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Coco-Mango Smoothie (recipe)

3 July 2007 2,904 views 9 Comments

Coco-Mango Smoothie

I gotta tell ya. I’m feeling really left out of the foodie blogsphere right about now. It seems all everyone is talking about is summer salads, strawberries, blueberries, peaches light dinners and OMG it’s so hot they can’t eat ‘real food’ … and I’m sitting here in my tropical yard where it’s the same high temperatures the year round trying to figure out how I am able to eat ‘real food’ the year round and what I should showcase as a result :lol: !

Because we shop from the local markets the content of the shopping cart will vary with what’s in season but to say that there is a time when I eat heavier foods, and another time when I eat lighter, well no.. can’t relate. Hot food, cold food, just gimme gimme me good food! :)

That’s why I really liked the topic of this month’s Monthly Mingle… Scream For IceCream :) Not only because it was something that I could relate to but I also knew how to mix it with something that -is- in season right now, MANGOES :) yum!

Icy, tropical and sinfully sweet, I only wish I had bought a larger vat of coconut icecream so I could have made seconds and thirds :)


Coco-Mango Smoothie
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Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup peeled and sliced mango
1 cup fat-free/skim milk
1 8-ounce container coconut ice cream
1/4 teaspoon Angostura bitters
Mango slices (optional)

Directions:

Combine first 4 ingredients in blender. Cover and blend until smooth. To serve, pour into glasses. If desired, garnish with fresh mango slices.

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9 Comments »

  • Tara said:

    OMG, that Coco-Mango smoothie looks OUT OF CONTROL! That means “fabulous” here in the U.S. ;-)

    Yum. Yum. And more YUMMMM!

    # 3 July 2007 at 4:32 pm | link
  • Sarina (author) said:

    heheh thanks for the translation Tara :) i was wondering ‘but it’s sitting so still’ :) hehehe

    # 3 July 2007 at 7:59 pm | link
  • Trig said:

    Hay Sarina, is that cinnamon bark on the right of the photo?

    # 4 July 2007 at 9:27 am | link
  • brilynn said:

    This looks fantastic, I should try making it using the coconut dulce de leche ice cream I just made!

    # 4 July 2007 at 9:29 am | link
  • Cynthia said:

    Sarina, that mango smoothie looks so rich, thick and totally satisfying.

    # 4 July 2007 at 10:36 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    Girl it is broiling hot here and people have to eat and try to keep their weight down to go to the beach and look presentable (at least that is what they say on the morning news shows). So I think that is why they talk about eating light…

    # 5 July 2007 at 11:40 am | link
  • Lisa said:

    Hey, that looks scrumptious! When I lived in Grenada, we used to make smoothies almost every morning for breakfast. We would peel and freeze bananas, so that frozen bananas were always on hand, and then we’d put those, some kind of juice, and some cut-up fruit (mango being my favorite) in the blender and whiz it up. The banana made it thick and cold, and it was just delicious.

    Gawd, I miss good mangoes. All the different varities. I can’t remember, now, the name of my favorite one, sadly. Although, I couldn’t get it here anyway, so I guess it doesn’t matter now. :(

    # 8 July 2007 at 5:49 pm | link
  • bee said:

    this post and recipe make me so happy. this looks gorgeous.

    # 9 July 2007 at 11:48 am | link
  • Sarina (author) said:

    Trig – yes it is! :) I had put it there (i grind it as I need) thinking i may add some, but ended up not doing so :)

    Brilynn – do give it a try :) coconut dulche de leche sounds positively to die for :D

    Cynthia – hee, i told my mom that it was like a meal unto itself :D

    Marsha – hehehe

    Lisa – mmm then i think you will love my mangoes post which is coming soon :) i confess to being somewhat illiterate as to the names of all the varieties myself though! definitely something i should brush up on!

    Bee – thanks! :D give it a try :)

    # 12 July 2007 at 8:47 pm | link

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