Green Super Smoothie

Serves 2

Lola Berry is well-known for her whole foods approach to healthy eating.
On her food philosophy – 'Just eat real food, I think food is here to nourish us but also to share with the people you love"
On her favourite recipe – 'I'm all about smoothies". It's smoothies every breaky time for me; I'm making this acai one at the moment which I love"
On her favourite ingredient – 'The one ingredient I can't live without is extra Virgin olive oil – I use it in my hair, I use it on my face, I have one in the kitchen, I put it in my smoothies"
On wholefoods: 'When it comes to doing wholefoods right I think bring it back to basics, the simpler the better. You want to know what you're eating."
On what it means to have a healthy diet: 'If you're not happy, it's really hard to be healthy"

Lola shows us how to recreate her favourite recipes at home, as demonstrated on the new Electrolux Masterpiece Bronze Collection™ in the Electrolux Taste Theatre at Taste of Melbourne.

Ingredients
45 g (1 cup) chopped spinach or kale
80 g (1/2 cup) cashews, soaked for 2 hours or overnight, then rinsed
1 avocado
1 frozen banana
1 vanilla pod, split and scraped
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Pinch of ground cinnamon
Fresh cashews to serve

Method
Pop your ingredients into the Electrolux Masterpiece Collection Jug Blender and whizz until you have the consistency you like. 'I love mine thick and smooth, but you can always add a little extra liquid if it's too thick."

Electrolux tip: use the smoothie setting from the Masterpiece Collection Jug Blender to get a smooth consistency. The Masterpiece Collection Jug Blender is so powerful you won't have any issues blending nuts such as cashews.