Photo Credit: Ahu Eats

Today we have the Green Tea Matcha Cookie recipe that is so amazing that we have to share from Ahu Eats! It is soft, chewy, with just the right balance of sweetness and bitterness from the matcha. These are the perfect cookies to go with your morning coffee or tea.

Serves: 24

Ingredients:

Create a homemade and sweet treat this Valentine's Day with the Matcha White Chocolate Bark recipe. This dessert is easy to make and absolutely delicious. You will be able to taste the lovely combination of bittersweet matcha and white chocolate with a dash of raspberries and coconut.

Servings:

16 servings

Preparation:

10x10 inch baking pan with cooking parchment paper over it

Ingredients:

3 tbsp of Culinary Grade Matcha powder

1 lb of White Chocolate, finely chopped

1/2 cup of freeze dried raspberries, lightly crushed

1/3 cup of unsweetened, shaved coconut

Optional:

1/3 cup of crushed nuts of your choice (almond, pistachio..etc)

Ingredients:

1. Heat a small saucepan with 1 inch of water over high heat until water comes to a simmer
2. Reduce the heat in order to maintain the bare simmer
3. Place a large metal bowl over the sauce man of water and add in 3/4 of the white chocolate and stir until it is mostly melted and then add the rest of the chocolate. Becareful not to let it burn! It should be around 100-110 degrees F.
4. Sift the matcha over the bowl and make sure there are no lumps. Stir until it is uniform in a nice pastel green.
5. Stir 1/2 of the raspberries, coconut, and nuts into the matcha mixed white chocolate and proceed to pour into the 10x10 in baking pan w/ parchment paper. Sprinkle the rest of toppings over the mix. 
6. Make sure to gently press the toppings into the chocolate so they stick.
7. Set aside the the bark to cool for 20 minutes in the fridge.
8. Take it out and slice into 16 pieces.
9. Enjoy!

 Photo Credit: Lisa Guy

Here is a Matcha Slice recipe that we really enjoy from Lisa Guy. It is a small, delicious and healthy sweet that is sure to make your taste buds feeling happy.

Ingredients:

Base
½ cup hazelnut or almond meal
1 cup desiccated coconut
10 medjool dates, pitted
2 tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tbsp water

Filling
2 cups raw cashews, soaked for 3 hours or overnight
¼ cup coconut oil
½ cup desiccated coconut
1 heaped tsp matcha powder
2 tbsp maple syrup

Topping
¼ cup raw cacao powder
½ cup coconut oil
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp peanut, cashew or almond butter

Directions:

Need a quick and healthy energy booster that will last you throughout the day? Make a matcha shot! It is simple, quick, and great for your health.

Unlike regular energy drinks or espresso shots that will only give you short peaks of energy, matcha will give you much longer lasting energy. It also increases your immune system, lowers sugar level, aids in weight loss, and keeps your skin as healthy as ever with its special anti-aging properties. Having a matcha shot once a day will surely keep your health in check!

INGREDIENTS: 

• 1 tsp of Chalait Everyday/Top/Reserve Grade matcha powder (shop here)
• 2 oz of 175 degree water (less than boiling)
• 1 shot glass
• matcha whisk
• matcha bowl

DIRECTIONS: 

1. Put 1 tsp of matcha into the matcha bowl.
2. Add the 2 oz of 175 degree water into the bowl.
3. Take your matcha whisk and whisk the matcha in a zig zag or "W" formation until it is frothy.
4. Lastly, pour the matcha into the shot glass.
5. Enjoy!

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION:

Filmed by Erica Ly and edited by Pedro Chacon. Music is Italian Afternoon by Twin Musicom