By Dev, CN Manager and Antioxidant Pun Enthusiast
Professionally and personally, I’ve probably made no less than thousands of smoothies, so I’m always on the lookout for flavorful and nutritious ingredients to enhance the ones I make at home.
Enter: Millennia Tea cubes!
Millennia Tea, out of Canada, is a relatively new product for Cambridge Naturals in 2023. We're the first U.S. location to offer these delightful little squares. They're a bit different from what most people are probably expecting of green tea; they're raw, fresh green tea leaves that have been washed and frozen into cubes. That's right, fresh! Not dried tea leaves. They're wonderful, antioxidant-rich additions to smoothies / smoothie bowls, and they can also just be dropped into hot or cold water to steep as regular tea.
Today’s an“tea”oxidant smoothie recipe features Millennia tea cubes and several other antioxidant-rich friends of green tea that can be found on our store shelves or in our freezer.
Why are antioxidants important? When consciously and diversely integrated into a whole food diet, they can support the body’s defense against free radicals, which are chemical compounds that, in high levels, can damage cells and genetic material like DNA strands.
Free radicals are produced naturally as the body breaks down food for cellular energy, but they also can be found in environmental pollutants and smoke. An excessive amount of free radicals in the body may lead to higher susceptibility to chronic health issues and disease–what’s also known as “oxidative stress.”
Fortunately, our bodies have developed ways of combating free radicals on a molecular level, and we can give it a little boost of support by enhancing our diets with a diverse selection of foods high in antioxidants.
In your home blender, combine the following:
10 ounces of Taste Nirvana Coconut Water
2 cups of Cadia Frozen Blueberries
1 tablespoon of Navitas Chia seeds
1 teaspoon of Mountain Rose Herbs' Beet Root Powder
1 tablespoon of Northwoods Apiaries' Vermont Raw Buckwheat Honey, or other sweetener of your choice.
Blend until smooth, and enjoy! This recipe makes roughly 3 cups, or 24 ounces of smoothie. It’s a refreshing combination of berry and coconut flavor; summer might be behind us now, but this one's good year round!