Watercress, Avocado And Lime Smoothie. Hello friends. Happy Monday. I hope you are keeping well?

With the festive season over, a new year stretches ahead full of good intentions. With the determination to exercise and eat more healthily key resolutions for many.

How good to know then that to keep the second half of this promise is relatively easy. With the help of some delicious new recipes featuring the original superfood – watercress.

Watercress (an 80g bag is available for as little as £1 from supermarkets nationwide). It is the ‘star’ of smoothies, salads, soups and so much more. Boasting an incredible 50 vital vitamins and minerals, gram for gram watercress contains more calcium than milk.

More Vitamin C than oranges, more folate than a banana and more Vitamin E than broccoli. Watercress is a powerhouse of goodness.

But, more than that, over a decade’s worth of medical research has shown powerful links between watercress and the prevention of cancer.

As well as the reduction of exercise-induced DNA damage – something that could prove useful if you’re hitting the new year gym too.

So, go ahead, enjoy this great tasting, healthy watercress recipe. Safe in the knowledge you’re keeping your word and on the way to a healthier you.

Watercress, Avocado And Lime Smoothie:

A simple, delicious and very green smoothie.

Ideal for breakfast for a healthy start to the day brimming with a range of fantastic compounds.

Also vitamins and minerals that will leave you feeling energised and ready for anything.

Serves 1

Prep time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1 small avocado, peeled and seed removed

50g diced pineapple, fresh or frozen

33g watercress

23g baby spinach

1 whole lime, peeled

Small handful mint leaves

250ml chilled coconut water

Watercress, Avocado And Lime Smoothie Method:

1.) Add all ingredients into a blender or smoothie maker and blend thoroughly.

2.) Add more coconut water to achieve desired consistency if necessary, then either serve immediately or keep in the fridge for up to three days.

Updated post. First published here 1st January 2018.

Watercress, Avocado And Lime Smoothie Recipe credit courtesy of: 

This recipe was developed by development chef Keri Astill-Frew. 

Keri has worked in top restaurants across the UK.

Also including a Michelin star hotel in Lancashire and a variety of fine dining restaurants and gastro-pubs in Dorset and Sussex. 

She is passionate about watercress, both as an ingredient and for its fantastic health benefits.

Also is devoted to developing new and delicious ways for you to incorporate more of it into your diet.

For more information and many more recipes please visit  Watercress.

Recipe Photography courtesy of Lara Jane Thorpe.

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So what do you think of this Watercress, Avocado And Lime Smoothie? Do you fancy trying it?

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