Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in South Florida Family Events and Recipes

Aside from being a good source of fiber, mangos are delicious! So let’s celebrate them on National Mango Day with our weekend recipe guide.

  • Fresh Mango Salsa (courtesy of cookieandkate.com)

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe mangos, diced (see photos)

  • 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped

  • ½ cup chopped red onion

  • ¼ cup packed fresh cilantro leaves, chopped

  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced

  • 1 large lime, juiced (about ¼ cup lime juice)

  • ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon salt, to taste

Directions

  1. In a serving bowl, combine the prepared mango, bell pepper, onion, cilantro and jalapeño. Drizzle with the juice of one lime.

  2. Using a large spoon, stir the ingredients together. Season to taste with salt, and stir again. For best flavor, let the salsa rest for 10 minutes or longer.

  • Mango Rice Pudding (courtesy of tasteofhome.com)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup uncooked long grain brown rice

  • 1 medium ripe mango

  • 1 cup vanilla soy milk

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • Chopped peeled mango, optional

Directions

  1. In a large heavy saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil; stir in rice. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 35-40 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.

  2. Meanwhile, peel, seed and slice mango. Mash mango with a potato masher or fork.

  3. Stir milk, sugar, cinnamon and mashed mango into rice. Cook, uncovered, on low 10-15 minutes longer or until liquid is almost absorbed, stirring occasionally.

  4. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Serve warm or cold, with chopped mango if desired.

  • Mango Blondies (courtesy of hummusapien.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup creamy cashew butter (can cub almond butter)

  • 1 cup oat flour

  • 1 large egg

  • ½ cup maple syrup

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • ¼ tsp fine sea salt

  • ½ tsp baking soda

  • ½ cup mango, diced small

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray an 8x8inch baking dish with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the cashew butter, oat flour, egg, maple syrup, vanilla, salt, and baking soda until combined. Gently fold in mango.

  3. Use a rubber spatula to spoon batter into lined baking dish. It will be thick.

  4. Bake for about 28 minutes. Cool pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes before carefully removing blondies from pan to cool completely.

Enjoy!