Delectable Green Smoothie

Name: Delectable Green Smoothie
Ingredients: 10½ fluid ounces coconut water (300 milliliters); ½ pear; ½ avocado; 10 mint leaves; ¼ seedless cucumber; 1 cup baby spinach leaves (1½ ounces / 45 grams); ¼ cup vanilla protein powder (1 ounce /30 grams); 1 teaspoon goji berries; 1 teaspoon activated pepitas (available from health or natural food stores); 1 teaspoon bee pollen (available from health or natural food stores)

By Guy Turland and Mark Alston

April 1, 2016

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Tried a green smoothie in the past you had to force down for the good of your insides? Well, this one is sweet, delicious, easy to drink, and full of all the right stuff.

Ingredients

10½ fluid ounces coconut water (300 milliliters)

½ pear

½ avocado

10 mint leaves

¼ seedless cucumber

1 cup baby spinach leaves (1½ ounces / 45 grams)

¼ cup vanilla protein powder (1 ounce /30 grams)

1 teaspoon goji berries

1 teaspoon activated pepitas (available from health or natural food stores)

1 teaspoon bee pollen (available from health or natural food stores)

Preparation

Step 1
Put the coconut water, pear, avocado, mint, cucumber, spinach leaves, and protein powder in a blender and blend until smooth.
Step 2
Serve in glasses, sprinkled with the goji berries, pepitas, and bee pollen.