Monday, July 9, 2012

Mango Banana Smoothie

Wonderful, healthy and refreshing
Source: The Slow Roasted Italian

Taste: 5 (out of 5)
Difficulty: 1 (out of 5)

Ingredients:
- 1 banana, peeled
- 1 mango
- 1 cup plain yogurt or buttermilk
- 1 tbsp honey
Total: 2 servings

Directions
Mix the ingredients in a blender and serve.

Afterthoughts
- This is a wonderful drink, refreshing and filling and is a dessert in itself.
- This recipe is from The Slow Roaster Italian blog, an amazing website, with lots and lots of great recipes. This was my SRC assignment (see below) and I had a very long list of potential recipes to try. But having too many choices often leads to anxiety and inability to choose, as proven in a variety of behavioral psychology studies (see an overview here). And that's what happened to me: I could not decide almost up until the reveal date, and then I just put together the simplest recipe from the blog. In fact, I did not even prepare it, it was my bf. I hope it's not considered cheating by SRC guidelines :-).
- And last but not least, a word about SRC - the Secret Recipe Club. It's a group of over a hundred food bloggers, who are assigned a "secret" blog each months. Then they choose a recipe from that blog, make it and post it on their own blog on a given reveal day. Then there is a big party, where you hop form one blog to another and check what everyone's been cooking. Lots of fun! I want to thank Amanda, Jane and April for making it all possible!

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26 comments:

  1. That sounds like the perfect refreshing drink for summer. And what a beautiful color!

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  2. I love drinks with mango so this is one, for me, to make.

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  3. Mango is a favorite in our home and this smoothie sounds wonderful.

    If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC entry Double Chocolate Mousse Cake

    Lisa~~
    Cook Lisa Cook

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  4. Despite my love/hate relationship with mango... these look VERY good!

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  5. What a delightful breakfast treat! I can sympathize having trouble deciding what to make from your assigned blog-I always mark a million things!

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  6. mango mango that is my favourite drink.

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  7. LOVE this smoothie - so tropical, healthy and summery. I'll have one by the pool with an umbrella and a towel boy ;)

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  8. Refreshing and yummy juice.

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  9. Simple smoothies are a staple in my house during summertime and this looks great!

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  10. There's nothing quite like mango in a smoothie!! It goes especially well with coconut milk and vanilla whey protein powder or greek yogurt! Yummy!

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  11. I got thirsty immediately by looking at this photo! :D I have both and yogurt. Perfect for tomorrow's drink with my kids. Never tried with buttermilk, is that good?

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  12. Great SRC post! Your smoothie is packed with yummy fruit flavor...and the color is divine! So lovely and refreshing :) Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend~

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  13. I love the combination of mango and banana! What a beautiful smoothie! I could definitely start my day with this!

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  14. oh, that looks so sunny and refreshing!!! One, right now, PLEASE!!

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  15. This week on Food on Friday, we are collecting ideas for using bananas. Would you be happy to link this in? Here is the link .

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  16. Boy, are you efficient or what??? thanks for linking in so promptly. Cheers

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  17. Very refreshing and maybe the perfect drink to start the day. I love the combination of banana and mango. Thank you for sharing and Have a lovely Sunday!

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  18. What a lovely drink! The color is so pretty, I'd almost not want to drink it. :)

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  19. This is really perfect for breakfast. Indeed a hearty and healthy drink for all ages! Looks yummy too!

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  20. With a stuffy nose right now and my body losing the battle against a cold, I sure could use one of those right now. Mmm, that would pep me right up! ;)

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  21. I will try it with almond or coconut milk

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