Eat your way green this St Patrick’s Day

WHY not commemorate St Patrick’s Day on Saturday with a splash of green on your palate? Here are four food offerings with a healthy feel.

Nutrition Republic owner Nicole Sumracki with a green smoothie and mint cake ahead of St Patrick’s Day. Picture: AAP/Roy VanDerVegt

ADELAIDE will be seeing green on Saturday as patriotic Irishmen and women prepare to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. For those who want to get in on the action, why not commemorate March 17 with a splash of green on your palate? Here are four food offerings with a St Paddy’s Day feel.

The Japan Smoothie Bowl, Nutrition Republic

Whether you’re Irish or Japanese (or none of the two), you’ll love this green smoothie bowl ($15.90) by the health gurus at Nutrition Republic. It’s packed with matcha powder, mango, banana, kale, fresh mint and rice milk, and topped with caramelised buckini, coconut chips and coconut sugar. It’ll give you just the right amount of energy needed if you plan on doing any Irish line dancing across the day.

Plant 4, 1 Third St, Bowden, 8248 7062, nutritionrepublic.com.au

Upside on Prospect’s smashed avo.

Smashed avocado, Upside on Prospect

Could we really have a list of green dishes without including smashed avo? I can already hear the Millennials jingling their loose change. Upside on Prospect’s smashed avocado ($15) is worth skipping your mortgage repayment for. The avocado sits on rye bread, topped with feta and cherry tomatoes.

1/81 Prospect Rd, Prospect, facebook.com/theupsideonprospect

Supergreen juice from Coco Jumbo.

Supergreen cold-pressed juice, Coco Jumbo

We all know greens are good for us, so St Patrick’s Day is the perfect excuse to increase our fruit and veg intake. At Coco Jumbo you can do this in one hit with a “Supergreen” cold-pressed juice (medium $6.50, large $8) loaded with kale, spinach, celery, cucumber, apple and lime. We’re feeling healthier just thinking about it. Corner of Anster St and Topham Mall, city, facebook.com/cocojumbo.adl

Matcha Latte, Jack Greens

What’s better than having a green latte in a green cup at a cafe that even has the word ‘green’ in it? The matcha latte at Jack Greens (small $3.80, medium $4.50, large $5.20) is naturally sweetened with a hint of honey and is the equivalent of drinking nine cups of green tea. The health benefits far outweigh drinking a pint of Irish stout.

36 Waymouth St and 1/31 James Place, city, jackgreens.com.au