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Mango Banana Shake
Total Preparation Time: 6 minutes
Serves 4 as a drink
♦ 1 large ripe
mango
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2
ripe bananas
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1 cup
of orange juice
♦ 2 cups of vanilla
ice cream
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1/3
cup of pure maple syrup (optional)
Peel
and cut mango and bananas into small chunks. In a blender, blend the mango,
bananas, orange juice, and ice cream until smooth. Taste the shake and if you
would like it a bit sweeter, add the maple syrup a little at a time until
it's right for you. Pour into a glass and garnish with a fresh strawberry.
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To: Editors of
Healthy Times Magazine
As
I have subscribed to Healthy Times Magazine for a long time, I have often
taken advantage of your recipes and must be happy with their great results.
Your recent December issue was, as usual, filled with nutritious meals with
some good flavoring, many of which I have already tried to cook at home.
A
few days ago, however, I attempted to make the mango banana shake from the
recipe on page 23 of the magazine in the Healthy Snacks section. While the
shake was tasty, I was not satisfied with the recipe for two reasons. First,
I was astonished to see a recipe in the Healthy Snacks section have a shake
calling for two cups of vanilla ice cream (and optional maple syrup!). Two
cups of ice cream divided among 4 people is not particularly healthy. Second,
while the shake is flavorful, it's awfully thick. I think calling for more
orange juice and less ice cream could remedy both of these problems and still
leave a delicious shake.
Still,
the next issue of Healthy Times Magazine is highly awaited, and I hope that
it will include more of the simple, healthy recipes that I have come to
anticipate.
Sincerely,
Jessica
Garza
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