Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Papaya-Mango Smoothie

Ingredients :
2 cups fresh papaya chunks
1 1/2 cups chilled mango nectar
1/2 cup ripe mango,cubed (optional)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1 strawberry (optional)
papaya cubes (optional)

Directions :
1. Place papaya chunks, mango cubes in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Now add mango nectar, lime juice and sugar and blend again for 2mins.
3. Pour into serving glasses. Garnish with strawberry and papaya cube. You can also add some decorative ice cubes.
Note : Increase the amount of sugar depending on the sweetness of papaya.
You can also replace mango cubes with pineapple chunks and mango nectar with  pineapple juice.

Mango Smoothie

Ingredients : 
1/2 cup cubed ripe mango(fresh or frozen)
1 cup chilled mango nectar
1 cup low fat milk
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream or half and half (optional)
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
3 tablespoons sugar
6 blue berries (optional)
2 tablespoons green decorative sugar (optional)


Directions :
1. Place the green decorative sugar in a small shallow dish.Wet rims of 2 glasses with damp paper towel ,dip in sugar.Place glasses upright to dry.
2. Combine cubed mango,mango nectar,milk,half and half,and sugar in a blender. Blend until smooth.
3. Now add vanilla ice cream and blend again for 2 mins.
4. Pour into prepared glasses and top it with blue berries. You can also decorate the glass by arranging the blue berries on a toothpick .
5. Serve immediately .