For the uninitiated, a lassi is a delicious yogurt-based chilled drink hailing from the Punjab region of India. Lassis come two ways, sweet or salty, and are popular throughout India and Pakistan. Lucky for us, lassis are beginning to take hold ...
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Chocolate Dipped Mango Orchids. Need I Say More?
I was trolling around on certain sites dedicated to chocolate not sure what I expected to find….I was *just trolling*. I know you know how that is. Then I got the daft idea to search for mango in die-hard chocolate territory. And boy was I grossly ...
Costco Gets Mango Labeling Just Right!!!
In an earlier post, I praised Whole Foods for an instance of superb mango labeling; now I must also give similar praise to Costco! As a quick backgrounder on the issue, I am an advocate of more thorough labeling of mangoes in supermarkets. This ...
Late Winter / Early Spring Means Only One Thing. The Kents are coming! The Kents are coming!
If you don’t already know how I feel about Kent mangoes, check it out here. That out of the way, keep reading!! If you happen to be perusing this post in February or March, then GREAT because I’m here to tell you to keep your eyes open at the market ...
How To Cut A Mango (i.e. How to Remove the Blasted Clingy Seed)
Before I was a maven, I confess I was tentative on buying a lot of mangoes because they are clingstone fruits. As one might surmise, “clingstones” have stones which cannot be easily removed from the flesh. Said another way: The flesh is attached ...
Mango Pickles, Mango Gummies, and Other Mango Delights
Your dedicated Mango Maven is here in beautiful California while the owner of Indian Blend, Lisa, is all the way across the country in Georgia. We’re 3,000 miles apart, but I tell you what: We’ve both got mangoes on our minds! I’m always on the ...
Mango Margaritas – Summer’s Best for Foodies gone Naughty
All that I can say is…if you mess up mango margaritas after leveraging what’s in this humdinger of post…then I don’t know what, but it’s not good. For the margarita mix lovers out there, I have two cool finds. First the Margarita Collection ...
Holy Haitian Mango, Batman!
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Mango Varieties in US Markets Mango Varieties in US Markets Ataulfo Mango – Tasty, Tasty, Tasty!! 3rd Runner-up…Haden The Trouble with Tommy Atkins Kents and More Kents Holy ...
Mango Sorbet (Gluttony Justified)
In an earlier post, I promised to share a dairy-free alternative to Haagen-Dazs’ ever-de’lish mango ice cream. Here it is. Turns out, I’ve come across TWO amazing choices: Mango Sorbet by Haagen-Dazs and Mango Sorbet by Trader Joe’s. Each is a ...
Healthy Snack Idea for Mango Lovers
In this post, my friends, is a totally unexpected mango food find. Here’s how *it* happened. My husband and I were planning a trip to Yosemite, and I took on the food supply prep job. On my hubby’s list of food needs were Cliff Bars. He was ...
