Today is “What I Ate Wednesday” where bloggers share a day’s worth of food in pictures.
My day started off with a Choco-Green Smoothie made with steamed collard greens:
I maintain that frozen pineapple takes out the bitterness of any green smoothie (except, maybe, mustard greens, my most dreaded vegetable ever…ugh!):
Here was my serving, extra thick thanks to a ripe banana in the mix (the cacao nibs gave it some texture, too):
Good to the last drop:
I’ve been getting creative with my hot beverages lately. My new fave is to use a mint tea bag and then add a tablespoon (or two) of cocoa powder plus some soy milk and stevia. “Good” doesn’t begin to describe the deliciousness:
Chocolate Mint Tea
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Category: Beverage
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 1 mint tea bag
- 1-2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 10 ounces hot water
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk
- stevia or your choice of sweetener, to taste
Instructions
- Place a mint tea bag in a large mug and cover with hot water. Let steep for 2-3 minutes. Stir in cocoa powder, non-dairy milk, and sweetener, to taste. Serve hot.
Lunch was a green salad topped with leftover roasted brussels sprouts and onion, plus a re-heated baked sweet potato. For a dressing, I just squeezed a fresh lime on top:
I had a hot herbal tea mixture afterwards with one persimmon leaf tea bag and one bag of green tea (no picture).
Last night’s dinner was another green salad, but topped with a new creation, a Baked Chickpea Burger made using frozen chopped kale. I’ll be sharing the recipes and step-by-step guide for making these burgers tomorrow. BTW, the white chunks on the salad are chopped jicama that I found at my local farm stand:
Dessert was a peach (unpictured, sorry).
Conclusion:
I hope you liked my photo food journal, it’s fun to get back into sharing these.
I can’t help but think about the September 11th tragedies today and everyone in our world who was and continues to be affected by terror and oppression.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” –Albert Einstein
Until tomorrow, friends.
Hi Carrie…
I am just wondering what brand mint tea you used? I have to try this – it sounds delicious!
Hi Carrie! I like Mighty Leaf but Traders Joes also has a good one. Or, you can even just muddle fresh mint in hot water! 🙂
Thank you
Everything looks and sounds awesome as usual! I have an interesting World Food Dish today – posted – as part of Vegan MoFo as well as WIAW – looking for a few other things to link up to as well!
Can’t go wrong with MINT btw! I LOVE mint! Ahhhhhh!
I loved seeing this because I make this SAME drink , except I call it peppermint cocoa:) I’ve never used a mint tea bag- I just always use cocoa powder, almond milk, stevia and a couple tiny drops of essential peppermint oil, which helps my belly:) This is my favorite coffee alternative!:) Have you ever had Crio Bru? (www.criobru.com)- I’m in LOVE with the stuff! 100% roasted cocoa beans you brew!:)
Hi Heather! Ohhh, I love me some peppermint extract, but have never thought about putting in my tea (I’ve mainly been using it in my dessert hummus). Do you know if you get the same digestive benefits from the extract as from the leaves being brewed? I will have to check out Crio Bru but it sounds DANGEROUS. 🙂
Oh, of course you can get the same benefits with the brewed tea!:) I actually just use food grade essential peppermint oil instead of extract. I got a humongous bottle on Vitacost’s website for like $8 and it lasted about a year. I just emptied it in an old liquid stevia bottle so it has an extractor at the top for ease of use:) Just a little bitty drop is all you need! I just use that instead of tea so I don’t waste my tea bags on my cocoa:) Plus, it takes up less room! I adore peppermint tea though. I often put the loose leaves or empty a tea bag and put them in my chocolate green smoothies for an extra chocolatey mint dose. Plus, raw peppermint leaves are so great for you:) I’m glad you’re enjoying this amazing combo as much as I am:)
Ohhhh, good to know! I will def check out the peppermint oil as opposed to the extract. Thanks for the tip! 🙂
I’ve been indulging in chocolate mint Teeccino lately. With a little vanilla soy milk, it’s better than a mint mocha latte from that big coffee shop that originated in Seattle!
Ohhhh, I did not know that Teeccino had that flavor. YUM! 🙂
Love the mint tea idea! It would be good with chai too; Chocolate Chai tea get at me!
Chocolate Chai sounds AMAZING!!! 🙂
That choc mint tea sounds awesome, will have to try it out!
You sure had a delicious day. I was surprised to read that you hate mustard greens–they’re actually my favorite because of their spicy nature. But, Reuben hates it, too, so I don’t buy them often. I loved the Chocolate Mint combo–yum! Nice to see your smiling face pop up on my Facebook page!
Thanks, Zel! Yes, it’s the spiciness of the mustard greens that just makes me shudder. I even tried putting them in a green smoothie to see if I could mask the flavor with fruit, but that was a total disaster. 🙂
YUMMO! That tea sounds totally delicious! I don’t like mint tea by itself but I love choc-mint flavour so I’ll def give it a try!
Yep, chocolate + mint = fantabulousness.
Mmmm what a great day of eats! Steamed collard greens huh? That sounds good! I’ll have to give that a try =)
And oh my goodness chocolate mint tea!!!! That sounds so good! Yum.
Looking forward to the chickpea burger recipe. Anytime I’ve ever tried making my own burgers, it’s always an epic fail…
Yum, your chocolate mint tea sounds great – it never occurred to me to add cocoa powder into my mint tea…..
Oh, I love mustard greens…. ! Not in a smoothie though… but they are awesome steamed with some tamari, ume plum vinegar and nut yeast….
Love these posts.
Something about that salad with the reheated sweet potato just looks so good. If only I had Brussels sprouts I would absolutely be having this for lunch today. Some days I just crave simple.
Frozen kale? That’s a thing now? I had no idea. Must check the grocer’s freezer.
Thanks for the note, Heather! If I had any leftover sprouts, I would send them your way. Oh yeah, frozen kale is definitely “the thing” now. 🙂
Hi Carrie
Great day of food – I love your mint choc drink idea! Been craving a hot cocoa, I have to try this!
Just a question, I’m thinking of incorporating more vegan food into my diet, but I’m concerned about getting enough protein. I notice your day is low on protein – is this typical for you?
Hi Emily! Getting enough protein is not really that hard for me. I usually have several servings of minimally processed soy foods in my diet as well during the week. For more information on protein and vegan diets, check out some of the books I’ve included on my Resources page. 🙂
Wow, I would never try this drink, but since you say that’s it is so delicious, I must try it of course.