15 Creative Vegan Recipes You’ll Love Very Matcha!

Matcha is delicious! It’s the powdered form of green tea leaves and can be used for warm drinks like lattes, as well as for baking. It gives drinks and foods a beautiful green color and an earthy taste. Matcha contains caffeine, but provides a healthy, stable amount of energy and contains plenty of benefits such as antioxidants and being great for skin!

If you’re looking for some creative matcha ideas, try these delicious 15 recipes from our Food Monster App!

1. Matcha Cheesecake With Chocolate Ganache

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Before we begin, you may want to wipe away the bit of drool spilling out from the corner of your mouth. Don’t worry — if you follow the directions below, you’ll be able to create this decadent Matcha Cheesecake With Chocolate Ganache by Amanda Froelich and drool over it in real life.

2. Mint Matcha Shake

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This Matcha Shake by Robin Runner has a refreshing mint taste but also will keep you feeling full and refreshed!

3. Pistachio Matcha Truffles

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These Pistachio Matcha Truffles by Helyn Dunn delectable treat for the sweet tooth in all of us! And so simple to make too!

4. Matcha Cashew Chocolate Cups

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These simple Matcha-Cashew Chocolate Cups by Marie Reginato are a delicious and healthy take on a classic. Perfect for a last minute holiday dessert.

5. Matcha Cookies

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If you want to try some different cookies, you’ll love this Matcha Cookie recipe by Yana Chistyakova. It is a very simple cookie, perfect to accompany a tea or coffee, but with a touch of extraordinary flavor provided by matcha tea.

6. Nutty Matcha Latte

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Matcha Latte is such a classic cafe drink, and this one by Danielle Capalino is highly recommended. It combines nut-milk with coconut oil and almond extract to give a nutty, creamy taste.

7. Raw Green Tea Matcha Lemon Cheesecake

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Matcha is a powdered green tea that is mostly grown and produced in Japan. It is known to be rich in antioxidants and is used in recipes like matcha lattes, cakes and smoothies. Matcha and lemon flavour combo is pretty much – perfection! Lemons provide a zesty refreshing flavour to this Raw Green Tea Matcha Lemon Cheesecake by Taina Haines and as a bonus, it also contains vitamin C and aids digestion.

8. Matcha Berry Pancakes

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This Matcha Berry Pancakes recipe by Rachel Carr is amazingly light and fluffy, and not too sweet! In fact, the only only sweetener is from the maple added on top!

9. Raw Matcha Raspberry Cheesecake With a Raisin-Walnut Crust

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This Raw Matcha Raspberry Cheesecake by Lera Krasovskaya has a creamy cashew-vanilla layer, a layer of matcha cheesecake, and a topping of fresh raspberries. It may look fancy — because it is — but it’s so easy to make, that even a dessert beginner can handle it. This cheesecake will be a hit at any party!

10. Matcha-Cream Shortbread Cookies

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These Matcha-Cream Shortbread Cookies by Marie Reginato are the holiday dessert for the healthy home cook. Gluten-free, vegan and made with delicious ingredients that will suit the dietary needs of everyone

11. Matcha Zebra Cheesecake

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Matcha has a special place in our heart because it is super high in antioxidants, more potent than regular green tea, and it has a smooth and delicious flavor. It’s also worth mentioning that the vibrant green color is beautiful! This all makes matcha a great ingredient not only for drinks, but for desserts! This vanilla Matcha Zebra Cheesecake by Maya Sozer is creamy but light, absolutely delicious and flavorful, and very aesthetically pleasing.

12. Matcha Cheesecake with Cherries

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You’ll be enchanted by the wonderful flavor of this simple vegan Matcha Cheesecake with Cherries by Nele Liivlaid. It is moist, not too sweet and has a refreshing green tea fragrance combined with the sourness of cherries.

13. Matcha Swirl Loaf

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This Matcha Swirl Loaf by Elsa Brobbey has a nice super-soft chewy texture, plus it’s visually pleasing; each swirly slice will make you smile. It requires a bit of preparation but it yields two loaves, you could freeze one for the next week, or give one to a friend or neighbor: They’ll love you forever! A slice of this bread in the morning always feels a little special.

14. Matcha Glazed Vanilla Bean Doughnuts With Matcha Cream Filling

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Matcha has three times the antioxidants of other green teas as well as having higher levels than blueberries, pomegranates, orange juice and spinach. Matcha also contains theanine which can help to lower stress levels. So, what better place to use it than in these Matcha Glazed Vanilla Bean Doughnuts by Sarah Pether?

15. Raw Coconut, Matcha and Chocolate Slice

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This Raw Coconut, Matcha and Chocolate Slice recipe by Pamela Higgins will give you a beautiful dessert that is as healthy as it is delicious. The coconut matcha base provides a creamy, nutritious foundations for the dish while the decadent layer of chocolate frosting makes it into a treat.

Craving dessert now? Check out the 25 Most Loved Vegan Desserts of 2018. Or thinking about matcha making you crave warm drinks? Try these 10 Tasty Coffee Drinks to Curb Your Caffeine Craving.

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