Easy Green Mocktail Recipe With Mango & Avocado
Updated: Sep 4
Why I Love This Frozen Green Mocktail
If you are looking for a way to keep cool on a hot day, this frozen mocktail will do the trick. With minimal healthful ingredients, this is the perfect no-sugar-added frozen mocktail for a pick-me-up.
The first thing to remember is that we're drinking a mocktail and want it to be delicious - this green mocktail does just that and more!
Along with fresh fruit of mango and avocado, Your Super Skinny Protein gives this drink a protein kick with 4.6 grams of protein! Can your regular cocktail say that? Probably not.
Inspiration For The Refreshing Green Mocktail
As with all of the drinks in my superfood mocktail series, I found inspiration from Julia Bainbridge's book - Good Drinks. I found some of the recipes to be a bit too cumbersome for me. Ultimately, having to make a large amount of syrup or having special glasses, etc., was just too much for me.
This refreshing green mocktail was inspired by her Honeydew-Avocado Agua Fresca on page 54 of the book. Another key point is that I didn't want to feel guilty about my mocktail - I wanted real ingredients and less sugar. Oh, and I also wanted to add in superfoods - shouldn't be too hard, right?
As soon as I received the book, I had fun reading it and thinking, "Oh, I can sub this for that". After reading it, I knew I had to share my recipes in a limited series for all my readers!
Easy Ingredient Swaps
If you'd like to go beyond my recipe, I encourage you to try making this your own! Here are a few suggestions I have for the green mocktail:
Sub avocado for: banana, silken tofu, cashews (soak first!)
Replace mango with: peach, apricot, kiwi, or cantaloupe
Lemon, orange, or grapefruit can replace the lime
Alongside these suggestions, I'd also highly recommend using fresh juices whenever possible. Fresh juice truly tastes different than the store-bought options.
In short, there is no limit to the options for this green mocktail, and I highly encourage you to try to change it to your preference.
Fresh vs. Frozen Fruit
Depending on the time of year and how the fruits are looking determines for me if I use fresh or frozen fruits in this mocktail. If I'm doing yard work and know I'd like to make this, I will absolutely use frozen fruits. Yard work days are the days I want less work in the kitchen.
When I find mango or avocado on sale, I will usually buy 1 or 2 extra, dice and put into the freezer. I like to store them in a bag so I can easily break the pieces up when needed.
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