Mango Shake Delight!

Ripe mango photo from Jun Lisondra

Being one of the most common fruits around, it is easy to disregard mangoes but I’ll bet my life to it that the Philippines has the best-tasting and sweetest mangoes out there. With its availability all-year round, you can experiment a lot of things with it and you make it into any kind of dessert that you wish. The easiest and most refreshing way you can enjoy mango is to make it into a smoothie or a shake.

Here’s what you’ll need:

2 Ripe mangoes (make sure that it is sweet)

Crushed Ice

½ cup Evaporated filled milk

2tbsp Sugar



First you have to slice the mangoes (here’s a tip if you want to save time scooping the mango meat out you can use a glass and use it instead of a spoon). Put the sliced mangoes in the blender, add the milk and sugar, blend it, and lastly add the crushed ice.

If you don’t want the consistency to be too thick (or like a smoothie) you just have to add water. You can also adjust the sweetness by adding more sugar. If you want it to be creamier add more milk.

This can make 3-4 glasses.

Nutritional info:

2-3 exchanges of fruits everyday should be included in a person’s diet. (1 exchange=10 grams of carbohydrates=40kcal) .

1 slice of mango = 1exchange. Mango is a good source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C.

This recipe has 450kcal in it. Per glass is 112.5 kcal.