In an effort to never throw out food, I have a calendar on my fridge that clearly lays out all the expiration dates of food so I can plan meals around using up things that are about to go bad first. Except, even with the calendar it seems time is flying so quickly that I still get surprised by things about to expire. For example, my Greek yogurt is best before the 30th, which in my mind seems like it is still far away when it is actually in two days. Seriously, where did October go?!?
So in an effort to determine how to use up my Greek yogurt before it goes bad I took to Pinterest. I found an interesting recipe for a Greek yogurt coffee cake. Then I got lazy and decided to make a smoothie with Greek yogurt instead. As per usual, I grabbed a tea I thought might compliment the banana and vanilla greek yogurt smoothie. Walnut Truffle seemed like something that could be interesting and thanks to the extreme generosity of Evol Ving Ness, I have 120 grams that I need to work through. So, using a lot of leaf to make a concentrated version of the tea didn’t feel like a waste.
The concentrate was quite strong because unlike the cocoa rooibos from the other day, I can definitely taste the walnut truffle tea. It is actually a bit weird because I get the nuttiness and the banana at the same time but then that melts to the truffle flavor which is almost too rich for the smoothie. It is like a dark chocolate and walnut fudge almost that is too strong a flavor to just blend with the banana and vanilla in the smoothie. It is not bad but not the best smoothie I have had either. Fun to try though so thank you Evol Ving Ness for the chance (and many more chances) to revisit this blend.
