Food / 2 January, 2017 / My Baba

Hemsley + Hemsley’s Beetroot Cinnamon Smoothie

Ingredients:

Smoothie:

• A small handful almonds, soaked
• 1 ripe banana
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 small raw beetroot, scrubbed but not peeled
• 1 handful baby spinach
• 1 tbs coconut oil
• 1.5 tsp vanilla
• tiny pinch sea salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon (or more to taste)
• Opt: 1tsp raw honey

Toppings:

• 2 tsp desiccated coconut
• 1 tsp raw cacao nibs

Method: 

• Soak the almonds for 8 hours or overnight in double their volume of filtered water. Be sure to discard the soaking water and rinse before using.
• Wash the vegetables well, then chop them to fit your blender.
• Blend everything together with 500ml water until smooth, adding more water if needed
• pour into 2 glasses and top with dessicated coconut and cacao nibs and drink immediately
• alternatively pour into a glass jar or stainless steel flask and keep in the fridge for up to 48 hours.