This smoothie features blackberries picked in such a way, but if you're not able to gather wild berries yourself, store bought, frozen or a different type of berry could be used instead. The other ingredients are simple: kale (for nutrition), avocado (for the creaminess), and vanilla (for a delicious flavour). You can make this with water or your milk of choice. It's not a super sweet smoothie, but it is sweet for a green smoothie in disguise. If you like sweeter drinks, adding a few dates or some liquid sweetener would do the trick.
Creamy blackberry vanilla smoothie
An easy vegan smoothie filled with flavour and nutrition
Makes 1 large serve (an entire NutriBullet cup) or 2 medium serves (as pictured above)
Blender required
Author: Bite-sized thoughts
Ingredients
1 cup blackberries
1 cup kale
1/2 medium avocado
1 tsp vanilla paste or essence
2 cups cold water or non-dairy milk of choice
Method
Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.
Foraging blackberries sounds amazing when just finding them in the shops is hard here - love the purple colour of your green smoothie
ReplyDeleteThanks Johanna, it is a novelty that will never wear off I suspect!
DeleteWild foraging anything sounds amazing! The colour is glorious. I'm having lots of teas at the moment - it's been constant virus after virus all winter here, so tea is both comforting, and a way of getting extra liquids into me when I don't feel like it :)
ReplyDeleteI hope the viruses abate!
DeleteThis smoothie is such a stunning colour! We went blackberry picking the other day, although it wasn't too successful, but we did make smoothies with some of them.
ReplyDeleteI tend to get about a cup each time...so not overly productive but luckily there are lots near me so I can get a cup a day if I desire!
DeleteI have never been blackberry picking - it sounds fun. I've been apple picking and strawberry picking - I'd like to go blackberry picking! It sounds fun. How nice you have somewhere so convenient to pick them.
ReplyDeleteThis smoothie sound good! I love the addition of kale & avocado. I prefer my smoothies not to sweet for the most part, so this sounds perfect.
I'd love to try apple and strawberry picking :-)
DeleteI am with you on foraging blackberries, for me it also brings back many childhood fond memories of my time with my parents and siblings; a couple of years back even D and myself got our hands stained with blackberry juices http://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/fresh-strawberry-and-blackberry-on-raw.html
ReplyDeleteI've never made a smoothie with it though and now I want to try it, what a fantastic colour.
They are quite stainy! Probably not as bad as beetroot but perhaps close :p
DeleteIt is so cool that you can just go for a stroll and go berry picking. That would not happen here for most of us. Your smoothie looks great.
ReplyDeleteI know, I do feel so fortunate!
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