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Avocado Green Tea Smoothie

Name: Avocado Green Tea Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk; 1/2 avocado; 1 tsp matcha green tea powder; 1 cup baby spinach, packed; 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, about 30 g; 4 ice cubes

Matcha, half an avocado and spinach with vanilla protein: creamy, earthy and genuinely filling. 28 g protein, 6 g net carbs.

prep: 5 min
cook: 0 min
total: 5 min
serves: 1
level: easy

Per serving: 320 kcal · 28 g protein · 19 g fat · 6 g net carbs

The most substantial smoothie on the list. Half an avocado makes it closer to a meal than a drink, and the healthy fats keep it that way for hours.

Matcha brings the caffeine of about half a coffee plus the grassy edge that makes avocado taste intentional.

This is number 11 of our top 20 high protein, low carb smoothies.

method

Pour the almond milk into the blender, add the avocado, matcha, spinach and protein powder.
Add the ice. Blend on high for 30 to 45 seconds, until completely smooth. Avocado needs the full blend to go silky.
Taste and adjust: a few more ice cubes for thicker, a splash more liquid for thinner. Drink cold.

chef's tips

Culinary-grade matcha is fine here; save ceremonial grade for drinking straight.
This one works as a meal replacement. The fat is the point, not a problem.
Liquid first, soft ingredients next, ice last. It blends faster and nothing sticks under the blades.