Avocado Cocoa Smoothie

Here's something for a hot Sunday :) Something cold, creamy and chocolatey!!!  My first try at making this drink and it was quite yummy I must say, except that I could not taste much of the avocado - it helped to only thicken the drink. Call this a chocolate smoothie or avocado cocoa smoothie? Try and decide for yourself :)

Avocado Cocoa Smoothie
Serves 2

1 ripe avocado
1 tbsp honey
360ml fresh milk
1 tbsp unsweetened covoa powder
8 ice cubes

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend away.
2. Do a taste test. Add more honey to suit your own taste bud if the smoothie is not sweet enough. Likewise, add more milk if you want it more diluted.
3. Pour into serving glasses and serve rightaway.

Avocado Espresso Shake

Want some avocado smoothie?

How about some espresso?

Or why not mix both avocado and espresso together to form a shake and get the best of both worlds???

You'll be surprised by how good this avocado espresso shake is!  I had always wanted to try it and finally got down to making this yummy shake this very morning.

I told hubby about my plan to try out this shake last night and he was kinda skeptical about this combi. This morning, he was won over. I was too. It was filling and it lasted me till noon time!

I wanna make this yummilicious avocado espresso shake again real soon!!!

*slurp*

Avocado Espresso Shake

Recipe by INeedCoffee by Michael Allen Smith

• 1 medium sized avocado (ripe)
• 1/2 cup of milk (or coconut milk)
• 1/3 cup of sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup of ice cubes
• 2 shots of espresso or about 3 ounces of brewed coffee

1. Slice the avocado open. Remove the seed and peel.
2. Place the avocado (minus the seeds and peel) into a jar.

1. Add the rest of the ingredients to the jar (ice cubes, coffee, sweetened condensed milk, other milk).

1. Blend everything together. I use an immersion blender, but whatever you have will work fine.
2. Taste and Adjust. Do you like it or does it need to be improved? If the shake is too thick, add some more milk. If the shake is too sweet, add some more coffee. If the shake is not sweet enough, add a little more sweetened condensed milk. The Coffee Avocado Shake is more art than science.
3. Serve.

Avocado Gula Melaka Popsicles

Now how can one tolerate with such a hot and humid weather??? Aircon has been my best friend these days. All I want to do when at home is stay in my room with the air con and TV nowadays. Super no life!

To curb the heat, I cannot stop making popsicles. Eating icecreams make me fat (and guilty).  Popsicles are the new icecream (at least for me and hubby!).

So easy and fun to make, kids can join in the fun too!

Go make and eat them!! Yummy!

Avocado Gula Melaka Popsicles
2 ripe avocados
230ml milk
1.5 tbsp gula melaka syrup (for blending)
1 tbsp (for swirl patterns)

Gula Melaka syrup
100g gula melaka
40ml water
4 pcs of pandan leaves, knotted

Place gula melaka, water and knotted pandan leaves into saucepan and let gula melaka melt. Stir well. You may use a spatula to gentle press down pandan leaves and stir about so that gula melaka syrup will be infused with pandan fragrance.

Pour gula melaka syrup through sieve to rid bits of residue. Ready to use.

Popsicles
1. Half avocados and scoop out fruit flesh using a spoon and place into blender.
2. Add in milk and gula melaka syrup. Place on blender cover and blend into smoothie. If smoothie is too thick, add in a little more water. You may do a taste test, if smoothie is not sweet to your liking, add in more gula melaka syrup accordingly. Blend well.
3. Spoon into popsicle moulds. For swirl patterns, spoon in blended smoothie halfway up mould, spoon in some gula melaka syrup, top with smoothie to almost top of mould and then use a chopstick to stir and make swirl patterns.
4. Stick in popsicle mould cover and place in freezer.

5. When frozen and ready to eat, place popsicle mould under tap water, taking care not to let water sip into frozen popsicles. Twist and remove. Enjoy!

Avocado Gula Melaka Smoothie 鳄梨椰糖奶冰沙

Are you an avocado smoothie fan? I sure am! I particularly like the avocado gula melaka smoothie sold at Alexandra Food Market, and would surely get a glass of it to ease my never-ending avocado smoothie crave.

It has been sometime since I last had my avocado gula melaka smoothie fix, and I thought it is about time I tried blending this smoothie at home. And so I went avocado shopping at the supermarket. Got 3 of the buttery fruits!

Honestly speaking, I have tried to replicate this smoothie drink at home for several times and have never got anywhere near the ones sold at Alexandra Food Market. This time, I decided to melt gula melaka with water and some pandan leaves. I did not do this the last few times when I DIY the smoothie at home. I merely used melted gula melaka, fresh milk and some condensed milk as per friend's recommendation, which did not turn out to my liking. This time, I "concocted" my own avocado gula melaka smoothie and I simply love it! Hubby who also adores this drink gave a thumb's up. Taste and smell of the blended goodness is so so near to the food centre's avocado smoothie standard.

I am gonna blend this yummy smoothie again! No need to travel that far for my favourite drink anymore! Yay!!!! =)

Avocado Gula Melaka Smoothie 
2 ripe avocados
140ml milk
3 tbsp gula melaka syrup
2 handful of ice cubes

Gula Melaka syrup
100g gula melaka
40ml water
4 pcs of pandan leaves, knotted

Place gula melaka, water and knotted pandan leaves into saucepan and let gula melaka melt. Stir well. You may use a spatula to gentle press down pandan leaves and stir about so that gula melaka syrup will be infused with pandan fragrance.

Pour gula melaka syrup through sieve to rid bits of residue. Ready to use.

Smoothie
1. Half avocados and scoop out fruit flesh using a spoon and place into blender.
2. Add in milk, gula melaka syrup and ice cubes. Place on blender cover and blend into smoothie. If smoothie is too thick, add in more ice and blend. You may do a taste test, if smoothie is not sweet to your liking, add in more gula melaka syrup accordingly. Blend well. Serve with or without ice cubes.