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Red Velvet Waffles With Coconut Whipped Cream and Strawberries

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By: Jennifer Provenza at Good Food From The Heart

Whole food plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, soy free, nut free

These whole food plant based red velvet waffles with coconut whipped cream and strawberries are crisp on the outside and cakey on the inside. They are a sweet, satisfying treat for a weekend brunch and are perfect for Valentine’s day.

WAFFLES!!!

I love waffles. I mean, who doesn’t, right? I remember as a kid one of the most exciting things was when my family went to a brunch or a hotel breakfast and they had a waffle bar. My ten year old brain would light up with excitement. Waffles!!! Bring them on! My kids react the exact same way today. Like mother, like daughter. I also have really fond memories of sleeping over at my best friend, Erin’s house and her mom making us really delicious homemade waffles, which I had actually never had at anyone’s house before. After that, I convinced my mom to buy a waffle iron and she bought this really pretty one that made a clover shape that was made up of little hearts. I still use that exact same waffle iron today with my kids. Memories…..! (If you are as much of a nerd as me, you read that last line in your head as if it was a line from Cats!)

These waffles are such a fun treat for kids and adults alike and they are perfect for a special day like Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or Mother’s Day. They are simple to whip up (the only time consuming part is cooking each one in a waffle iron.) Just make it fun by cranking up your favorite music while you cook. This is a great recipe for kids to help make too.

Red Velvet Waffles-Ingredients

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: This one is important. I like Bob’s Red Mill. These just will not come out very good if you use regular whole wheat flour. They will end up tough and heavy. If you can’t find whole wheat pastry flour, you can subsitute one cup oat flour and one cup whole wheat flour. To make oat flour, simply blend oats in a high speed blender or food processor until they have the consistency of flour. (I have had bad luck with store bought oat flour tasting bitter, which apparently means it is no longer good.) I actually had to do this substitution myself as my store has been out of whole wheat pastry flour for months. It comes just as good with oat flour, it just adds an extra step. Of course, you can also use white flour, but it will be much less healthy. Oh, and feel free to use gluten free flour if necessary.

Ground flax seeds: Ground flax seeds are one of my tricks for egg free baking. I just buy pre ground flax seeds and keep them in my refrigerator at all times. (They go bad quickly at room temperature). I like Bob’s Red Mill. I prefer the golden variety because it doesn’t show up visually in the finished baked goods. Any time I need an egg for baking, I simply mix a tablespoon of ground flax seed with two tablespoons of water and let it sit for a few minutes. Then I use as I would an egg. I have not had great luck with store bought egg replacers. If you don’t have ground flax seed, you could substitute a mashed banana (which would add banana taste) or add 1/4 cup of extra applesauce.

Apple Sauce: This is the secret ingredient that lets you forgo oil. It’s exciting, because waffle recipes always seem to contain oil (even the plant based recipes). Luckily, the apple sauce works great. These taste every bit as good as regular waffles. You would never guess that they are both plant based AND oil free. My kids and husband devoured them.

Cocoa: Use cocoa or cacao powder. I personally LOVE this Guittard red cocoa, especially for these waffles.

Red Food Coloring: This optional ingredient is obviously not whole food plant based, but it makes it fun for kids and festive for Christmas or Valentine’s day. Alternatively, you could use beet or pomegranate juice for color.

Red Velvet Waffles With Coconut Cream and Strawberrie

How To Make This Recipe

To make these red velvet waffles, start by preparing your flax eggs. (Mix the ground flax seeds with the water and set aside). Next, mix the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add the wet ingredients, including the flax mixture. At this point, you can add either red food coloring or pomegranate juice until you get the shade of red you like. This first part will take just a couple of minutes. Allow the batter to rest for five minutes before beginning to cook the waffles.

Next is the part that is a little time consuming, which is cooking each waffle in the waffle iron. I like to make this part fun by cranking up my favorite music and drinking a nice big cup of coffee or, hey, maybe a mimosa. You do you. (Better yet, make someone else do this part while you read a book or something).

