Want to make sure you reap the benefits of wonder-spice turmeric? Try making your own turmeric latte to ensure you get the nutritional values while knowing exactly what’s in your cup.
Ingredients (Makes 10 cups)
- 5 tsp ground turmeric
- 2½ tsp ground ginger
- 2½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Note: you might want to start off with ½ tsp unless you’re already used to turmeric lattes – for a newbie, five tsps might be a bit strong!
Method:
Mix spices together. Store in an air-tight container.
To serve, take 1 tsp of the powder. Mix into ½ cup of hot milk of choice and ½ cup hot water. Sweeten with ½ tsp honey or some stevia if you need.
Nutritional value
(per serve):
Without milk
• 55kJ
• <1g fat, sugar, etc
With full-fat milk
• 416kJ
• 8g sugar (naturally occurring from milk)
• 5g fat
With skim milk
•303kJ
•7g sugar (naturally occurring from milk)
• 2g fat
With almond milk
• 242kJ
• 3g sugar
• 4g fat
With (carton) coconut milk
• 233kJ
• 2g sugar
• 4g fat
Recipe courtesy of Samantha Gemmell.
