Start your day with a healthy smoothie. As well as being packed with nutrients, the deep green of spirulina adds rich vibrancy while avocado gives a silky texture
Ingredients :
½ small avocado, peeled and stoned
1 tsp spirulina powder
50g baby spinach
¼ cucumber, roughly chopped
1 lime, zested and juiced
10g mint, plus a sprig to garnish (optional)
75ml apple juice (not from concentrate), chilled
1 tsp honey (optional)
Directions :
Tip all the ingredients into a blender or food processor with 75ml cold water, and blitz until smooth. Or, put everything in a bowl and blitz with a hand blender.
Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a mint sprig, if you like. Drink straightaway.