Anyway, before you start this part, preheat your oven to 150 degrees and put a plate or cookie sheet in there. Then, just be sure to follow the instructions for your particular waffle iron. Mine needs just a spritz of non stick spray before the first waffle. After each waffle is finished, I add it to the warm oven to keep it hot until we eat. (Or you can keep it casual and serve each waffle as you make it.)

Serving Your Red Velvet Waffles

These are best served with coconut whipped cream and fresh strawberries or raspberries. To make the whipped cream, take just the more solid coconut cream from the can of coconut milk and put it in a mixer with a whisk attachment. Add a little maple syrup or liquid stevia for sweetness, if desired, and whip up until it has a whipped cream consistency. You may want to also serve with maple syrup or with my Warm and Cozy Raspberry Syrup. If you like decadent breakfasts, you might also try my Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Mug Cake.

Red Velvet Waffles With Coconut Cream and Strawberrie
Red Velvet Waffles With Coconut Cream and Strawberrie

Red Velvet Waffles With Coconut Whipped Cream and Strawberries

With a crispy exterior and cakey interior, these sweet and satisfying red velvet waffles are a perfect breakfast. Add some rich coconut whipped cream and fresh strawberries and serve to your sweetheart.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 5 people
Calories 200 kcal

Equipment

  • waffle iron

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa or cacao powder
  • 2 cups plant milk
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup or 1 teaspoon liquid stevia
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
  • several drops red food coloring (optional)

Toppings

  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia or 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • 2 cups strawberries sliced

Instructions
 

  • Mix the ground flax seed and water in a mug or small bowl. Set aside.
  • Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Add wet ingredients, including flax seed mixture, and stir. If using, add red food coloring a few drops at a time until you have the desired red color. Set aside for five minutes.
  • If necessary, spray waffle iron with a few sprays of non stick spray. Use waffle iron according to manufacturer directions. Depending on the size of your waffle iron, you should get 4-5 waffles. I get five with mine.
  • Open the can of full fat coconut milk and remove just the coconut cream from the top. Be sure not to include the rest of the liquid in the can. In a mixer with a whisk attachment, beat the coconut cream until you have a whipped cream consistency. Add the liquid stevia or maple syrup.
  • Top waffles with coconut whipped cream, strawberries, and/or maple syrup or my Warm and Cozy Raspberry syrup.
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Air Fryer Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas

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air fryer heart shaped mini pizza

Whole food plant based, oil free, sugar free, soy free, can be gluten free

These healthy, dairy free heart shaped air fryer mini pizzas are incredibly delicious and totally adorable! Eat with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. Kids love them too!

Valentine’s Day Traditions

In my family, we have a longstanding tradition of having heart shaped pizza for dinner on Valentine’s Day, followed by brownies. (Not to mention that we start the day with heart shaped pink pancakes or waffles). To say we are into holidays may be a bit of an understatement. If possible, Ian and I usually try to get out on a date to a nice restaurant as well, but because of the markup and the difficulty finding a babysitter, we usually do that on another night, like the 13th or the 15th. This year, we will be enjoying dinner at home. And, as usual, on the 14th, we will be having a special meal with our kids. I used to order a heart shaped pizza, but takeout pizzas are far from healthy and it turns out my kids actually prefer my homemade pizza anyway. Yay!

I’m planning really cute surprises for my girls because, after all, they are my little sweethearts. For M, who is 8, I’ve gotten her a card themed after Adopt Me (a Roblox game she is obsessed with) and an Adopt Me unicorn necklace. For C, who is 8, and looooves Baby Yoda, I have gotten her a card that says “Baby, Yoda one for me” and a Maggie Simpson doll, which cracks me up, but she just loves Maggie Simpson. (Check out the Maggie Simpson shorts on Disney + and you will get a good idea why.) She even wants to be Maggie for Halloween next year. I have a feeling the girls will love their gifts!

