Skinny Mocha

Ingredients


1 part coffee 

2 parts skim milk
1.5 tbs good quality chocolate / cocoa powder (I used Amarni chocolate...very yummy and rich)


Method


1. Boil half of the milk and add hot chocolate. Add to chocolate  powder. Mix until chocolate has melted.  Use frother  ( I cheated by using my Nexpresso frother) to froth the remaining portion of the milk (if you do  not have the Nexpresso frother, you will need to boil the milk and use a frother).


2. Make 1/3 cup of coffee. Pour hot chocolate into coffee. Serve.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ingredients (makes 2)


1 small carton of skim milk 
1/2 cup of strawberries
1 cup of frozen banana
2 tbs strawberry yogurt
1/2 tbs honey


Method


Blend all ingredients together and serve.

Mango Kiwi Smoothie

Had some mango puree leftover from my mango mooncakes (which turned out a disaster!) so decided to make a nice cool smoothie.


Ingredients (serves 1 glass)


1/2 mango 
1 kiwi
1 tsp honey
1/2 cup of skim milk.


Method


Blend everything in a blender and serve!

Homemade 'Starbucks' matcha cappuccino

Ingredients


1. 2 tsp matcha powder
2. 1/3 cup of hot water
3. 1/2 cup of milk
4. 1 tsp honey
5. Pinch of cinnamon (optional)


Method


1. Make match tea (please refer to matcha for matcha brewing instructions).


2. Pour matcha into a cup. Add a little bit of honey (I used 1 tsp but you can add more depending on your preference). 


3. Warm and froth the milk (I used my Nespresso frother and highly recommend it because it's very easy to use). Pour into matcha. I added a pinch of cinnamon but if you do not like cinnamon, you can skip it. Serve


p.s. Also tried using soya milk but the taste was a bit strange. I still prefer my cappuccino with milk :)

Brewing Matcha

1. Using a bamboo tea scoop, place 1 1/2 to 2 teascoops of matcha into the tea bowl. 

2. Add about 1/3 cup of hot (but not boiling) water to the matcha. 

3. Briskly whisk the tea and hot water using a bamboo tea whisk. Begin slowly to dissolve the matcha, then move very briskly back and forth as fast as you can in the middle of the tea bowl. The whisk should be vertical and barely touching the bottom of the bowl. When a soft light foam has developed, slowly lift the whisk from the center of the bowl. Serve

The matcha is so fragrant that even Muffin can't resists! :)