{"id":27164,"date":"2015-08-11T00:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27164"},"modified":"2015-08-10T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T20:39:09","slug":"mango-lassi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/11\/mango-lassi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mango Lassi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, my sister and niece were visiting from Minnesota &lt;happy me!&gt;. \u00a0On Sunday, rather than cooking another meal together, we decided to treat ourselves to some yummy Indian take-out&#8230;yup! \u00a0(Actually, Amy &#8220;treated&#8221; us all!)<\/p>\n<p>So I wanted to add a couple of special beverages and decided on these lovely shakes and a big pitcher of iced sweet&amp;spicy chai tea. \u00a0They turned out to add just that extra touch to our smorgasbord (I know, I know&#8230;crossing cultures here!) of delightful Indian curries, chickpea salad, lovely appetizers&#8230;and, of course, a pile of naan to scoop it all together! \u00a0According to Wikipedia, a <em><strong>lassi<\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0a traditional, yogurt-based drink and is popular in India.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you enjoy this beverage to cool yourself on a hot summer&#8217;s day or, as we did, to accompany some hot &amp; spicy Indian food&#8212;this is refreshing and delicious. \u00a0And it fits perfectly into our POV&#8212;healthy but oh-so-yummy! \u00a0I used a few ripe mangoes as the base for ours, but this would be equally delightful prepared with strawberries, or papaya, or bananas! \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-10-16.29.24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27167\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-10-16.29.24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-08-10 16.29.24\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-10-16.29.24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-10-16.29.24-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-10-16.29.24-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Mango Lassi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(this makes enough for (4) four tall glassfuls)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ingredients<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2 large mangoes, pitted&amp;peeled &#8211; cut into chunks (about 2 cups)<br \/>\n8 ounces plain Greek yogurt<br \/>\n1\/2 cup sweetened almond milk (or regular milk)<br \/>\n2 tablespoons honey<br \/>\ndash or two of ground cardamom<br \/>\n1 cup ice cubes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>directions<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">place mango and milk into blender; puree<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">add balance of ingredients; blend thoroughly &#8217;til ice is crushed and all is frothy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God loves you!\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u2665\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0(Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u2665\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>coleen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, my sister and niece were visiting from Minnesota &lt;happy me!&gt;. \u00a0On Sunday, rather than cooking another meal together, we decided to treat ourselves to some yummy Indian take-out&#8230;yup! \u00a0(Actually, Amy &#8220;treated&#8221; us all!) 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