A green smoothie recipe for the sceptical, feijoas are your secret ingredient to green smoothie happiness.
It's still feijoa season here in New Zealand, and like most Kiwis I always have a bowlful sitting on the bench at this time of the year.
Feijoa seems to be a divisive flavour for people who didn't grow up with a tree in the backyard. The flavour is sweet and floral, quite zingy and tart and incredibly hard to describe!
Most New Zealanders have a bit of a love affair with the fruit and it's one of the things we miss the most when we travel. Thank goodness for 42 Below vodka and other feijoa flavoured goodies you can buy overseas when fresh feijoa just aren't available.
Feijoa trees do also grow in parts of South America and warm-temperate climates that have a bit of winter chill, so if you live somewhere like that see if you can plant a tree and introduce something new to your friends.
The fruit is usually eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the insides with a spoon. I often find myself standing at the kitchen bench eating one, then another and another. They're quite addictive.
They're also a brilliant addition to a green smoothie, particularly for those who aren't quite sure about the whole green smoothie thing. The zingyness does a great job of masking the spinach and the whole thing is really just delicious.
This is my favourite green smoothie combo, hands down. It also packs a mighty 80 per cent of your daily RDI for vitamin C, and 7 per cent for iron. Not bad for a smoothie huh?
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 apple cored and chopped
- 4 feijoas flesh scooped
- 6 spinach leaves (approx. 2 cups)
- Juice of one lime
- ½-1 cup water
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put everything in your blender, whiz up and enjoy a virtuous antipodean sense of good health!
Abby Tuck
Amber! I've just found your blog! I hope you are well. This smoothie is delicious! Thanks 🙂
Amber
Hi Abby! Thanks, we are well - I hope you and your family are too. Glad you liked the smoothie 🙂
Sarah Naidu
Tried replacing the water with coconut water, yum!
Amber
That's a great idea! Must try it 🙂
Quite Good Food
I know right! I'm struggling with the whole dilemma of not wanting to replace mine with an affordable but not quite good enough one, vs a great one that's off the planet expensive... so frustrating!
Maree
Made this morning but used frozen feijoas as have none fresh (disaster!). Lovely. Need to convince the little ones green is good. This managed to entice the biggest little, so that's a win!
aspoonfulofnature
sounds delicious!!
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