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Avocado Citrus Breakfast Shake (aka the "I wish I were in San Diego" smoothie)

Name: Avocado Citrus Breakfast Shake (aka the "I wish I were in San Diego" smoothie)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 whole avocado; 1 banana (frozen, if desired); 1/2 cup orange juice (the first time I made this I used a couple whole, peeled clementines, which was also good albeit a little pulpy); 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 cup full fat coconut milk; 1 pinch salt

by: fiveandspice

January 8, 2014

4.3

3 Ratings

Serves 2

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Author Notes

It is frigid in Minnesota right now, and a conversation with my best friend, who now lives in San Diego, left me craving a little California sunshine. So, I blended together avocado, citrus, and coconut for a hit of sunshine in spoonable form. —fiveandspice

Ingredients

1 whole avocado
1 banana (frozen, if desired)
¹/₂ cup orange juice (the first time I made this I used a couple whole, peeled clementines, which was also good albeit a little pulpy)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 cup full fat coconut milk
1 pinch salt

Directions

Peel and pit the avocado, and cut it into chunks. Peel the banana and break it into chunks.
Combine everything in a blender and blend until smooth - about one minute. (If you'd like more sweetness you can add a little honey.) Divide between two large cups or bowls and serve.

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Amber S. January 18, 2017

Made this with a peeled navel Orange and a peeled small lime instead of juice. Also added about a cup of kale and used soy milk instead of coconut milk. Blended in my BlendTec, it made a nice creamy pudding, heavy on the citrus taste. Very tasty. Will likely make again

Sara October 25, 2014

Otherwise known as the insanely high calorie smoothie lol

Gillian April 13, 2014

I really dislike bananas. A lot. What could I use as a good replacement?

fiveandspice May 6, 2014

So sorry to take forever to respond to your question! I'm rather behind on things these days! Anyway, you might try frozen mango chunks. I think that would be good.

Amber S. January 16, 2017

You can use dates as a replacement in almost any smoothies. It's mostly for the sweetness. It's 3-6 dates for one banana's worth

Tarah T. January 27, 2014

where do you find full fat coconut milk? Brand?

fiveandspice January 27, 2014

I use coconut milk from a can. I usually use Thai Kitchen Organic brand or there's a brand called Native Forest and another called Arroy-D that both make good canned coconut milk.