Avocado and Date Smoothie
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Last Updated on September 9, 2019 by Lisa Johnson
We are finishing up our Cooking with Astrology “Scorpio” meal with a creamy, Avocado and Date Smoothie for breakfast. I searched and searched for a unique breakfast, and this one intrigued me the most. I will warn you, there are a lot of steps to this smoothie. I was not able to find blanched almonds, so I had to blanch them myself!
How to blanch almonds:
Boil water in a saucepan. Add the almonds and cook for one minute. Drain the almonds and dry with a towel. Squeeze the almonds out of their skins, carefully or they will shoot across the room, and you have blanched almonds…..
Pretty easy, right?
How to make an Avocado and Date Smoothie:
The next crazy step is cleaning the dates with orange water. Warning, it smells like industrial floor cleaner! I was too chicken to taste it…..it smells like industrial floor cleaner!
Wipe the dates with the orange flower water. Cut and remove the pits.
Let’s move on to the avocado. First you want to slice around the outside of the avocado with a knife…..
Then you want to “whack” the pit with your knife, and twist the pit to remove it. Next you are going to run a large spoon between the skin and the flesh of the avocado…..
and scoop it out. Super easy!
In a blender combine the dates, avocado, almonds, honey, and half of the milk. Puree until smooth.
Pour through a strainer into a bowl, pressing with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible.
Stir in the remaining milk and 1 cup of cold water. Adjust sweetness by adding more honey if necessary.
Serve chilled.
Recipes for this month’s Scorpio meal:
Moroccan Butternut Squash Soup
Chicken Tagine with Olives & Lemons
Enjoy!!
Avocado and Date Smoothie
Ingredients
- 4 Medjoul dates
- orange flower water
- 1 large ripe avocado peeled and pitted
- ½ cup blanched almonds
- 1 quart milk I used coconut milk (box)
- 1 Tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Wipe the dates with the orange flower water. Cut and remove the pits.
- In a blender combine the dates, avocado, almonds, honey, and half of the milk. Puree until smooth
- Pour through a strainer into a bowl, pressing with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible.
- Stir in the remaining milk and 1 cup of cold water. Adjust sweetness by adding more honey if necessary.
- Serve chilled.
I love that second Ryan picture, thats too funny! You are so creative Lisa! I never would have put avocados and almonds together!
Lisa, I cannot stop laughing over the second Ryan picture – you caught me so off guard I nearly choked on my coffee! Too HILARIOUS! 🙂 This is a completely unique take on a smoothie, I would never in a zillion years would have thought of this! Pinning and buffering! Have a happy Tuesday, my funny friend! xoxo
I never would have thought to combine avocado and date in a smoothie – but it actually sounds eich to me! Pinned 🙂
I adore avocados and wish I could afford to eat them every day. I just started to incorporate dates in my diet and am looking for recipes. What is the significance of the orange flower water?
Hooray for Scorpios! =) I’ve actually never had an avocado smoothie, but I made some avocado pudding the other day and it ended up way tastier than I would have guessed. This looks like a fun combination!