Mini Heart Shaped Pizzas-Air Fryer Optional

These little heart shaped pizzas are just the cutest thing ever! They are perfect for Valentine’s Day, much healthier than regular pizza, and so easy to make. Sometimes I go the whole nine yards and make a homemade pizza crust and bake it in the oven (I will probably eventually share a recipe for this), but when I need a quick weeknight dinner, this is one of my go to’s. Plus, it’s so easy to make them heart shaped that it’s a great solution when you want a cute, kid pleasing dinner. These are perfect for romantic date nights, kids’ parties, and really anytime at all. These are easiest in my opinion if you have an air fryer, but you could easily bake them in the oven as well.

Ingredients

Pita bread: For these mini heart shaped air fryer pizzas, start with pita bread. So easy! Make sure to use whole grain pita bread for optimal healthiness (or use gluten free if necessary).

Tomato Sauce: For best results, use my Best Homemade Oil Free Tomato Sauce.

Cheese: To keep this whole food plant based and oil free, use my Best Cashew Mozzarella.

Toppings: I like to top this pizza with sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, olives, and chopped basil. Be sure to add the sundried tomatoes and basil after you bake the pizza, or these toppings will burn.

How to Make This Recipe

This recipe is very simple, especially if you already have sauce and cheese on hand. If not, it will take a bit longer. Begin by cutting your pitas into a heart shape, using kitchen scissors. You can also use a knife, but I find the scissors to be the easiest way. Top with sauce, cheese, and toppings that won’t burn, such as mushrooms. Then bake in the air fryer for 5 minutes at 370 degrees and top with additional toppings. (If you don’t have an air fryer, bake at 425 degrees until warm and slightly browned).

air fryer heart shaped mini pizza

Air Fryer Mini Heart Shaped Pizzas

These adorable mini pizzas are perfect for eating with your sweetheart. Kids love them too! Delicious, dairy free and oil free, these whole grain pizzas are a special healthy treat for Valentine's Day.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2
Calories 332 kcal

Equipment

  • air fryer (optional)
  • kitchen scissors

Ingredients
  

  • 2 whole wheat or gluten free pita bread loaves
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce or to taste
  • 1 cup Best Cashew Mozzerella to taste
  • toppings of choice

Instructions
 

  • Start by cutting your pita loaves into a heart shape. The easiest way to do this is with kitchen scissors, but you could also use a knife.
  • Top each pita with tomato sauce. For best results, use my Best Homemade Oil Free Tomato Sauce recipe. Top with your cheese of choice. To keep this whole food plant based and oil free, use my recipe for Best Cashew Mozzerella.
  • Top with toppings that will not burn (such as mushrooms and olives). You will add the other toppings after you cook the pizzas.
  • Place in the air fryer for five minutes at 370 degrees. (Note: If you do a second batch, don't cook them as long. Start with three minutes.)
  • Remove pizzas from the air fryer and top with any additional desired toppings, such as sundried tomatoes, chopped basil, or green onions. If you don't have an air fryer, bake at 425 degrees until warmed through and slightly browned.
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Best Cashew Mozzarella

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Whole food plant based, oil free, sugar free, soy free, gluten free

This tasty cashew mozzarella can be used anywhere you would use melted mozzarella: for pizza, for lasagna, for eggplant parmesan, or just pour it over tortilla chips for nachos. Yum!

The Best Actually Melty Cashew Mozzarella

This cheese is so good! I mean, if you currently eat actual mozzarella, I’m not gonna lie to you, it won’t taste the same. But, if you are looking for a whole food plant based, oil free cheese that truly does taste good, you’ve come to the right place! One of the hardest parts of eating a whole food plant based diet is giving up cheese. And, sorry, but most store bought vegan cheeses taste totally like plastic to me and are also full of oil! I love this recipe so much because it comes together in just ten minutes, it tastes delicious, and it really is so so much healthier than actual cheese. It has protein, but no oil, and only healthy fats from the nuts. If you can’t have nuts, you might try making this with sunflower seeds, but I have not personally tried that, so I can’t vouch for it.

