Green Smoothie With Avocado
Author Notes: A little avocado goes a long way in a smoothy, lending a pillowy, silky smooth texture that words can't really do justice to. Try it for yourself, and see if you don't get hooked! —Gena Hamshaw
Serves: 1
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1
banana, peeled and then frozen
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1/2
cup frozen (or fresh) mango
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1/2
small or medium avocado
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1
cup spinach
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1 1/4
cups almond milk (soy, oat, rice, or hemp milk are also fine)
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1/2
teaspoon vanilla extract
- Place all smoothie ingredients in your blender and blend till very smooth and creamy. Add a little more almond milk as needed, or a few ice cubes if you want it to be frostier!
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Yum!! Skipping the fruit and adding coconut cream and cacao powder makes for a great high-fat breakfast. It's like an avocado chocolate thick shake :)
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What a great smoothie, how I love this recipe.
Sounds great - this would be good after a workout! I find avocado takes smoothies to the next level. It's like a thickshake!
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I've been making the same smoothie forever and burnt the whole family out on it. This was a great alternative that's easy to make and full of healthy ingredients. Thanks for inspiring me to get out of my smoothie rut!
Delicious!!!
Drinking it for breakfast! Thanks for the smoothie!
I was wondering if instead of mango you could use unsweetened coconut milk?
This was delicious. I am not a big banana fan (I think I burned out on them after years of that being my "breakfast"), so I put a beautiful, fresh mango in. It turned out wonderful, and I ate half of it early in the day and the other half later. I wasn't really all that hungry at dinner, so it's very filling and satisfying. My Vitamix turned those oats into such a silky beverage. THANK YOU!!!
oats? i don't see oats listing in the ingredients...am i missing something?
Fantastic! Thanks for the recipe Meryl.
Can you please list the total carbs in this and is it for 4 or for 1 person?
It's for one person, Meryl. I'm not sure about the carbs -- you'd have to use a food tracking app to get that!
Several things are listed twice, I am guessing this is an error?
Yes, error. So sorry! It's fixed.
You have 1/2 avocado twice, does this mean use a whole or is this a mistake?
It's a mistake -- fixed now!
Does it serve 4 or does it serve 1?
It serves 1, Nexu -- sorry for any confusion.
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