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Here’s how you can eat this versatile fruit for every meal

They’re good for you and versatile – here’s how you can enjoy avocados for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner…

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Green goddess smoothie bowl

You can prep most of this breakfast the night before. The crunchy seed topping will make enough for 8-10 servings, and can be stored in an airtight container for up to one month. Serves 2 Prep 15 mins plus freezing Q Q Cook 10-15 mins Q

2 bananas, sliced 1 ripe avocado, stoned, peeled and

chopped into chunks 1 small ripe mango, stoned, peeled and

chopped into chunks 100g fresh or frozen spinach 250ml milk or unsweetene­d almond milk 1 tbsp almond or peanut butter 1 tbsp clear honey (optional)

FOR THE SEED MIX 1 tbsp each chia seeds and linseeds 4 tbsp each pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes and flaked almonds ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp clear honey

FOR THE TOPPING 175g mixed chopped fresh fruit (we used banana, mango, raspberrie­s and blueberrie­s)

1 Arrange the bananas on a baking tray lined with baking parchment, and freeze overnight.

2 Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the seeds, coconut and almonds into a bowl, add the cinnamon and drizzle with honey. Toss until everything is well coated, then scatter over a parchment-lined baking tray in an even layer. Bake for 10-15 mins, stirring every 5 mins or so, until lightly toasted. Cool.

3 In the morning, put the avocado, mango, spinach, milk, nut butter, frozen banana and honey in a blender and whizz to a thick smoothie consistenc­y. Divide between two bowls and arrange the fruit on top. Scatter 1-2 tbsp of the seed mix over each bowl. PER SERVING 488 kcals, fat 24g, saturates 5g, carbs 52g, sugars 48g, fibre 12g, protein 11g, salt 0.2g

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