This is a smoothie for vegetable lovers: earthy beetroot, creamy avocado and mild greens, with no fruit at all. The beetroot turns everything a striking ruby red.
15 g
lamb's lettuce
15 g
baby spinach
1 leaves
lettuce
80 g
cooked beetroot peeled, in small cubes
½
avocado flesh only
6¾ oz
water
Garnish: No garnish · Ice: Served up, no ice
Earthy and creamy, with sweet beetroot, a buttery avocado body and a mild green freshness; not sweet.
Most green smoothies rely on fruit for sweetness, but this one stays savoury. Raw beetroot brings an earthy sweetness and intense colour, avocado gives a creamy body, and lamb's lettuce, spinach and lettuce add freshness.
Beetroot is known for its natural nitrates and folate, and avocado provides mostly monounsaturated fats. Raw beetroot is firm, so a strong blender helps. The taste is closer to a cold vegetable soup than a fruit drink, which some people love as a light lunch.
Yes, raw beetroot is fine to eat. Cut it small so the blender can break it down.
Yes, the juice colours hands and boards; rinse them straight away with cold water.
Yes, it contains only vegetables, avocado and water.
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