New Year, New Beginnings

New Year, New Beginnings!

So teabies it's now 2013, hope you all started the new year with a lovely cup of caffeine free tea...and if you didn't then this would be the perfect opportunity to start. Ditch that diet as studies have shown that they simply don't work! Up to 50% of women are on a diet on any given time and even more worryingly that the average age girls began dieting in 1990 was at the scarily tender age of 8 compared to 14 in 1970 (University of Colorado). Of course this trend significantly affects men also, according to BBC news 18% of the male population are on a diet at all times. 

Yet the idea that diets are 3 week quick fixes is nonsense, yes you might be able to shift 12 pounds by eating baby food constantly for a month but really is that kind of lifestyle going to be sustainable...unless you're going to turn into an adult baby, which if you re I say each to their own..but really be sensible, rational and logical. 

Ditch the diet cola, weight loss tablets, miracle diet books and start to think of the food and drink you put into your body as fuel to look and feel better. I'm not saying my teas are a miracle diet program where 'you will lose 5 pounds a week until you reach that goal weight'. What I am saying is that if you drink sugar free, healthy, herbal, caffeine free teas you're doing your little bit to get on the right road to a healthier lifestyle.

Happy New Year and hopefully new lifestyle:) 

Coming soon:

eat me drink me's new selection of healthy wholefood snack pots

Mango Tea Bellini

Mango Tea Bellini=

Yummy New Year's Eve Cocktail

Ingredients:

'drink me's' Marvelous Mango Tea

Champagne

Mango slices

Mix it up:

Bring the marvelous mango tea to the boil and then cool over ice cubes, mix 1 part tea with 2 parts champagne and place in a teacup with a slice of mango to garnish.

Healthy No Bake Nibbles to go with your Tea Tipples

Healthy No Bake Nibbles To Go With Your Tea Tipples

Ingredients:

64g of unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup of fat free milk

128g of oats

96g of low fat peanut butter

1 tsp of vanilla

96g of sugar

2 tbsp of light butter

cocoa powder for dusting

1. Mix the butter, milk, sugar and cocoa powder together and boil for 2 minutes.

2. Take the mixture of the heat and add the oats, peanut butter and vanilla.

3. Simply roll into balls and pop in the fridge to cool preferably overnight.

4. As a finishing touch roll the balls in cocoa powder and eat.

This recipe compliments hot 'drink me's' chocolate mint tea for a great addition to all those Christmas movies you've been watching:)

Introducing Tea Cocktails

The number one on the list is: 'drink me's LEMONY VODKA TEA

What you need:

1. Lemony Tea

2. Good Quality Rum

3. Crushed ice

4. Slice of lemon for garnish

What you need to do:

1. Brew 'Lemony Tea'

2. Leave the batch of tea to cool and then ice it by placing some  ice cubes in it and placing it in the fridge until it is sufficiently cold.

3. Place 30ml of  Rum in a cocktail shaker with the iced lemony tea and ice and shake vigorously.

4. Strain into a glass and garnish it with a thin slice of fresh lemon. 

FRESH THINKING COCKTAILS WITH NO ADDED SUGAR OR FRUIT JUICES...AMA.ZING!

Spiked Christmas Lemony tea

For a festive punch with a citrus kick follow this easy recipe...enjoy on Christmas day

..or any day really.

Ingredients:

Fresh spearmint

1/2 cup of sugar

250ml cup of orange juice

250ml cup of lemon juice

2 teabags filled with 'drink me' lemony tea

sliced lemon to garnish

230ml of vodka (for the spiked part)

Heat 1.5 litres of water to the mint and bring to the boil, add the lemony tea bags and allow to flavour for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the mint and the bags and add the sugar and juices, once it has cooled add the vodka and pop in the fridge. Once chilled serve with a garnish of sliced lemon over ice.

Tasty treats and eats that're just neat!

Howdy peeps,

So it's that time of year again...'It's Christmas'!! Well you probably already know that but what you definitely do know is that this time of year = calories, calories and more calories. So here at 'eat me drink me' we have came up with a few handy hints to help guide you through the calorific season with taste and flavour but without the sinful stuff that ends up on your hips in January.

First up is the most important thing: Desert!

Pears poached in 'drink me's' marvelous mango tea.

What you need:
1.1tbsp of cranberry jelly
2. A handful of cranberries
3. 50g of sugar
4. 2 filter bags filled with marvelous mango tea
5. 4 firm pears, cored and halved
6. Yogurt

Throw the cranberry jelly, sugar, honey, 2 teabags (with a tsp of tea in each) and 600 ml of water in a pot and bring to the boil, remembering to dissolve the sugar. Pop the pears in and simmer for up to 15 minutes until the pears are softened. Remove the pears and add the fresh cranberries and heat until a syrup forms, take the teabags out, add the pears and yogurt to serve.

Oh I almost forgot the last step...EAT ME because it's only 131 calories per portion.

Hey fellow teabies (lovers of tea and all things associated) and treaties (self explanatory),

For too long healthy eating and drinking has been far too restricted and frankly boring. Dieters and health-conscious individuals are often faced with limited choices as far as eating and drinking are concerned and I really wanted to change that.

My interest in 'healthy loose leaf tea' came from my travels, in 2011 I spent 8 months visiting 4 different continents and along the way I fell in love...with tea. Each country I visited had their own unique take on the concept of tea which was a lot different from the 'builder's tea' culture I had experienced in the UK and I thought bring a taste of my travels back home.

I also thought that there was a lack of flavourful, unique, caffeine free and low caffeine alternatives that could be available to children aswell as their health-conscious parents. Instead of fizzy drinks and sugary fruit juices there would be a calorie free tasty option for people who care bout their tummy and their teeth.

So here goes the introductions.

The stars of the caffeine free and even more importantly calorie free teas are:

Chocolate and mint Tea- herbal tea made from the South African rooibos bush, terrifically tasty with just the right amount of tingle.

Vanilla Tea-delicious, warm and fragrant also so very sweet (for all you guys with a sweet tooth).

Chamomile Dream Tea- the most delicious way to prepare for bedtime, get ready for it to lull you to sleep.

Feeling Rosy Rosehip Tea- made from the buds of roses (real ones), packed with vitamin C to get you ready for winter.

Honeybush Tea- gets it's name from the beautiful aroma of honey that radiates from this hot brew, enjoy it day or night.

Marvelous Mango Tea- fruity, tangy and juicy, just like the real deal..this is quite the pink tea treat.

Lemony Tea- the complete opposite of sour this treat tea will cheer you up..because when life gives you lemons don't make lemonade (far too fizzy) drink lemony tea.

Finally a low caffeine treat for all the dieters out there, green can aid metabolic rate and is great to flush all those naughty toxins away...so I give you:

Skinny Green Tea

Coming up next time:

Tasty healthy snacks, recipes for tea cocktails, tales from my teabies and my travels.