Banana Coconut Blue Matcha Smoothie is creamy, delicious, and very blue! It is a tasty combination of coconut and banana with a hint of blue matcha.

I also added steamed cauliflower to this Banana Coconut Blue Matcha Smoothie! I wanted to keep the smoothie light in colour so the blue colour came through but I still wanted a veggie in there, I promise you can’t taste it.

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I came across blue matcha when I was trying to figure out how to make a smoothie blue for my gender reveal on Breakfast Television (if you missed the segment watch it here). I really didn’t want to use food colouring and blueberries make the smoothies super purple and not blue at all. There is a way to make blue food dye with red cabbage, but I didn’t think that would taste very good.

I did lots of searching and concluded there are no foods that are naturally blue until I found blue matcha!

 

Health benefits of blue matcha

Blue matcha is made from the “Clitoria” flower (teehee), which is a feminine bright blue flower. Blue matcha is used in Ayurvedic medicine, here are some of the health benefits:

• It makes you a smarty-pants because it raises cognitive functions including enhancing intelligence activity and heightening memory.
• It is caffeine free and has a calming effect that reduces stress and anxiety.
• Blue matcha is great for hair growth because the blue flower has bioflavonoids that encourage hair growth, thicken the hair, and reduce greys.
• Anti-oxidants in blue matcha arouse collagen and elastin synthesis aiding to regenerate the skin, reduce wrinkles, and signs of ageing skin.

Banana Coconut Blue Matcha Smoothie

(gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free)

Prep time: 5 minutes | Serves 1

Ingredients

• 1 cup coconut milk
• ½ cup coconut water
• 1 banana, frozen
• 1 cup steamed cauliflower, frozen
• 1 scoop collagen* optional
• 1 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1.5 tsp blue matcha

Directions

1. Blend and enjoy!