I create inspiration boards as a way to brainstorm for my Halloween themes. I include images of the aesthetic I’m going for, the color palate, I include recipes ideas that I think will fit the menu, and then I look at it everyday to come up ways to make these images and recipe ideas into a cohesive Halloween theme. Sometimes the ideas sit and sit and I can’t come up with a way to make them work. Other times the images that I think are two separate recipes meld together in a beautiful way like they did here. This recipe began with an idea to make a drink inspired by Moon magic. Moon milk being rooted in Ayurvedic traditions to help with sleep seemed like an obvious fit for my witchy theme. I was also drawn to the idea of making goddess smoothie bowls because I love all the gorgeous fruit and flower garnishes that make them simply stunning, magical and decidedly feminine. As a result, I married these two recipes into this blueberry vanilla lavender latte that is not only delicious but incredibly beautiful with the addition of edible flowers that garnish a simple stenciled skull made with butterfly pea powder. Enjoy!
Moon Goddess Latte
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond milk, or your favorite plant-based milk
- ¼ cup blueberries
- 2 tbsp. cashews
- 1 tbsp. blue butterfly pea powder
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ tsp. lavender
- 2 tbsp. maple syrup or honey
- 1 tsp. coconut oil
- ½ cup almond milk (whipped with a small amount of blue butterfly pea powder)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and blend with an emersion blender. Allow to soak for 30 minutes. Strain to remove solids and heat over medium high heat. Pour into a large cup.
- Froth up 1/2 cup almond milk with a pinch of blue butterfly powder with a milk foamer and top the moon milk. Serve as is or garnish with skull and edible flowers.
- Note: I made a simple stencil of a skull out of cardboard and taped it to a bamboo skewer so I could easily hold it over the cup and remove it after sprinkling with blue butterfly powder. Then I garnished with edible flowers. 😁
Absolutely gorgeous! The stencil on a skewer is a great idea.
Thank you so much Bethany!
🖤Lori