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Tuesday 3 March 2015

Tropical Mango Smoothie - Sip Some Sunshine Summertime!

Nothing tastes more like Summer than a luscious juicy Queensland Mango. An icy cold smoothie is the perfect way to enjoy this tropical fruit and adding a tiny pinch of cardamom spice will take your tastebuds to a summery sublime level.  Sip some Queensland Sunshine every Summertime!



I find this amount usually makes 2 generous glasses.

Requires a Blender suitable for crushing ice.

Ingredients

1 large Queensland Bowen Mango (Kensington Pride are good) Fine to use slightly overripe fruit

1 large banana.       TIPS AND HINTS I like to use a banana that I had previously frozen when it became a bit overripe.  The skin goes brown in the freezer but the fruit is fine to use, especially in smoothies

1 - 1 1/2 cups of ice cubes

1/2 to 3/4 cup milk

1 very tiny small pinch of ground Cardamom.     A little goes a long way. Cardamom is known as the "Queen of Spices".  A tiny dash will add a lovely subtle flavour to your smoothie.

Method

Peel the mango and banana.  Remove seed from mango and slice both fruit into thick chunks.
Place the fruit chunks and remaining ingredients into a blender.
Process (always keep a hand on the lid!) on the 'smoothie' setting or until well combined, light and airy.
Immediately pour into chilled glasses ...   and  ....   enjoy!   Colleen

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