Perfect For Your Favorite Foods

This cheese will work for any of your favorite foods where you would normally use melted mozzarella (use a different recipe if you want a solid mozzarella, like for Caprese Salad). This works on lasagna, eggplant parmesan, pizza, appetizers, and even just poured over chips for nachos. (To keep it whole food plant based, make your own chips by baking or air frying pieces of corn tortilla). I can’t say enough about how fun this cheese is to make, too! It feels like you are a magician when it all comes together! But it’s so easy.

best cashew mozzarella

Ingredients

Cashews: Be sure to use raw cashews for this recipe, as it won’t taste right if you use roasted ones. Hint: cashew pieces are cheaper than whole cashews and you will be blending them up anyway.

Tapioca Flour: This is the magic ingredient that makes this cheese melty and ooey and gooey. I like Bob’s Red Mill Brand.

Nutritional Yeast: Gives a “cheesy” and umami flavor. Again, Bob’s Red Mill is a favorite brand.

Lemon Juice: This gives it that tangy flavor, but feel free to decrease the amount if you like it less tangy. You can also subsitute apple cider vinegar in a pinch, but the lemon juice gives it a fresher flavor.

Salt: The salt, again, gives it a flavor more remiscent of cheese. I wouldn’t skip it.

Garlic: The fresh garlic gives it an even more delicious flavor. You can subsititute garlic powder in a pinch, but I really prefer this made with fresh garlic.

How To Make This Recipe

This is truly the best cashew mozzarella and it is so fun to make! One important thing to remember is that if you don’t have a high speed blender, you will need to soak the cashews first. Either soak overnight (or for 8 hours) or soak in boiling water for one hour. If you have a high speed blender, you can totally skip this step.

Add all ingredients to the blender (drain the cashews first) and blend until totally smooth. Make sure there are no visible pieces of cashew left.

Then, cook over medium heat in a small sauce pan, stirring constantly, until it magically turns into a melty, cheese like concoction. Note: It’s actually science and not magic, but it feels like magic.

Use this recipe for my Heart Shaped Mini Air Fryer Pizzas, my lasagna, or my eggplant parmesan (recipes coming soon).

best cashew mozzarella
best cashew mozzarella

Best Cashew Mozzarella

This tasty cashew mozzarella can be used anywhere you would use melted mozzarella: for pizza, for lasagna, for eggplant parmesan, or just pour it over tortilla chips for nachos. Yum!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2
Calories 220 kcal

Equipment

  • blender
  • small saucepan
  • wooden spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup raw cashews optional: soften in water if you won't be using a high speed blender
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 clove garlic crushed

Instructions
 

  • If you do not have a high speed blender, you can use a regular one, but you will need to soften the cashews first. Either let sit in 1 cup of water overnight (or for at least eight hours) or let sit in 1 cup of boiling water for at least an hour. Discard the soaking water. If you have a high speed blender, you can skip this step.
  • Add all ingredients to your blender and blend until the mixture is completely smooth. You want to make sure there are no bits of cashew visible.
  • Pour the mixture into a small sauce pan and cook over medium heat, stirring contstantly, until the mixture firms up and takes on the stretchy texture of melted cheese. Remove from heat and use in any recipe where you would use melted mozzerella cheese. This recipe can easily be doubled.
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The Best Homemade Oil Free Tomato Sauce

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the best oil free homemade tomato sauce

Whole Food Plant Based, No Oil, No Sugar, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Nut Free

This warm, comforting, tangy homemade Italian tomato sauce is perfect on pasta, pizza, and lasagna.

Perfect For A Special Occasion Or a Weeknight Dinner

If you are like me, you are already thinking ahead to Valentine’s Day and what you might make for dinner. In a year when it may not be easy to eat at a restaurant, a home cooked meal is a perfect way to celebrate. (But do support your local restaurants by getting takeout often!) And this homemade oil free tomato sauce served over pasta fits the bill perfectly. Serve this sauce over your favorite pasta, along with a salad and a bottle of wine and you will feel like you are eating at an Italian bistro. This makes a nice dinner for a special occasion, yet is easy enough to whip up on a weeknight while you are cooking the pasta.

