Daily Eats » Trader Joe’s http://dailyeatsonline.com Food on the Table Sun, 20 May 2012 20:08:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Matcha Green Tea: A Treat For Your Tongue http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/06/12/matcha-green-tea-a-treat-for-your-tongue/ http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/06/12/matcha-green-tea-a-treat-for-your-tongue/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:01:50 +0000 jsfarmer http://dailyeatsonline.com/?p=75 TJMatcha (pronounced ma-cha)  is a fine, powdered green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies, and to dye and/or flavor foods (mochi, soba noodles, ice cream). While I prefer a less hearty green tea (one that I can see through), I do like a cold, creamy Peet’s Matcha Green Tea Freddo in the summertime. Peet’s makes theirs with the highest [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> TJ's powder

Matcha (pronounced ma-cha)  is a fine, powdered green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies, and to dye and/or flavor foods (mochi, soba noodles, ice cream).

While I prefer a less hearty green tea (one that I can see through), I do like a cold, creamy Peet’s Matcha Green Tea Freddo in the summertime. Peet’s makes theirs with the highest quality Japanese matcha green tea and milk (I substitute soymilk), and tops it with whipped cream (I take mine without).

More along the lines of a hot chocolate is Trader Joe’s Matcha Latte (pictured above), which contains cane sugar, nonfat milk, Whey protein, green tea, matcha tea, maltodetrin, tricalcium phosphate, carrageenan, natural flavors and salt. Although you can drink this hot (think a “green” hot chocolate), I’ve taken to adding a tablespoon or two to my morning smoothie lately.

Lastly, when I’m feeling lazy, or I just want the real deal, I head to Jamba Juice for a Matcha Green Tea Blast™, which contains soymilk, sorbet, nonfat frozen yogurt, ice and matcha green tea. It’s perfection.

 

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]]> http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/06/12/matcha-green-tea-a-treat-for-your-tongue/feed/ 2 Food For Thought http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/04/07/food-for-thought/ http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/04/07/food-for-thought/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:52:07 +0000 jsfarmer http://dailyeatsonline.com/2008/04/07/food-for-thought/ I was chubby in my youth, got really thin in high school and college, and weighed my lowest when I got married. I now weigh a more normal amount. More than I’d like, of course, but after all I’ve been through , I cut myself some slack. (One of my biggest food struggles after cancer was that [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I was chubby in my youth, got really thin in high school and college, and weighed my lowest when I got married. I now weigh a more normal amount. More than I’d like, of course, but after all I’ve been through , I cut myself some slack.

(One of my biggest food struggles after cancer was that I no longer wanted to live a life of deprivation. I went the opposite way. I wanted it all, now! I have since found a balance.)

During cancer treatment, I started buying organic foods and we joined our local Co-Op, where today we shop for 90 percent of our food (the other 10 percent is bought here).

In the past few years, I’ve explored vegetarianism, then veganism, and I’m now back to eating meat (occasionally) and fish.

Yes, we drink soy milk, eat soy ice cream and use soy butter, but there’s nothing like real cheese. And although I do love tofu, sometimes I just really want a pork chop.

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