This easy, dairy free Avocado Raspberry Lemon Balm Smoothie can be enjoyed for breakfast or as a delicious, healthy snack anytime.
AVOCADO RASPBERRY LEMON BALM SMOOTHIE
If you read my post from a few days ago you will know that wonky avocados have recently flooded the supermarkets in the UK. As a result, I have several wonky avocados ripening on my windowsill in the kitchen. I’ve been doing my best not to let them go to waste and today I am sharing my new avocado recipe. Avocado Raspberry Lemon Balm Smoothie.
Dairy Free
This avocado smoothie recipe is dairy free. I used Alpro Coconut Almond milk alternative, which added a subtle coconut flavour to the smoothie, but without the calories of coconut milk. If you’ve ever tasted this product and weren’t all that impressed I can assure you it works fabulously well in a smoothie.
Avocado
Avocado is an ideal smoothie ingredient, as it provides extra nutrients, is a great natural thickener and produces a silky smooth texture. And you can’t taste it at all! The smoothie is fruity and moderately sweet. I added 1 teaspoon of honey but adding another wouldn’t make the smoothie overly sweet, either. It’s tangy and refreshing from the combination of sweet/sour raspberries, sharp pomegranate molasses and fresh lemon balm.
Check out also my tips on How To Eat More Vegetables For Breakfast. The post also includes other healthy breakfast recipes using vegetables.
Lemon Balm
Lemon balm is not a herb I use a lot of though it seems to grow better than any other herb in my garden. (Without any special effort on my part). It has a refreshing, lemony flavour, which tastes fantastic in smoothies. It complements the other ingredients in this smoothie recipe really nicely.
Healthy Smoothie
This raspberry smoothie makes a delicious easy breakfast idea as well as a refreshing, healthy snack. I used frozen rather than fresh raspberries so I was able to enjoy the smoothie straight away without having to refrigerate it first. You can keep leftovers in the fridge (ideally in an airtight container) for a few hours.
If you like this recipe you may also like this Quinoa Raspberry Smoothie Bowl with Cacao.
I am bringing this healthy Avocado Raspberry Lemon Balm Smoothie recipe to #CookBlogShare.
Also sharing with Tasty Tuesdays, Brilliant Blogs. Also with Fiesta Friday (the co-hosts are Lindy @ Love In The Kitchen and Paula @ Her Life Is Love).
- 1 small/medium avocado peeled, deseeded
- 1 cup frozen raspeberries
- 1 cup Alpro coconut almond
- 6-7 medium lemon balm leaves chopped
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
- 1-2 teaspoons honey or agave syrup
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Puree all the ingredients and enjoy!
A different kind of Smoothie! Pi It!
I haven’t figured out what to love about avocados, but putting it in as a smoothie sounds pretty good. Thanks for joining Fiesta Friday
Thanks! If you aren’t crazy about avocado then this recipe is ideal, as you can’t taste it at all:)
This smoothie looks fabulous. We have a lot of smoothies. I love raspberries and avocado. I’m anxious to try lemon balm and Alpro Coconut Almond milk alternative. Pinned and shared. Thank you for sharing at Tasty Tuesdays. Since you like avocados so much I will be checking back to get some more recipes with avocados.
Thank you! Hope you like this smoothie if you do try it! I am new to Tasty Tuesdays and will definitely be linking more recipes up with this link party:)
This smoothie looks really pretty and refreshing! I also like to use lemon balm in smoothies, and my lemon balm wants to spread all over my garden too, like Angie said! 🙂 But I love the smell of it so I don’t mind.
Thank you! I wish some of my other herbs would spread like that too, for example basil – I’ve not had much luck in growing it.
You really do love avocados, don’t you? (Pretty sure I read it somewhere in one of your posts) I tend to think of avocados as an ingredient for savory things, but you’ve convinced me to look at them in a new light, thanks! Careful with that lemon balm. It spreads! It’s pretty much taken over my garden! But it’s aromatherapy in the garden, so maybe that’s ok ?
Thank you! I love to be thought of as convincing:) My lemon balm is in a pot (is that even considered gardening?) so it won’t spread too much, and now you’ve told me that it likes to take over it’s going to stay in the pot!
Make sure you clip the seedheads coz they reseed like crazy. By that I mean, the seeds drop to the ground and start growing hundreds of more plants!
Thanks for the tips, Angie, I had no idea this nice looking lemon balm is such a garden predator:)
Amazing I need to try – thanks popping in from #BrillBlogPosts Cx
Thanks! Hope you like it:)
Ooh, I’m loving the sound of this smoothie. I use lemon balm a lot as a tisane, but it pretty much ends there. I’m really excited at the idea of using it in a smoothie. I’m also now craving raspberries.
Thank you! I have so much lemon balm in my garden I am trying hard to use it up hence this recipe:)
I love how healthy this is and how full of good fats it is! Also love the flavour combos, definitely a winning recipe!
Thank you Cliona! I’ll eat avocado any way I can, even drink it:)
Fab smoothie! – I am a huge fan of smoothies, but don’t have them often enough. Such a pretty colour and I love the idea of adding lemon balm 😀 Eb x
Thank you! The lemon balm makes it taste quite refreshing.
Wow Monika this sounds delicious! I would gladly drink this at any time of day x
Thank you Mandy! I was actually surprised myself how delicious this smoothie turned out given the slightly unusual ingredients.
It looks beautifully creamy and great minds clearly think alike as my last recipe was a also a drink containing pomegranate molasses! I’ll have to try this combination next time.
Thanks Corina, yes, I noticed the pomegranate molasses in your recipe too, and it was also a beverage so that’s a major coincidence:)
What a beautiful colour and an amazing selection of ingredients. Delicious! I will have to try this one Monika. I bet it is amazing whipped and frozen too….. xx
Thanks Kate, it probably would be great frozen too though I’d have to make another batch to find out as it was gone within 5 minutes of taking the photograph:)
Lovely Monika…the lemon balm is such a great idea!
Thank you Zeba:)