Coconut-Mango-Avocado Smoothie

Did you see Ricki Heller’s fabulous Vegan 101 post yesterday? Don’t miss her excellent tips on vegan baking made easy!

After the three-day cooking intensive this past weekend (more on that soon, I promise!) I’m inspired to add more variety to what I eat for breakfast. For the last five months I’d say 80% of my breakfast meals have been a green smoothie or a fresh vegetable juice. I will be trying to add more cooked vegetables, soups and grains to my morning meals.

But I do love the boost I get from a smoothie! Now I may begin to enjoy them more as a hearty snack or dessert. Like this one:

JL’s Coconut-Mango-Avocado Smoothie (Printable Version)
Serves 2

2 cups coconut water (Fresh, from 2 young thai coconuts. Never opened a young, thai coconut? Here are great step-by-step instructions. It’s a little scary at first, but I popped that second one open in no time!)
2 T hemp seed
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 an avocado
1 medjool date
1/2 cup of ice

Toss everything into a blender and enjoy!

While on the deck enjoying this smoothie I had to capture something very exciting!

The garden at four-ish weeks

My four-week(ish) old garden is blooming! I have little, green cherry tomatoes, blossoms on the jalapeno pepper plant and the lettuce and kale are thriving!

The season is changing — what’s in your smoothie these days?

Tagged as: breakfastt, green smoothie, urban garden

http://www.sprint2thetable.com Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table

I made a smoothie very similar to this but used coconut milk rather than water. Avocado is one of my favorite smoothie additions. I also have been loving fresh berries in them with homemade granola sprinkled over the top!
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  Coconut milk is a great idea! I’m thinking of taking a smoothie to work for lunch today (it’s SO hot!) and the coconut milk might make it more substantial. Thanks for the idea!
Katie

Wow, this looks fabulous. I haven’t tried cracking a coconut yet but now I’m inspired to do so. I so love coconut and would be drinking coconut water all the time if I could.
- http://jlgoesvegan.com JL goes Vegan
  
  Coconut water is dreamy in the summer (with lemon or lime) when out on a run. Even when it gets warm, it’s still refreshing!
JL @ HealthyHeyday

YUM-O! Three of my top fave foods (Coconut, Avocado & Mango) all in the same mix – can’t wait to try this! This morning my smoothie consisted of kale, ginger, pineapple, banana, hemp seeds, rice protein, maca, date, lime and orange juice. Your garden looks fab, JL! Looking forward to hearing more about your Philly weekend with ChristinaCooks! Have a Tantalizing Tuesday!
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  Thanks, JL! And thanks for the garden compliment! I’m so proud of it and it hasn’t even produced anything yet! LOL Well, actually, I did use some basil yesterday
Pgspicegirl

Oh I can’t wait to try that smoothie!!! I love your garden on the deck I have one too and I have been incorporating less flowers and more veg every year.How fun!!!
And I can’t wait to try your chickpea burgers.Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Let me know what you think of the burgers!
http://bittsblog.blogspot.com bitt

Oh wow that smoothie sounds amazing. I love a smoothie in the summer months. Nothing beats it! I just had a purple one with lots of berries.
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  Mmmm, a purple smoothie sounds so good!
Elizabeth @ RunWithSneakers

Mmmmm. Your smoothie looks great. It’s probably not the same, but I just purchase coconut water in a carton and use that in my smoothie. I love (!) coconut water. I will be trying your smoothie recipe very soon cause it includes everything I love.
Ricki’s post was great — I’m always a little afraid to “veganize” a recipe on my own, but her tips have helped me get a bit braver.
- http://jlgoesvegan.com JL goes Vegan
  
  Elizabeth, I know exactly what you mean about baking — Ricki’s tips are excellent. And yes, I definitely use purchased coconut water. But I’d love to use fresh more often.
http://twitter.com/therawproject Christine

Yum, the smoothie looks wonderful and just wow on your garden, that’s great!

Lately i’ve been adding VitaMineral Green, vegan protein powders, kale, carrots and frozen watermelon chunks into my smoothies.
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  Watermelon in a smoothie! Love that idea!
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Kate

I made this smoothie today in defiance of the cold rainy British weather and am slurping as I type. This puts me in mind of a raw version of vanilla custard – with a pinch of vanilla, a bit less fluid/ or some natural thickener this would be a great pudding sauce..
Your Kranola got another audible standing ovation this morning. I think I might start throwing bouquets tomorrow… I am already planning Saturday’s trip to the local farmers market around how many bags of kale one woman can carry to satiate her new Kranola fetish. You’ve created a monster…
In monstrous appreciation
Kate
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  Nothing wrong with a Kale Monster! So glad you enjoyed the smoothie, too!
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