Avocado Berry Smoothie {Vegan}

A couple of weeks ago I taught a group of 8 year old girls about eating healthy. After the lesson we made healthy smoothies. I searched online and found this delicious Berry-Cado Smoothie. All of the 8 year old girls said they did not like avocados but I told them to keep an open mind. Turns out they absolutely loved the smoothie, and so did I! What a clever way to add protein and all the other health benefits of an avocado into your everyday diet. Adding the avocado is not only healthy but it makes the texture of the smoothie extra creamy instead of having to add yogurt- making it vegan. Since then I have made the smoothie a few times and even tried it out on my hubby who hates avocado (gasp). He loved the smoothie too. I decided to play around with the recipe and came up with this slightly different variation that I happen to love and am actually sipping on right now as I type. Yum.

Avocado Berry Smoothie
1/2 ripe avocado
1 banana
3/4 C FROZEN strawberries, mango, peaches, pineapple (I bought a bag of frozen mixed tropical fruit)
1/2 C FROZEN blueberries
4 ice cubes

Blend until smooth, sip, and enjoy!

And a shout out to Nicole, Princess Nicole, Colie. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Yes how cool is that? We are blogging sistas and share birthdays only 3 days apart. Love ya like a sister!

Pink Smoothie

It was a smoothie kind of morning. They are quick, easy, and delicious. Another thing about smoothies is that you can always swap ingredients; milk for orange juice, sugar for honey, yogurt for Greek yogurt. They are easily customized to your liking. Anyways I looked in the freezer to find a few of my favorite fruits frozen and ready to be in a smoothie. I like to keep frozen fruit on hand just for this reason, the frozen fruit will give your smoothie a thickness. In my case this morning I didn't even have to add ice cubes which let me just tell.. no ice cubes = an amazing smoothie.

Ingredients:

3/4 Cup of Orange juice

2 spoonfuls of Greek Yogurt

1 handful of frozen Raspberries

5 frozen Strawberries

4 small slices of a frozen Peach

Blend until smooth. If your smoothie is too runny add a few ice cubes. I let mine sit for a few minutes while I cleaned up my mess so it became a little to runny for my liking instead of ice cubes I threw my glass into the freezer for a couple minutes to thicken it back up and it was perfect. I tend to not like ice cubes in my smoothie but like I said customize the smoothie to your liking. Enjoy your smoothie, and between you and I this smoothie was better than jamba juice or keva juice... just sayin.

Enjoy your weekend!

Much Love,

nicole