[Recipe] Vanilla avocado mint smoothie

A delicious healthy recipe commissioned from Sleekgeek Success Story turned Coach,  Sylvia Frank (read more about her here).

Carefully designed to fit in with the Sleekgeek Food List,  Healthy Meal Template, and  Portion Control Guide.

DETAILS

• Recommended for: Breakfast
• Serves: 1 woman, double up the portions for a male serving (see full portion control guide here).

INGREDIENTS

• Quality Protein
  • 1 scoop vanilla protein whey.

• Vegetables/Fruit
  • small handful fresh or frozen spinach
  • 1 cup cucumber chunks
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves

• Smart Carbs
  • There is carbs in the whey

• Healthy Fat
  • 1/4 avocado pear
  • Tbsp chia seeds.

• Herbs, spices and extras
  • 1  cup almond milk
  • Half a cup chilled water/crushed ice
  • Juice of half a lemon

UTENSILS

• Blender

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Add the Tbsp chia seeds to the half cup of the almond milk to soak for a few minutes.
• Quarter the avocado, remove the flesh from the peel and drop it in the blender.
• Squeeze the lemon juice over the avocado pear.
• Roughly dice the cucumber and add to the blender jug.
• Add the mint leaves.
• Add the spinach and the crushed ice.
• Mix the whey protein with the remaining almond milk (or milk of choice).
• Add the vanilla whey mix and the soaking chia seed mix to the blender jug.
• Whizz, whizz, whizz

TO SERVE:

• Pour the smoothie out into a glass and serve with a mint leaf and a cucumber slice.