We just had this for dinner on Martin Luther King Day. In honor of the day, my 5 year old wrote a poem about peace. My favorite lines from her poem: “Peace is like a puzzle. It sounds like a beating heart.” Wow. It’s amazing how kids can see things clearer than a lot of adults. I truly have so much hope when I look at the younger generation. My students display so much more empathy and kindness than I remember seeing in those of my own generation. And my daughter, M, who is 8, has the sweetest group of classmates. One day I went to their school field day and there was a little girl who was too nervous to run in the relay soccer race. And instead of yelling at her as my classmates surely would have in the 90’s, another little girl took her hand and ran with her as a team. I actually started to cry because it was so touching. The children really are our future.

About This Recipe

This recipe is super simple and easy to make. You can easily double it and you can freeze any leftovers. In fact, you can make it ahead and freeze a large batch to use as needed.

Ingredients

Canned San Marzano Tomatoes: I like to use a can of San Marzano tomatoes. Cento is a good brand. You can use a can of tomato puree or sauce instead. (Just make sure to use a total of two 28 ounce cans). I crush the tomatoes with a potato masher or in a food processor before making the sauce.

Tomato Sauce or Tomato Puree: I use a 28 ounce can of either tomato sauce or tomato puree. Diced tomatoes work as well, but make a less smooth sauce. I like Cento or Pomi brand.

Tomato Paste: I like Cento’s tube of tomato paste so I can easily save what I don’t use for another time.

Wine or Vegetable Broth: I like to use a good red wine in this recipe. Wine is not strictly whole food plant based though, so you may choose to use vegetable broth instead. It’s so so good with wine though. (Use the wine). I love Girard winery’s vegan wines. The wine or vegetable broth is for cooking the shallot and garlic in and it allows you to forgo oil, making this sauce super healthy and fat free!

Shallot: I love using shallot in my sauce, as I don’t digest onion well and shallots are smaller (I don’t use a lot). You can use onion instead if you prefer.

Cinnamon: It may seem like a weird ingredient to add to sauce, but a dash of cinnamon is the secret ingredient that gives this sauce a perfect flavor.

Liquid Stevia or Coconut Sugar: You want to add just a little bit of sweetener to cut the bitterness of the tomato. I use liquid stevia to avoid any sugar or calories, but you can certainly use coconut sugar instead.

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How To Make This Homemade Oil Free Tomato Sauce

To make this sauce, simply crush the garlic and chop the shallot and cook in a heavy sauce pan over medium heat with the wine, adding more as needed. Once the shallot and garlic are transluscent, add the cans of tomatoes, tomato paste, and tomato sauce or puree, the salt, the stevia or coconut sugar, and the pepper. Optionally, you can add cooked mushrooms or red pepper flakes for a little heat. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat. Taste and adjust seasonings as necessary and then serve over your favorite pasta. This goes great with my “So Good It’s Nuts” Parmesan Topping. It’s also perfect on pizza or for making lasagna or eggplant parmesan. Stay tuned for those recipes coming soon!

the best oil free homemade tomato sauce

The Best Homemade Oil Free Tomato Sauce

This warm, comforting, tangy homemade Italian tomato sauce is perfect on pasta, pizza, and lasagna.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4
Calories 45 kcal

Equipment

  • heavy sauce pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup good red wine (vegan) or vegetable broth
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 1/4 shallot chopped
  • 1 28 ounce can San Marzano tomatoes crushed or pureed
  • 1 28 ounce can tomato sauce or tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt (or to taste)
  • a dash cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia (or 1 teaspoon coconut sugar)
  • ground pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional if you like it spicy)

Instructions
 

  • Chop the garlic and the shallot and crush or puree the San Marzano tomatoes (if using). Add the wine (or broth) garlic, and shallot to the sauce pan and cook over medium heat until the garlic and shallot are transluscent. Add more wine or broth as needed.
  • Add the canned tomatoes, the tomato sauce or puree, the tomato paste, the salt, the stevia or coconut sugar, the pepper, and the red pepper flakes (if using). Make sure to check that your canned tomato sauce or puree does not have added salt. If it does, you will want to reduce the amount of salt you add. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat to low, cover, and simmer while you cook the pasta.
  • Allow to simmer for about 15 minutes, then taste and adjust seasonings as necessary. Serve over pasta (or use in another recipe.)
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Matcha Green Tea Coconut Latte

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Whole food plant based, oil free, sugar free, gluten free, soy free, nut free

This creamy, rich, and warm coconut flavored matcha green tea latte is the perfect morning or afternoon treat.

