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Four moringa recipes for Valentine's Day — one to drink, one to blend, one to cook and one to make the night before.
Valentine's Day runs on chocolate, roses and sugar, and there is nothing wrong with any of that. But a menu built entirely on dessert makes for a heavy evening, and the recipes below are an attempt at the middle ground: still indulgent, still a bit theatrical, with something green folded through.
All four use moringa as a hero ingredient. Moringa oleifera is the leaf of a fast-growing tree native to the Indian subcontinent, dried whole and milled rather than extracted. It carries 92 nutrients, 47 antioxidants and all nine essential amino acids, with more protein, iron, fiber and calcium per gram than kale — and it is naturally caffeine-free, which is worth knowing if dinner is running late.
Whether you are cooking for two or entirely for yourself, there is something here.
Moringa Cupid Hot Chocolate
Serves 2 · 10 minutes
Cocoa is the best possible cover for moringa: the roasted bitterness sits directly on top of the leaf's green note and rounds it off. Coconut milk makes it richer than a dairy version.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups coconut milk
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp moringa powder
- 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips
- Whipping cream
- Mini marshmallows (optional)
Directions
Heat the coconut milk until steaming but not boiling. Whisk in the cocoa, moringa, maple syrup, vanilla and salt until completely smooth — a small whisk is worth fetching, since cocoa clumps against a spoon. Add the chocolate chips and stir off the heat until melted. Pour into heart-shaped cups, top with whipped cream and garnish with marshmallows.
Good to know: the pinch of salt is what makes the chocolate taste like chocolate rather than sweetened cocoa. Do not skip it.
Moringa Lovestruck Strawberry Smoothie
Serves 2 · 5 minutes
Deep red rather than green, thanks to the pomegranate and strawberries — the easier sell if someone at the table is suspicious of green drinks.
Ingredients
- ½ cup frozen pomegranate seeds
- 1 cup chopped frozen strawberries
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup milk of choice
- 1 tsp moringa powder
- 1 tbsp honey
Directions
Blend everything until thick, adding milk a splash at a time rather than all at once — it is far easier to loosen a thick smoothie than to rescue a thin one. Pour and serve immediately, before the frozen fruit softens.
Good to know: Greek yogurt brings the protein and the tang; the pomegranate seeds add a faint pop of texture if you blend only briefly.
Moringa Hearty Double Cheese Spaghetti
Serves 2 · 20 minutes
A cacio e pepe in spirit: pasta, pepper, two hard cheeses and almost nothing else. The moringa goes in at the end with the cheese, where the pepper carries it.
Ingredients
- 230 g whole-wheat spaghetti
- 2 tbsp butter or margarine, divided
- Plenty of ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp moringa powder
- ¾ cup grated Asiago, plus more to garnish
- ¾ cup grated fresh Parmesan, plus more to garnish
Directions
Cook the pasta until al dente and reserve about ⅔ cup of the cooking water before draining — that starchy water is what makes the sauce cling. Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a skillet with the oil, add a generous amount of black pepper and toast it for a minute. Add the pasta water, then the remaining butter, then the drained pasta, tossing constantly. Take the pan off the heat before adding the moringa and both cheeses, and keep tossing until glossy. Cheese added over direct heat goes stringy instead of creamy.
Good to know: toss in a handful of peas, asparagus tips or meatballs if you want it to be a fuller meal.
Moringa Cozy Chia Seed Pudding
Serves 2 · 10 minutes plus 2 hours (or overnight) setting
The one to make the night before. Layered in a glass it looks considerably more impressive than the effort involved.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 bananas, sliced
- A few strawberries, chopped
- 1 tsp moringa powder
Directions
Stir the chia seeds, almond milk, cinnamon and moringa together, wait ten minutes, then stir again — that second stir is what breaks up the clumps that always form at the bottom. Refrigerate at least 2 hours, ideally overnight, until thick. Layer in a glass: sliced banana, half the chia mixture, more banana, the rest of the mixture. Top with sliced banana and chopped strawberries.
Good to know: chia brings fiber and plant protein, and the pudding keeps three days covered in the fridge — so it doubles as breakfast on the 15th.
Planning the evening
Chia pudding the night before, hot chocolate while the pasta water comes to a boil, smoothies whenever. The only thing that needs real attention is the spaghetti, and that is twenty minutes.
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