Mango Smoothie

Smoothies have always been a popular beverage that is made with fruits, ice-cream, yogurt, milk, etc. A delicious and healthy summer drink, smoothies are also perfect for those kids (as well as adults), who hate eating fruits. Most of the fruits are ideal for making smoothies and mangoes are one among them. Ripe juicy mangoes can be used singly or with other fruits or fruit juices, so as to prepare this drink.

How to Make Mango Smoothie

Preparing smoothies from ripe and juicy mangoes is very easy. Apart from mangoes, other ingredients can be chosen as per personal choice. You may use milk, yogurt, ice cream, orange juice, lemon juice, soy milk and coconut milk for this purpose. You may also add fruits like banana and strawberry, for preparing mango smoothie.

Recipe 1 - With Yogurt
In order to prepare two servings of this easy mango smoothie, you need a cup of peeled and diced mango. Apart from that one cup of non-fat yogurt (plain or vanilla) and half cup of crushed ice are required. You may also use a small amount of milk, so as to dilute the smoothie. All you have to do is to put all the ingredients in the blender and run the machine, till the ingredients form a smoothie. Sugar or any other type of sweetener can be also added, while blending the ingredients.

Recipe 2 - With Banana
Ingredients

• Peeled and diced mango - 1
• Orange juice - 1 cup
• Yogurt - half cup
• Banana - 1
• Ice cubes - half cup

How to Prepare
Peel and slice the banana and blend it with yogurt and orange juice. Once done, add the chilled mango pieces and ice cubes. Blend further, till they form a smoothie. Even though, ice cubes are added to the smoothie, you may chill it further, if needed.

Recipe 3 - With Milk
If you want to prepare mango smoothie with milk, take a large ripe mango that has to be peeled and sliced. Apart from mango slices, you need two cups of ice-cold milk and around two to three tablespoons of sugar. Blend all the smoothie ingredients in a blender, till they form a smoothie. If the smoothie is too thick, you may dilute it with a small amount of milk. Make sure to run the blender for a few seconds, after adding milk for the second time. You may also replace regular milk with coconut milk or soy milk.

Recipe 4 - Mix Smoothie
Ingredients

• Mango - 1 (large)
• Canned pineapple slices - 5
• Banana - 1
• Ice cubes - half cup
• Orange Pineapple Juice - 1 cup

Method of Preparation
Peel and slice the banana and mango. Use chilled mango and pineapple slices for making smoothie. Once done, blend the banana slices with the orange-pineapple juice. The next step is to add the mango and pineapple slices along with the ice cubes and blend them well, till they form the smoothie.

Recipe 5 - With Strawberry
Mangoes can be paired with strawberries for preparing smoothie. As per this recipe, you need one cup each of sliced strawberries and diced mango. Apart from that, you require ¾ cup ice cubes and six ounces of Greek yogurt. Blend the mango and strawberry slices with yogurt for a minute. After that, add the ice cubes and blend further, till they reach the consistency of a smoothie.

The above said are only a few easy and simple methods of preparing mango smoothie. You may also gather other such recipes and try the same.