What is usually done with tea? They usually drink it. Girls can use it as a natural ingredient for cosmetics. This is where the standard options end and ... the fun begins.
I suggest you discover 15 more interesting options for eating green tea. Healthy food with green tea. It will turn out great, delicious and fragrant!
Option #1. Add it to the oatmeal. Add a green tea bag to the boiling water, and then cook the flakes as usual. Green tea adds an interesting taste and aroma.
Option #2. Add to the salad dressing. You can just add a couple of spoons of green tea to the vinaigrette. Or you can make a dressing: mix green tea powder with grape seed oil, apple or rice vinegar, pepper and salt. Choose the proportions according to your taste.
Option #3. Add to a shake or smoothie. Green tea goes well with vanilla yogurt, banana and your favorite frozen berries.
Option #4. Add to fig. Ochazuke is one of the popular Japanese dishes and it is prepared by pouring ready—made hot rice with green tea with the addition of algae and other ingredients (tofu, sesame, hot pepper). You can not add this exotic, but just add a little green tea to the hot rice — the grains will absorb it and you will get a healthy dish with an unusual taste.
Option #5. Add to soft drinks. Brew green tea, add ice cubes and a little ginger ale to it — get a cooling drink rich in antioxidants. Perfectly refreshes and tones.
Option No. 6. Add to the omelet. Are you making an omelet? Add some green tea. Or mix its powder with salt and pepper and sprinkle the prepared dish.
Option #7. Add it to the cookies. Add green tea powder to any cookie dough. It will turn out not only an interesting color, but also an unusual taste.
Option #8. Season the fish. Grind a mixture of nuts (almonds, pistachios and walnuts) in a food processor, add green tea powder there, roll the fish in this breading and bake.
Option #9. Add to the lemonade. Brew your favorite green tea, add lemon juice and a couple of sprigs of fresh mint to it.
Option No. 10. Prepare a marinade for vegetables. Brew a few bags of green tea in hot water, add a little honey, salt and pepper there so that the liquid thickens a little. Grease vegetables or tofu with marinade before putting them in the oven or on the grill.
Option No. 11. Add to the steamer instead of plain water. Before cooking chicken in a steamer, add to it not just water, as usual, but brewed green tea. It will turn out not only fragrant, but also a very healthy dish.
Option No. 12. Add to soy milk. Milk of animal origin is also suitable. This mixture makes an excellent drink that supports strength in between meals.
Option #13. Make French toast. Add a little green tea to the milk with egg and sugar, dip bread from coarse flour into the mixture and fry in a frying pan — you will get healthy French toast! Especially if the milk is soy ;)
Option # 14. Add to yogurt and muesli. Add a pinch of powdered green tea or a couple of tablespoons of brewed, a little favorite muesli and berries to low—fat yogurt - get a delicious and healthy breakfast.
Option #15. Cook fruit in it. An excellent dessert is obtained from apples or pears boiled in syrup. And if you boil them in water with the addition of green tea leaves and a small amount of brown sugar, honey and spices, you will get a fragrant, delicious and healthy dessert.
In fact, there were more options, but I decided to omit those that relate to baking or that need to be fiddled with for longer than 5 minutes.
I hope that thanks to these options you will be able to diversify your menu, pamper your taste buds and add a few points in favor of healthy and delicious food.
