Food: Edible Green Tea Review

Hey friends!
I have got a cool product to share with you guys today!
Its from a company call Eat Green Tea or EatGreenTea.com, they provide packets of edible green tea leaves for a very small price. You are probably going, "Silly girl! You aren't supposed to eat green tea, you are supposed to drink it!" Not with this product! This green tea is safe for eating! Pretty cool huh?

When I received my green tea, it came in small packets, the size of a tea bag. When I opened a packet I found it stuffed to the brim with little green tea leaves. (Silly me forgot to take photos, so I am going to use photos generously provided by the company.)

Lets be real, these are so pretty artsy photos, and some pretty cool leaves. Now what on earth do you do with these leaves? Well one of the suggestions given by the company was a smoothie, and with some fruits beginning to go out of season I was wiling to try it. I got together my usual smoothie ingredients such as milk, sugar, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, and then grabbed one of my green tea packets. I combine everything including a handful of tea leaves in the blender and hit the button. I was left with a creamy purplish smoothie, ready for consumption.

The verdict on the smooth? Delicious! To be honest, I really couldn't taste the tea leaves much but maybe I just but in too few leaves. The leaves didn't really make a difference in my health, but then again I only had a limited amount so I really wasn't expecting it. I am going to keep using the leaves I was provided in different foods to see how the manner of eating them affects the taste.

All in all, I thought it was a pretty cool product. It is a product that would need to be used over a longer period of time to really see the benefits of it, but I think it would be worth it. The leaves were easy to eat, easy to cook, and I think I great investment. I would recommend trying them and testing it for yourself.

Here is what the company has to say about their product:

"Most of the powerful antioxidants found in green tea leaves are not extracted during the brewing process. When you throw away tea leaves, you are throwing away most of the nutrition. To get the full health benefits of green tea - you need to eat the whole leaf. 

When you start EATING green tea instead of simply drinking it you need to be more concerned about what is in the tea leaves. We collected samples from organic farms all over the world and had them analyzed at a lab for the presence of heavy metals. We chose the farm that had the purest tea leaves we could find anywhere. That is the product that we're proud to bring to you - EatGreenTea.

We provide a number of recipes to show you that you can mix it into or put it on top of just about anything you eat. We particularly love it in our smoothies"

So, what do you think? Is this something you would try?

If you are interested in the product, head over to EatGreenTea.com

Love you all!
XOXO
Miss Marvelous Misadventures

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Adventures: Stress and School

Hey friends!
Let me tell you, out of all the adventures I have been on, the adventure of stress is the least fun. I have officially been in school for a month now and let me tell you it is no fun. Actually, pieces of it are fun, the friends, the football games, and the boys ( wink wink). But the piles of homework, papers, and tests makes me feel like crying at any second. This year I am taking 4 APs and an honors class, plus participating in a varsity sport and multiple clubs. Basically it is a death wish. Not to mention it has killed my social life.

I started off school on a bad foot. I was sick with a stomach virus which was only made worse by the stress of back to school. All throughout the day I had to endure stomach pains, nausea, inability to eat and extreme tiredness. After multiple doctors visits, I finally got to a spot where I thought everything was on the mend....apparently not. For the past almost 2 weeks, I wake up several times at night, and every morning I feel extremely nauseous. Not a fun way to start off your day.

I have no doubt things will only get better from here. Hopefully I will continue to adjust to being back to school and this enormous class load. Im relaxing by spending every minute possible with my family and jamming out to country music in my car.

Here is what I would like to know: How do you, my readers, deal with stress? Do you go to therapists, use relaxation techniques, use a certain diet, what? What do you find helps you the most?

Now for the apology.
I am so sorry I have ignored my duties as a blogger since school began. I have been so stressed and so sick I just couldn't find the willpower to write for you guys. But I promise I will be back to writing at least weekly if not more. Coming up, I have a review of Sunputty Sunscreen, an incredible jewelry line,  a green tea product, and a fun, quirky, crafty sort of product that I'm not really sure how to describe. I will have hopefully at last two of these up this weekend for you guys.

I also have a contest involving one of these products coming up so get ready!

To all of you who are reading this, thanks for sticking around during my absence. It really sucks that I worked so hard to build up this blog and just let it slip away like that. I hope that you guys aren't too mad at me!

I love you all!
XOXO
Miss Marvelous Misadventures
Emily