I’m back in action and ready to roll into the new year! I took a bit of a break over the last couple of weeks to just regroup and lay on the couch a little bit (or maybe a lot).
In the meantime we’ve gotten a heavy dose of snow, wedding pictures have started rolling in (!!!) and I’ve started looking into planning out the next year in a different kind of way. I hope to just continue to grow and expand the blog this year, so expect new kinds of posts and maybe some video content sprinkled in as well!
I’m finally starting to feel like I’m hitting more of my blogging stride, so adding in projects that I’ve wanted to pursue for so long feels awesome. But, as always, if there are recipes you are looking for or want more of, tell me! I’m all ears.
Enough about me and the new year, let’s move on to this matcha smoothie! I know that basically everyone on the internet is posting smoothie recipes this time of year, especially with uptick in healthy eating and resolutions that come with the fresh start to a year, but trust me, this one is kind of like your morning tea/caffeine combined with ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Since this version of my coconut banana smoothie did so well a couple years ago, a version with a matcha kick is even better. I hadn’t really gotten on the matcha green tea latte train until recently, when I won a basket chock full of teas and matcha at Chopped Con.
I flew all my goodies home with me from Kansas City and got to work on trying to perfect my matcha latte at home, which turned out way easier than expected.
So, when I was looking for just one more thing to add into my pre-yoga class smoothie last weekend, my nearly empty tin of matcha called out to me from the back of my kitchen cupboard.
The caffeine kick is more of a slow burn than coffee and the green tea taste gives it just enough of a departure from a regular banana coconut smoothie, viola, a perfect matcha smoothie.
Previously on Heart of Baker
One Year Ago: Vegan Swedish Tea Log Coffee Cake
Two Years Ago: Dark Chocolate Dried Cherry and Pepita Bark
Three Years Ago: Amaretto Creme Vegan French Toast
Description
A healthy matcha smoothie chock full of bananas, coconut and all kinds of goodness! Perfect for breakfast or a quick power snack.
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 teaspoon matcha green tea powder
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 tablespoon flaked or shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
I love Peanut Butter & Banana!
My go-to smoothie combo is carrot-banana-spinach-turmeric-hemp! Funky color but delish!
I love Strawberry, Banana, and Spinach.
I try to keep it seasonal but the winter months are more challenging. I go for berry & mango combinations, sometimes with ginger 🙂
I literally just dreamed about and made and chugged this smoothie down yesterday evening after my workout! I added some plant protein powder, and it was a great post-workout boost!! And, I also heart my Vitamix!!
My favorite combo is kale, frozen banana, flax, and cherries.
I use a little bit of fresh tumeric root in most of my smoothies. Would you be willing to share your recipe for your c/b/s/t/h smoothie?
my favorite is pinapple spinach banana and honey and lemonade
I love a green apple and spinach smoothie!
My go to Smoothie is not as interesting as other people’s. I like a frozen banana, and frozen fruit, a favorite is strawberry or raspberry, some real vanilla extract, stevia and a splash of vegan milk.
My morning smoothie is banana, mango, spinach, vanilla protein powder, cinnamon, fresh ginger, and spirulina. Thanks!
I’m a sucker for a classic PB&J smoothie
Chocolate and blueberries!
My current favorite is pumpkin green smoothie
I love mango and bananas.
today I made a peach and strawberry smoothie. my blender is about to die so this would be great! thanks.
Hello! One of my favorite smoothie combinations is PB & banana, but I also love this one that contains dates, cocoa, almond milk and cold press coffee. Anything that tastes like dessert, I guess!
I love the combination of vanilla yogurt and blueberries
Fruit smoothies are my favorite. With a frozen banana!
My favorite smoothie is pretty simple–pomegranate juice and frozen mixed berries with some vegan vanilla protein powder. So good!
I love banana+raspberry+orange : just delicious n_n
@amelie_yes
This smoothie is a great treat for the Road Warriors!
Regards,
Hawk and Animal
Yum, my favorite smoothie combination is almond milk, strawberry pea protein powder, kale, ice, pineapple and ground flax
I love fruit smoothies with almond milk
I am loving adding Trader Joes’ Power of Seven organic juice blend to all my smoothies! It’s soo yummy. I usually use a banana, spinach, frozen broccoli, almond milk, and a few frozen berries.
I love a chocolate smoothie from the book Everyday Detox! It has bananas, dates, chia seeds, milk and cocoa. Yummy!
We do banana, peanut butter, spinach, and almond milk!
I love matcha in a smoothie!! We’ve been on a major smoothie kick, and our Cuisinart Blender is kind of annoying me lately. A Vitamix would be soooooo lovely!!!! Happy New Year, friend – excited to see what you have in store for the blog this year. 🙂 xoxo
I love anything with spinach and banana! Mango or papaya is great too.
My favorite smoothie combination would be banana, pineapple and mango.
Strawberry, Banana, Spinach smoothies are my jam.
