Cacao Overnight Oats

Posted on November 6, 2018 by teesnutrition

Pretty obsessed with these overnight oats! They’re probably my most common breakfast especially during the winter months. Oats are such a nutritious breakfast and if you’re any bit of a nutrition nerd like me, here’s all you need to know about why them oats are so good for ya! ~ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/9-benefits-oats-oatmeal#section3

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Ingredients

half cup porridge oats

heaped tsp cacao powder

half cup dark chocolate almond milk

half cup coconut milk

Method

Stir the oats and cacao powder together in a bowl.
Add in the milk and stir.
Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge overnight.
In the morning, heat your oats in the microwave for about 2-3 minutes or in a saucepan on a low/medium heat for roughly the same amount of time.

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Enjoy 🤗

Tee. X

Matcha Latte

Posted on May 11, 2016 by teesnutrition

I’ve always loved green tea so it’s no wonder I’ve fallen in love with matcha! And it’s only recently that I’ve been introduced to the Matcha Latte & Bulletproof Matcha Latte and it’s safe to say they’re becoming one of my favourite hot drinks as I wouldn’t be much of a coffee drinker anyway 😀

Being a bit of a nutritional geek I had to find out for myself what exactly is matcha and here it goes… Matcha is a form of Japanese green tea which is ground into powder form which means that much more of its nutritional content is retained giving it a higher content of antioxidants and phytonutrients than standard green tea. Matcha helps to regulate neuro-hormones, boost adrenal function and offers a steady boost of energy and focus. My favourite benefit though has to be that matcha contains an amino acid called L-theanine – aka meditative brain wave food! L-theanine stimulates the production of alpha waves in the brain those found in deep mediation, and is associated with relaxation and mental alertness, as well as influencing dopamine and serotonin our feel good neurohormones… which explains why I’m always left feeling so zen after my matcha 🙂

(References ~ http://nyssaskitchen.com/bulletproof-matcha-latte/ & http://www.carolinehansennutrition.com/recipes/bulletproof-matcha-tea)

Anyway enough of me going on about how great it is! Here’s the recipe for my matcha latte that I made this morning…

Ingredients

1 tsp matcha

1 tbsp boiling water

300ml coconut milk

1 tsp coconut oil

1 tsp organic honey

cinnamon

Method

Gently heat your coconut milk in a saucepan. While that is heating, in a mug mix together your matcha and boiling water until you have a paste.
When your milk is hot enough, pour into a jug along with your matcha paste and coconut oil and whizz these ingredients together with a hand blender until it appears kind of frothy.
Pour back into your mug, stir in your honey and sprinkle some cinnamon on top.

Enjoy the matcha goodness 🙂

Tee.X

Cacao vs. Cocoa: The Same Or Different?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by teesnutrition

I used to think that Cacao powder and Cocoa powder were exactly the same just with a difference in spelling!! However I’ve learnt since that Cacao and Cocoa are actually two different powders which have been processed differently giving one a nutritional benefit and unfortunately stripping the nutritional benefit from the other.

Cacao powder is extracted by first cold pressing the whole cacao bean to preserve the nutrients. By this technique, cacao powder contains much of the nutritional benefit as the whole bean. The nutritional benefits of cacao are that it is high in fibre, high in plant protein, high in vitamin C, high in iron and calcium and low in sugar. I use it all the time when I’m baking now, I’ve picked it up in supermarkets and health food stores. The two I’ve used most are;

Iswari Raw Cacao Powder…

And Nua Naturals Cacao Powder 🙂

And there you have it, Cacao vs. Cocoa powder 🙂 You learn something new every day!!

Happy Tuesday,

Tee. X