With at least 6 varieties of black tea to use up this month, I did some investigating of creative ways to use tea. I found recipes for baked goods, glazes, grain dishes, the base of smoothies. Good, simple ideas! I can hardly believe people haven't been telling me about these and other ways to use tea in cooking as a way to amp the antioxidants in foods! Or...maybe it doesn't work like that? But it seems like it ought to.
Running a little behind on my updates...!
I tried out one of these ideas for breakfast last week, and sipped tea throughout the day...
Friday, August 3
Breakfast:
-Chai Tea Oatmeal inspired by this recipe
*oatmeal
*spices
*black tea (loose Darjeeling) +1 (#3)
-half-and-half
-plum
-almonds
(I also drank some extra tea)
Snack:
-Larabar
-apple
Lunch:
-leftover soup +0.5 (#1)
-green pepper +1 (#4)
-green/yellow/purple beans
-pretzels
Dinner:
-lentil-stuffed peppers
*green peppers +1 (#4)
*lentil+quinoa mix leftovers. Technically uses brown lentils, one of my Goal Foods for the month. Gimme +0.5 (#3)
-roasted potatoes with onion soup mix +1 (#3)
-zucchini/tomato/cucumber salad with walnut oil +1 (#3)
Evening snack:
-yogurt smoothie
Points August 3: 6
Goal-foods used: 3
Goal-foods finished: 0
August running total points: 17.5
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