Avocado Green Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 medium ripe California avocado
• 1 large granny smith apple, chilled, cored and sliced
• 1 ripe banana, peeled and frozen, use one with spots
• 1 Navel orange, chilled and peeled
• 2 cups packed spinach
• 1 cup almond milk, chilled
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 tsp agave nectar or honey, or to taste, optional
• 8 ice cubes

Directions

Put everything but the ice into your blender, and let it run until the mixture is completely smooth and evenly combined. Drop in the ice and blend again until the smoothie is silky, then serve. I used original almond milk rather than unsweetened or vanilla; vanilla is fine, but because it is sweeter, you will probably want to leave out the agave. Unsweetened works too, though you may decide it needs a little extra agave.