thought and the day after the race he came home with even more bananas for me. 

 That meant that I had more bananas that I ever thought possible! 

And I also have a secret to share with all of you: I hate bananas! 

I don't really care for the taste, I can't stand the soggy texture and I really don't like the smell either. 

 Don't give me wrong, I know they are healthy (even tho among all the fruits they are the ones with more sugar in it) and I do occasionally even crave them, they come in handy as you don't need a knife to peel them, but there were way too many bananas around me now and I couldn't possibly eat them all. 

But I wasn't going to waste them, so I had to come up with a way to use them up and that's when I found a couple of recipe that helped me achieve this goal and I thought to share those recipes on here for future references. 

My go-to recipe when I need to eat bananas but I don't feel like it, it's definitely the chocolate and banana muffins from Handle the Heat

 

Here is how the muffin baked by me look like

 

I love this recipe as she used whole wheat flour instead of white flour and applesauce instead of butter and 3 whole bananas for a dozen of muffins. 

The muffin are very well sized and only 100 calories each! Perfect for breakfast or for a snack that doesn't add to my waist line. 

 The other recipe I love is a drink that used peanut butter too, another thing that I don't really eat often unless I have an hormonal surge. 

I don't have a picture of the drinks I gorged down, but I found the recipe on the Chichita website: just click on the picture and make one for yourself!

  

 Very handy to use up those jars of peanut butter and have a breakfast on the go for those busy morning. 

Thanks to these 2 recipes, I was able to accomplish my mission to use up all the bananas before they turned bad and eat a healthy amount of them. 

Do you have any banana recipe to share with me?