Looks delicious! I’m glad this was in my inbox because I actually got some matcha powder yesterday and I was trying to think of how I could use it for my breakfast today. Perfect timing!
My favorite smoothie combo is blueberries and banana if a want a classic, or if I’m feeling crazy, I do frozen berries and cherries with fresh apple juice; tastes like nerds candy, no joke. You have to try it!
I’m totally failing on creating a green smoothie I love. Need some help with that!
I love mixed berries and frozen banana, with coconut or almond milk.
I just made a smoothie with chopped frozen pears, 2% milk, a spoon of almond butter, cinnamon and honey – it was soo good!
I’m a classic pb and banana!
I love kale and pineapple!
I am so boring, but I love the classic strawberry banana smootihie
This smoothie is so elegant! My favorite smoothie flavors are either peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter, banana, and chocolate! 🙂
My favorite smoothie is the “green monster” with spinach, banana, peanut butter and Greek yogurt! P.s. Abby you are amazing!
This looks awesome, girl! My favorite combo is chocolate and coffee. Buzz buzz!
peanut butter and banana will always be my favorite! thank you so much for the giveaway!
My all-time favorite smoothie combo is very simple- coconut water, spinach, frozen mango, and frozen pineapple. It’s bright neon green, and I love it, especially when I’m too tired to find spices and powders in my kitchen.
I use chocolate Spirutein with blueberries and bananas to make my favorite smoothie.
I love strawberries and bananas!
I love chocolate and banana, but this green tea coconut smoothie is next on my list. Looks yummy.
I like vanilla protein with banana, peanut butter, spinach, vanilla, chia seeds, and cinnamon!
I love banana, cashew milk, cocoa and dark cherries!
Spinach, frozen pineapple, raspberries and almond milk!
I had forgotten you won that basket of teas!!I can’t believe it but I still have yet to purchase my own matcha. Must do and make this smoothie! Can’t wait to see what’s to come for your blog this year! xo.
I like plant based protein with some blueberries, chia seeds and sometimes banana.
I love smoothies with banana, spinach, matcha, mint, and vanilla all together mmmm
I’ve been using raspberries, pineapple and pecans along with Greek yogurt and toasted pecans
A routine smoothie is strawberry banana spinach w/nut butter and splash of almond/cashew milk. But for a treat I love banana date tahini…
My usual smoothie contains hemp or coconut milk, (frozen) banana, peanut or cashew butter (cashew butter’s the best!) and a couple of dates. Your recipe is obviously very different, and I’m really looking forward to getting up tomorrow morning and trying it! Thanks so much, and I wish you all the best in the new year!!
My usual smoothie contains hemp or coconut milk, (frozen) banana, peanut or cashew butter (cashew butter’s the best!) and a couple of dates. Your recipe is obviously very different, and I’m really looking forward to getting up tomorrow morning and trying it! Thanks so much, and I wish you all the best in the new year!!
i love mangoes, apples and cinnamon in my smoothie
I have always loved strawberry and banana smoothies. It’s my go-to when I want a good smoothie.
My current favorite is frozen bananas with spinach, pineapple, mango, and cashew milk. Sometimes I’ll add chia or hemp seeds. Tasty!
My favorite smoothie combination is strawberry and banana.
My favorite smoothie combo, which I always have post workout: apple, celery, cucumber, beets, ginger, lemon, banana, hemp protein powder and chia. I can never get enough of the goodness!
my favorite is Strawberry, Banana, and Kale
I love banana, plant protein powder and almond milk smoothies for breafast! Yum!
Love having strawberries and bananas in my smoothie
I love frozen bananas, iced coffee, almond milk, cinnamon and a bit of powdered peanut butter!
Favorite mix is strawberry, blueberry, lemon juice, flax seed and ice
My favorite smoothie combination is spinach, avocado, banana, dates, and strawberries. Yum! Thanks for the smoothie recipe and giveaway!
I love frozen banana, peanut butter, blueberries and Soymilk!
Avocado chocolate is my favorite
Wow, I have a friend who has a Vitamix and she absolutely loves it!
I love to make smoothies with avocado,frozen mango,Chia seeds and cashew milk! 😉
My current favorite smoothie combo is frozen bananas, cacao, pb2 powder, and plant milk.
Coconut milk, oranges, banana, and almonds
I made the matcha tea smoothie this morning and it is very refreshing. When getting my frozen banana out of the frig, I spied some dark chocolate-dipped bananas in the back. Might try one of them for a special treat!
Yah, I have all these ingredients I can’t wait to make it this afternoon.
I love to make a strawberry/banana yogurt smoothie for breakfast!
I love protein powder/ peanut butter and banana!
I’m a big fan of almond milk, spinach, almond butter, a banana, and vegan protein powder. Can’t wait to try this one out!
Spinach & Pineapple!
Looks delicious! I look to put beets in my smoothies!
Thank you for the Recipe, it looks deliciouis!
