Mango Smoothie 

(organic)

My boyfriend and I are on a smoothie kick right now.  Enjoying fresh fruits and kicking up the healthy living a few notches.  Perfect for spring time.  Trying out lots of new flavors and combos has been a lot of fun so far.  Today was such a sunny nice warm in the 80's kind of day having a smoothie for lunch was perfect.

I've been out in the yard off and on all weekend pulling weeds and helping in the garden a bit.  Finding my herb garden just thriving again is quite pleasing to me.  I love having fresh herbs to add to all of our meals.  My most favorite herb plant I have is my "Pineapple Basil" plant.  Smells and tastes just like pineapple.  When cooking sometimes coming up with ideas is simple more often then not.  Today this just fell together without much thought at all.  I wanted a mango orange smoothie so I knew right away I was going to use the "Pineapple Basil".  Fresh, crisp, clean, green, and bit of sweet was perfect pairing with this smoothie!

Here is what you will need to make this smoothie:

Will make for 2 people, to 4.  (4 people if 8oz glass)!

2 banana's organic

2 medium to small oranges organic

1 apple organic 

2 serving sizes of frozen organic mango cubes

8 pineapple basil leaves fresh

2 large spoon fulls of Greek yogurt (0% fat, plain yogurt is what we use)

You will need a bit of liquid just to help get the blender working good, I always add a splash of some kind of fresh organic juice (with this smoothie I just put a splash of strawberry banana juice)

You will just need a blender to make this smoothie, a few glasses and enjoy!

I like to make things enjoyable and fun.  I served them up in mason jar's with a straw and a few more fresh "Pineapple Basil" leaves.  Pretty, and food, drinks, anything we eat always is much more enjoyable when its served up and pleases our eyes along with all the other senses.  So when your serving up your meals or drinks always think about that and know everyone will love your hard work and cooking that much more if you find a way to make it look enjoyable too!

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