A Comforting Treat

So, you all know how much I love coffee. (So much!) But, a close runner up for me is matcha green tea. It gives a gentler caffeine kick and for that reason, it’s my favorite late afternoon beverage. Coffee that late in the day can keep me up too late. The matcha green tea lattes you get at coffee places can be really sugary and high in calories, which is why I love making my own. Bonus: it actually tastes even more delicious. I promise!

Anyway, by late afternoon I’m often feeling like I need a bit of a caffeine boost as well as something that tastes sweet. There is nothing like taking some time for self care (maybe a long walk?), a good book, and a hot cup of tea. Oh, yes. Treat yourself.

Ingredients

Matcha: First of all, you will need to get some matcha green tea powder. Matcha can be a little pricey, but don’t worry, a bag of this stuff goes a long way. Each latte only used 1/2 teaspoon of the powder, so it takes quite awhile to get through a bag, even if you have one every day. Make sure to get a high quality matcha powder, as it really makes a difference for this drink. Navitas is the brand I use. (I get it at Sprouts).

Coconut Milk: For this recipe, you want to use canned coconut milk, for a rich, creamy texture (not the kind you find in a milk carton). I use the light version, but you can go full fat if you prefer. If you want a really rich, sinful version of this drink, feel free to use all coconut milk, but I like to mix with a lighter plant based milk as well.

Plant Milk: Use whatever variety you prefer (soy, almond, coconut, oat, etc…) I usually use unsweetened vanilla almond milk. Watch for added sugars. For an even lighter beverage, feel free to use all unsweetened plant milk. I do think the coconut milk really makes this recipe delicious, though.

Sweetener: I avoid even unrefined sugar for the most part because it still has empty calories and because of my husband’s diabetes. Therefore, I tend to use pure liquid stevia to sweeten beverages. (The powder often has fillers I like to avoid). However, feel free to use maple syrup to sweeten this drink, if you prefer. Coconut sugar would work as well.

How to Make This Coconut Matcha Green Tea Latte

Luckily, making this latte could not be easier! First, mix the plant milk with the coconut milk and heat until bubbly. (I always heat it until it is a little bit hotter than would typically drink it, because the blender cools it down a bit.) You can heat in the microwave or on the stove top. Personally, I do 2 and a half minutes in the microwave in an oversized cup, so it doesn’t bubble over.

Next, simply pour the warm milk mixture into a blender, add the matcha powder and the liquid stevia or maple syrup and blend at a low speed until the mixture is well mixed and frothy. It will be light green with no lumps of matcha when it is properly mixed. Pour into a mug and serve. It is extra delicious with whipped coconut cream on top, for a special treat.

This coconut matcha green tea latte goes perfectly with any breakfast. Try it with my Caramelized Banana French Toast!

coconut matcha green tea latte

Matcha Green Tea Coconut Latte

This creamy, coconut flavored matcha green tea latte is a comforting treat on a cold day.
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 1
Calories 90 kcal

Equipment

  • small pot or microwave
  • blender

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup canned light coconut milk
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened plant milk of choice
  • 1/4 teaspoon pure liquid stevia or 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon matcha green tea powder

Instructions
 

  • Mix the coconut milk and plant milk of choice and heat until a little hotter than you would typically drink it. (The blender will cool it a bit). I usually heat up for 2 minutes and thirty seconds in the microwave or until simmering on the stove. Keep in mind that every microwave is different, so be careful not to let it bubble over.
  • Pour the hot milk mixture (carefully) into a blender. Add the matcha green tea powder and the stevia or maple syrup. Blend at a low to medium speed until the mixture is green, without visible powder lumps, and frothy.
  • Pour into a cup and enjoy. This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled depending on the size of your blender.

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