Today’s smoothie is inspired by The Glitter Guide’s “Refresh: Mango-Ginger” variation. What I love about The Glitter Guide suggestions are that they give you a starter point and free license to modify. The first thing I had to modify was to add some liquid — the only liquid in the original was a squeeze of lime! I added water, ice and almond milk.
I reduced the mango because it’s not my fave fruit and 2 cups is a lot of mango. I upped the yogurt instead. Also, for me, 1/4 cup of chopped ginger would be insanity — it would not taste refreshing as much as it would send me screaming in the opposite direction. So, I started with 1 tsp of ginger (if you like ginger, add more!). I also added some chia seeds because that’s the secret to keeping me full.
Mango-Raspberry-Ginger
1 cup frozen mango chunks
1 cup frozen raspberries
1 banana
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup crushed ice
1/4 cup almond milk
1/4 cup yogurt
1 Tbsp ground chia seeds
1 tsp chopped ginger
squeeze of lime
It was so nice to see a pink smoothie emerge from my blender! It lives up to its “refreshing” title — and it was very cold with so much frozen fruit; it would be a great smoothie for a hot summer morning. We have March weather right now, rainy, windy, and below 10°C
I won’t be able to accurately judge the “how full does it keep me” aspect of this one because Mike offered me part of his spinach omelet this morning, but I will say this was thick, smooth, and very tasty.