Tropical Fruit Shake

It's rainy season now in the Philippines and why am I writing about fruit shake?  Blame it on the weird weather but this rainy season is awfully driving us to the extremes.

Expect the rains to come by in the evening if not late afternoon. But mind you, you'll be enduring the sweltering heat during morning until around noon time. 


So, for refreshment and to quench our thirst, we've been having fruit shakes twice in a day. One during breakfast or mid-morning snack and another one in the afternoon for merienda. 


This is a healthier alternative to ice cream, I suppose. And of course, to sodas. I still love coca-cola but I have been consciously trying to evade it to minimize my sugar intake.


Here's a refreshing fruit shake concoction that you can try doing at home.

Ingredients


2 pcs. ripe mangoes (cut it up into three to separate the seed and use just the fleshy part)
1 cup pineapple chunks or tidbits (I use fresh and cut them in small pieces)
1 piece banana (lakatan)
1 cup yogurt (see note)
1-2 tbsp honey
2 cups of crushed ice
1/4 cup water

Procedure

Prepare the fruits and combine them in a bowl.

In your blender, pour water and honey and blend/pulse for about 10 seconds just to emulsify.

Add your fruits and blend again for 30 seconds.

Then pour the yogurt and ice. Blend for 1-2 minutes until well mixed.

Pour in individual glasses or in a pitcher to serve.



P.S.
You can also add some garnish to the glasses for presentation. But since we've been having shakes everyday, don't really mind about presentations anymore. Besides, the heat is making us impatient to wait some more :-)

Note: You can use flavored yogurt to give the shake a different twist anytime. I buy Nestlé Fruit Selection Strawberry, Melon Nata, Buco Nata, Raspberry Apple, Berry Mix Medley and Almond-Lychee and they all tasted great.

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