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WENDY’S SUPER GREEN AVOCADO SMOOTHIE
This delicious green smoothie is super thick and creamy, thanks to 1/2 an avocado. Avocado provides lots of beautifying healthy fats as well as provides a smoothie-like texture without the banana.
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Wendy's Super Green Avocado Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup 8 ounces of your favorite milk substitute (sweetened or non-sweetened)
- 2 cups spinach
- 1/2 of a avocado
- 1 green apple cored & halved
- 1 cup fresh or frozen mango and/or pineapple
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger optional
- 2 cups ice less if using frozen fruit
Instructions
- Add ingredients to the jar and secure lid. Blend until smooth.
- For Blendtec: Press the SMOOTHIE button.
- For Vitamix: Select VARIABLE, speed #1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE, speed #10, then to HIGH. Blend for 45 seconds or until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy!
- All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes
Nutrition
HEALTH BENEFITS OF AVOCADOS
Avocados have 35% more potassium than a banana and contain more natural fiber than any other fruit, which aids in digestion and helps regulate blood sugar.
They also contain heart-healthy oleic acid which improves your cardiovascular system, add Vitamin B6 and folic acid which help prevent heart disease.
They also contain the master antioxidant “Glutathione” which boosts your body’s immune system and keeps your nervous system healthy.
Not bad. I think I used too much spinach.
I really liked this! I used fresh ginger in a small sliver. I can defintily taste it. yummy!
I was scared about using an avocado for this, but turned out there was no need to fear, it’s delicious! (Although I told my husband after he took a sip of his and said it was good that there was an avocado in there, and his reply was, “I really wish you hadn’t told me that.” Hah!)
I love this! I added the ginger and together with the mango it makes it taste like a super creamy tropical dessert! This is my favorite so far! Its like the smoothies get progressively tastier the further into the smoothie challenge. LOVE!!
I have had avocado in smoothies before. Never in a green smoothie though, I liked it. I like to use avocado in sweet/treat-like smoothies to add a creamy texture! I find that 1/4 of an avocado is enough. I am not a huge pineapple/mango fan, so I think next time I will leave it out but otherwise, I liked this smoothie 🙂
Yum!
First time for me to use avocado. It made it very creamy!
This is one of my favorites, even though I am not a huge avocado fan.
I admit I wasn’t going to try this as it looked scary…. But it was amazing as all of them so far! I will not question any of these recipes
I LOVED this smoothie. I used unsweet almond milk, frozen mango, and optional ginger
Hello Scarlet and WELCOME! Sorry it’s not there now, however we are working on getting nutritional info for ALL recipes by early 2014! 🙂
Where can i find the nutrition information on this smoothie?
Hello Scarlet and WELCOME! Sorry it’s not there now, however we are working on getting nutritional info for ALL recipes by early 2014! 🙂
Thanks!! I get to have 2 full glasses at least all to myself! Yay!
Glad you like it Bonnie! It makes 3-4 cups (24-32oz), most people that replace a meal with a green smoothie drink between 16 and 32oz. If it's too much for you, you can freeze any leftovers and pull it out the night before to thaw on a morning you need to run out the door – or have for a snack later in the day! 🙂 Happy Blending! xoxo
This is terrific. Can you please tell me how many people this serves if used as a meal?