{"id":5955,"date":"2015-06-24T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2015-06-22T21:59:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T03:59:36","slug":"matcha-monsoon-smoothie-my-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5955","title":{"rendered":"Matcha Monsoon Smoothie (my way)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peppermint<\/p>\n

Years ago I used to frequent Booster Juice all the time. It was my favourite place in the world. Now, as I’ve learned more about nutrition and blood sugar\/pH, I save most smoothie shops for “treat day”. In the average store-bought smoothie there is a ridiculously high amount of sugar…natural sugar, yes…but it’s still sugar. Don’t get me wrong, there is NOTHING the matter with natural sugars. However, if you’re looking to trim down or maintain your weight, high sugar foods should not be an every day, every meal thing.<\/p>\n

I’m vain about my weight, so I limit sugars for special occasions. Does this mean I deprive myself? Nah. I really don’t.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to Booster Juice. My favourite smoothie there was called the Matcha Monsoon made with matcha<\/a> (obvi), soymilk, and frozen yogurt. It is probably one of the most delicious things. I tried to replicate it, ditching the froyo (sugar!) and soymilk (not my thing!). I know you’ll love it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Matcha Monsoon Protein Smoothie<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u00a01 cup almond milk<\/li>\n
  2. 1 tbsp. heavy whipping cream*<\/li>\n
  3. 1 cup ice<\/li>\n
  4. 1 scoop vanilla protein powder**<\/li>\n
  5. 1\/2 tsp. pure vanilla extra<\/li>\n
  6. 1 tsp. matcha powder<\/li>\n
  7. stevia, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *If you are dairy intolerant or vegan, just replace this with 1\/2 avocado
    \n**I used whey protein, but use whatever kind fits your dietary preferences<\/em><\/p>\n

    Blend. Blend. And blend some more. I like adding a lot of ice, which makes it a long blending process. I’m all about eating smoothies with a spoon…like ice-cream.<\/p>\n

    \"Matcha<\/p>\n

    Into chocolate mint? Add some raw cacao nibs<\/a> (or cocoa) and peppermint extract<\/a> (or leaves from the plant).<\/p>\n

    \"Navita<\/p>\n

    Do you like the taste of matcha? How do you use it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Years ago I used to frequent Booster Juice all the time. It was my favourite place in the world. Now, as I’ve learned more about nutrition and blood sugar\/pH, I save most smoothie shops for “treat day”. In the average store-bought smoothie there is a ridiculously high amount of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1182,225,833,290,8],"tags":[2980,2981,2982],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5955"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5964,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions\/5964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}