Banana mango!
Kale, spinach, one banana, mixed berries, coconut water, flax, almond meal, spirulina, bee pollen! Mmmm
Mango banana nice cream is my all time favorite!
Chocolate almond milk, frozen bananas and peanut butter! I also throw in some spinach
This coconut matcha smoothie looks AMAZING!! My fav at the moment is green apple, spinach and coconut oil with plain greek yogurt:)
My favorite smoothie combo is to make a heathy cookies and cream mix by using almond milk, hemp protein, dates, Brazil nuts, raw cocoa, frozen banana, cinnamon and a little honey!!
I like to make a smoothie with almond milk, frozen banana, a little maple syrup and almond butter.
The combination of smoothie that I love is 2 cups pf frozen mango, 1ape cored and chopoed 2 cups spinach, 1 1/2 cups nut milk coconut milk or coconut water, juice of 1 lime, 1/2 thau green chili , seeds removed, 1 teaspoon spirulina, 1 tablespoon ofcoconut butter and pinch of salt. I love this combination since is a demonstration of how dinamic could be a smoothie , and still full of nutrients
Looks and sounds sooo good! I think I may need to buy matcha powder now. My fav smoothie currently is frozen mango, vanilla protein powder, almond milk, and tamarindo… sometimes I add berries and I’ve added greens powder too 🙂
Mmm Matcha is one of my favorite flavors to use! This sounds like a yummy combo, I may even try adding dates !
I’m a personal fan of beets, frozen orange juice & peaches! But I love the sound of coconut and matcha.
I make smoothies regularly. My favorite is homemade pumpkin seed milk, cacao, Himalayan salt, a pinch of cayenne, 1 tsp maca, banana and hazelnut butter.
Wow this looks delicious! I’m going to try
I can guarantee pretty much any smoothie with mango and pineapple in it will be gulped down immediately! Still need to try macha in smoothie form 🙂
Our blender is terrible, so I don’t make them that often. Ha! But when I do get a Vitamix, I am going to come back her and try all these recipes.
I love banana, almond butter, vanilla or chocolate plant based protein powder, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and almond milk!
I love to combine bananas and coconut milk
This looks great! My favorite smoothie combination lately has been soy milk, frozen strawberries, banana, and almond butter. It’s even better as a smoothie bowl, and with pretzels crumbled on top!
I use about 1 Tablespoons of Matcha in my smoothie every morning!
A protein shake with cherries, cocoa powder, and coconut flakes.
Banana, mango, strawberry, and kiwi
Strawberry banana is the best! I would LOVE to make it in a vitamix!!!!
Persimmons spinach cinnamon :p
Kale, lemon, ginger, carrots, cucumbers and green apple
blueberry matcha for sure
or anything with coconut milk and coconut oil
and always with a banana
Strawberry-banana smoothies are my fave!
My favorite smoothie is banana, cherry, chocolate vega and cocoa powder. So yummy!
I love banana, kale, blueberries, and a splash of apple juice!
Spinach, strawberries, blueberries & bananas
Cinnamon blueberry smoothies are my latest favorite.
I want to see more wedding pictures! And it’s impossible to choose, but… I have to go with almond butter + berries + almond milk. Swoon.
More coming so soon!! I am waiting on one more set from my photographer and then it’s going to be ALL up in your face!! xo
kale banana and pear!
This looks fab! My go to is a green smoothie!
Kudos to you for taking a much-needed break. It can be difficult to balance work, holidays, and life with blogging…a couple weeks on the couch sounds divine! Keep up the great work, m’dear! I love everything you do here, and you’re so talented. I’m happy to hear you’re planning on keeping the ball rolling through the new year. And dis smoovie….amazeballs! I love matcha and will have to try out your recipe!
I would have to say that it would be orange and mango
my favorite smoothie combination is strawberry banana!
Cucumber-apple-strawberry is my go-to base and I jazz it up with things like spinach and lemon.
I absolutely love a nut butter smoothie loaded with kale, chia seeds and bananas!
I love a spinach, banana, and mixed berry smoothie! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite smoothie is almond milk, spinach, blueberries, avocado, banana and chia seeds. Thanks for the chance!
My favorite smoothie is ground oatmeal, strawberries, frozen bananas, and a little coconut milk.
I love Banana, spinach, protein powder, shot of coffee, and some almond milk with a nut butter 😛
Coffee, cashew milk, peanut butter, bananas and cocoa powder. 😀
Would you mind sharing your ‘recipe’?
Hi Stephen,
It’s below the Rafflecopter widget!
My favourite from London is Turmeric, Red Apple, Banana, Coconut oil and Bee Pollen (instead of Honey☺😉). It’s like a velvet 👋
Yummy smoothie! I love matcha and it worked really well with the coconut in this recipe. Defintely use frozen bananas. I also like it with dairy milk because it gets nice and thick.
Yum! so glad you liked it Colleen!