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Freshen up your complexion for the New Year with this skin-friendly recipe from nutritionist Rob Hobson.
This is a versatile dish that can be served as a snack on top of rice cakes or used as a topping for dishes like chilli or salads.
Avocado is a good skin ingredient, as it contains a high amount of vitamin E, which can help protect cells from damage from oxidative stress, as well as skin-maintaining B vitamins.
Serves 2
300 calories
Ingredients
- 2 avocados (peeled and diced)
- 1/4 lemon (juiced)
- 1 handful baby spinach leaves
- 50 frozen broad beans (defrosted)
- 1/2 cucumber, diced
- 1/4 lime, juiced
- 1 pinch crushed dried chillies
- 1 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- 4 mint leaves (chopped)
- Sea salt
Method
- Place the flesh from 1 avocado in a blender with lemon juice, spinach and broad beans, then blitz into a coarse paste.
- Dice the second avocado into chunks and place in a bowl with the cucumber, lime juice, chilli, coriander, mint and salt.
- Place the coarse mixture into the bowl and then stir to combine.
Rob Hobson MSc RNutr is a Registered Nutritionist who has worked with some of the UK’s largest food and health companies and performs training in the public health sector (including government agencies and the NHS). Rob contributes regularly to UK press publications and has a monthly column in Women's Health magazine.
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