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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Healthy-ish Avocado Maple Pineapple Milkshake #Canada150!

    Healthy-ish Avocado Maple Pineapple Milkshake #Canada150!

    Posted: Mar 17, 2017 Last Modified: Jul 13, 2018 by Carmy · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Here's a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day.

    Here’s a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day.

    Here's a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day.

    Did you know that I went to the University of Toronto for History and Sociology? Somehow I ended up focusing more on Canadian history for my undergrad (I swear, it just happened) and I thought hey, why not put my degree to use here? This year is Canada’s 150th birthday and I’m starting a mini food series here on the blog. To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, I’ll be sharing some Canadian dishes or recipes using ingredients that are “Canadian” and a little bit of history behind it. Yes, Poutine is on the list, don’t you worry ;)

    To kick start this series, I’ll be starting with Maple Syrup. I literally just came home from my run and whipped together this avocado maple pineapple milkshake. I say healthy-ish milkshake because while it uses whole ingredients such as avocado and pineapple, I did a tablespoon of condensed milk and maple syrup to make it sweet.

    Here's a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day.

    Maple syrup, one of Canada’s oldest industries. The world’s production of maple syrup is limited to the Maple Belt, which is the hardwood forest that stretches from the midwestern US through Ontario, Québec and New England and into the Maritimes in Canada. During the time of year where the snow melts and spring starts, there is a 6 week window where the maple sap is collected. There is the traditional bucket collection and the newer vacuum-tubing system that reduces labour and creates a more sanitary environment for collection.

    Before Canada was settled by the Europeans, the skill and responsibility of collecting and processing the maple sap was known and valued by the Indigenous peoples in North America. The Indigenous people would place wooden bowls under a trough they made to catch the sap leaving the tree before bringing it to their “sugar hut” to evaporate the water from the sap. Their process was long and tedious as they placed stones heated in a fire inside the pots of sap to turn the sap into a syrup. It takes approximately 30-45 L of maple sap to produce 1 L of pure maple syrup as sap is about 97% water. Seeing how long the process can be and how much sap is needed to make syrup, I’m sure you can imagine the outrage of the Great Maple Syrup Heist of 2012 in Quebec!

    According to The Canadian Encyclopedia “Maple syrup is a pure, natural sweetener, the only other liquid natural sweetener being honey. Maple syrup has an abundance of trace minerals that are essential to good nutrition: potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, iron, zinc, copper and tin, as well as calcium in concentrations 15 times higher than honey. It contains only one-tenth as much sodium as honey, an important consideration for those on a salt-restricted diet.” But keep in mind when you’re purchasing maple syrup, you’re purchasing pure maple syrup! There’s “table syrup” where it is imitation of maple syrup and does not have the same nutrients in it.

    Healthy-ish Avocado Maple Pineapple Milkshake

    Here's a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day. 
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Rate
    Prep Time: 2 mins
    Cook Time: 5 mins
    Total Time: 7 mins
    Servings: 2 people

    Ingredients

    • 2 avocados
    • 1/2 cup pineapples
    • 2 tbsp maple syrup
    • 1 tbsp condensed milk
    • 1.5 cup water

    Instructions

    • Place everything into the blender and blend until smooth.
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    Nutrition Per Serving

    Serving: 2g | Calories: 428kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 1101mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 320IU | Vitamin C: 39.8mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 1.2mg
    Author: Carmy
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: Healthy

    Let’s chat! What do you use maple syrup for?

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    Here's a healthy-ish avocado maple pineapple milkshake for you to kick back and enjoy on a sunny day.

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    1. ACKTIVE LIFE

      March 17, 2017 at 4:50 pm

      So dreamy and creamy! I love the addition of the maple syrup…Definitely takes that beauty of a smoothie up a notch. I like it! :)

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    2. dixya @food, pleasure, and health

      March 17, 2017 at 5:05 pm

      lately, avocados have been hit or miss here but im loving the creamy texture here already..

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    3. abbey sharp

      March 17, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      This looks great!!!

      Reply
    4. Jessica @Nutritioulicious

      March 17, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      Adding avocado to smoothies makes them so incredibly creamy! Yum!

      Reply
    5. Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner

      March 17, 2017 at 11:05 pm

      Avocado and pineapple are a great combo!

      Reply
    6. Emily Holdorf

      March 18, 2017 at 12:08 am

      This looks delicious! I love the avocado addition!

      Reply
    7. Rachel @ Better LIVIN

      March 18, 2017 at 9:45 am

      5 stars
      As a major history nerd I LOVE this idea! It was so interesting to learn more about the beginning of sap production! :) :) :)

      Reply
    8. Esther

      March 18, 2017 at 2:15 pm

      Maple syrup for the win! That shake looks great and a perfect color for all the St party’s day celebrating going on here in the USA.
      Happy birthday Canada!

      Reply

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