Green Energy

Ingredients

• 0.5  avocado pitted
• 1  brazil nut coarsely chopped
• 0.3  cucumber roughly chopped
• 4 sprigs flat-leaf parsley fresh
• 1  pears halved
• 1.5 cups young spinach 
• 0.5 teaspoon spirulina powder 
• 1 serving water chilled to taste

Equipment

• blender
• juicer

Directions

1. Mix it up
2. Feed the pear and cucumber through a juicer.
3. Pour the juice into a blender, add the spinach, parsley, and avocado, and blend until smooth.
4. Pour into a glass.
5. Mix the spirulina with just enough water to make a thick liquid, then swirl it into the juice.
6. Sprinkle with the chopped brazil nut, then serve.
7. Ripening avocados
8. Just-ripe avocados will have the best flavor. If you have one that is slightly underripe, put it in a brown paper bag and store it in a warm place, such as on a sunny windowsill, to help it ripen.Avocado benefits
9. Avocados may inhibit the growth of prostate cancer and, being high in oleic acid, may also help to prevent breast cancer. They contain more of the carotenoid lutein than any other commonly consumed fruit. Lutein protects against macular degeneration and cataracts, two disabling age-related eye diseases. Eating avocados may also lower your cholesterol levels and, as an excellent source of glutathione, they even contain antiaging properties.
10. Reprinted with permission from The Juice Bar: 80 Recipes to Boost Health by Sara Lewis. Photographs by Haraala Hamilton. Copyright © Parragon Books Ltd 201
11. Published by Love Food, an imprint of Parragon Books Ltd.