Lunch With The Girls
Ideal Home UK|May 2019

Because we all have that one friend who’s on a health kick, enjoy these healthy-but-delicious recipes that all use antioxidant-packed matcha

Lunch With The Girls

Matcha lime & lemonade

Takes 15min, plus chilling

Makes about 1L

INGREDIENTS

800ml water

60g coconut sugar (or caster sugar)

2tsp matcha powder

100ml freshly squeezed lemon juice, strained

100ml freshly squeezed lime juice, strained

Handful of mint leaves

1 In a saucepan, combine 200ml of the water with the sugar and place over a low heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

2 Add the matcha powder to a bowl with a little of the hot sugar water, whisking to mix. Add this to the remaining hot sugar water, mix well.

3 Pour the lemon and lime juice and remaining cold water into a sterilised-jar or bottle, then add the matcha sugar water and give it a really good shake. Chill for at least 30min.

4 To serve, pour the matcha lemonade over ice and muddle in a few mint leaves with a cocktail stick.

Matcha lollipops

Takes 15min, plus freezing

Makes 6

INGREDIENTS

500g Greek yogurt with honey

2tsp matcha powder

½tsp vanilla extract

100g white chocolate, broken into pieces

2tsp cacao nibs

2tsp hazelnuts, crushed

1 Whisk together the Greek yogurt, matcha powder and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.

2 Divide the mixture between 6 lolly moulds. Insert a wooden lolly stick into the centre of each mould and freeze for at least 6hr.

3 Before serving, melt the chocolate by putting it in a heatproof bowl and setting over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir until melted and then set aside.

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