Gut week: Maca smoothie with avocado, pear, apple and mint

If you’re looking to jump start your mornings or get out of a breakfast rut, this maca smoothie will be your new favourite. It’s chock full of vitamins, plus the pear and avocado give it a gorgeous Instagram-worthy hue.

Makes 1 litre 
Ingredients
850ml unsweetened almond milk
100g pear, peeled and cored
100g apple, peeled and cored
150g avocado, peeled and stoned
10g fresh mint leaves
15g maca powder
Juice of ½ a lime

Method
Make sure all ingredients are well chilled. Pile into a jug blender and blitz together until smooth. Serve the smoothie in glasses over ice.

Maca smoothie with avocado, pear, apple and mint is taken from Gut Gastronomy by Vicki Edgson and Adam Palmer (Jacqui Small, £30). Photography Lisa Linder.

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