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रविवार, 4 जुलाई 2021

Mango Smoothie

Mango Smoothie is a cool refreshing summertime treat you are going to love! Sweetened with banana and honey, this is summer in a glass!

Smoothies are a great way to beat the heat and get a bit more fruit in your diet. Try these tried and true favorites today, Raspberry Peach, Mixed Berry, and Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie.

Mango smoothie in a glass with a straw.

Mango Smoothie Recipe

This mango smoothie is going to knock your taste buds right into refreshing bliss! Smoothies are always a go to for our family in the summer. They are filling, full of fresh wholesome and nutritious ingredients. And they are so exhilarating on a hot summer day. And the best part is how easy these are to make and customizable. You can add and tweak ingredients just to how your family loves it.

They can also be a wonderful quick meal. I love turning my smoothie recipes like my Avocolada into luscious smoothie bowls. Just like my Strawberry and Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie bowls, you can easily turn this mango smoothie into a bowl as well. With the heat still coming on strong this summer, you have to try this impeccably perfect, creamy, and smooth Mango smoothie.

What You Need For a Sweet Mango Smoothie

Mango smoothie is easy on ingredients and so easy to make! For all measurements to the ingredients, see below in the recipe card.

  • Frozen mango: Look for frozen mango near the frozen fruit.
  • Frozen banana: Freeze your own bananas and always have them ready to go.
  • Mango juice: If you can’t find mango juice in your juice aisle, check the refrigerated juice and even frozen juice.
  • Honey: This adds a nice natural sweetness that is perfect with the mango.
  • Ice: This will help make it good and cold and thicken it too.

How to Make Your Smoothie with Fresh Fruit

If you have a blender or even an immersion blender you can make this easy and quick smoothie. Blend all ingredients together in a blender until smooth.

Top of view of a thick creamy smoothie garnished with fresh mango.

How to Cut a Mango

There are two foolproof ways to cut a mango. Use them both to get the most out of your mangos. This mango smoothie recipe will go great with fresh Mangos so grab them and use them while you can.

  • Knife: You start by cutting the mango “cheeks” or domed sides off of the pit, which runs down the middle. The pit is large and flat so you will know if you hit it. Try to get as close to the pit as possible. Once you cut off the two sides hold the mango in your palm or on a cutting board. Slice the mango lengthwise and then again perpendicularly to make cubes, without slicing through the skin. Gently press the skin to invert the fruit and slice the cubes away from the skin. Repeat with the other half. Trim the rest of the skin away from the seed and cut as much of the remaining fruit from the seed as possible.
  • Glass: Again start by cutting off the domed parts of the mango so you have two halves. Using a large sturdy glass, place the edge of the fruit against the rim of the glass. With a bit of pressure push the mango down the side of the glass to peel it. You should end up with a large piece of just skin in your hand and a large chunk of fruit in the glass. Cube the fruit or leave it whole to add to your smoothie.

Tips and Variations for Your Mango Smoothie

The possibilities are endless! Try these tips and variations for the best mango smoothie you have ever had!

  • Mango: You can use fresh or frozen for this recipe and both are awesome. Using frozen will allow you to have a mango smoothie year-round!
  • Juice Swaps: If you can’t find Mango juice you can swap it out for orange or pineapple juice instead. If you want to add dairy you can also use milk, almond milk, or other milk of choice instead too.
  • Honey: If you find your mango and bananas sweet enough you can omit the honey altogether. You can also use sugar or maple syrup instead of honey or another sweetener of choice.
  • Bananas: I freeze overripe bananas all the time by peeling them and freezing them in a gallon ziptop freezer-safe bag. Perfect for when I need bananas for smoothies or even banana bread!
  • Add-Ins: You can make this smoothie your own by adding in all sorts of different ingredients. Add in a heaping scoop of yogurt for a dairy boost. Add in protein powder or nut butter to amp up the protein. Try adding frozen pineapple, strawberries, or raspberries for a delightful twist. You can also add spinach, chia seeds, or flaxseed meal for a nutritional boost.
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Mango Smoothie

Mango Smoothie is a cool refreshing summertime treat you are going to love! Sweetened with banana and honey, this is summer in a glass!
Course Beverage
Cuisine American
Keyword mango smoothie, mango smoothie recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 141kcal
Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

  • 4 cups frozen mango
  • 1 medium frozen banana
  • 2 cups mango juice
  • 1 Tablespoon honey
  • 2 cups ice

Instructions

  • Blend all ingredients together in a blender until smooth.

Nutrition

Calories: 141kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 386mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 1804IU | Vitamin C: 63mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg


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Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken

This Honey Garlic Chicken is healthy and delicious with a sweet, sticky garlic glaze. It only takes 5 ingredients to make the marinade and cooks up in less than 10 minutes.

This will be your new favorite grilled chicken for barbecues or just everyday meals. If you love crazy easy grilled chicken dishes, you should try my BBQ, Hawaiian, and California avocado chicken, too!

Honey Garlic Chicken in rice bowl with broccoli.

Quick and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

If you are searching for a tender, juicy chicken recipe with a to-die-for sticky garlic sauce, look no further. This honey garlic chicken is so soft and mouthwatering, it sears up perfectly on the grill and turns out moist and flavorful every time. The best part about this honey garlic chicken, it only takes a few pantry staples to whip up and it is healthy! Anything that tastes this good but won’t kill my diet gets an A+ in my book.

Even though grilling chicken is so easy, it is tough to get right. Over the years, I have ended up with grilled chicken that is tough and rubbery. Having the proper marinade and cooking techniques are so important. I will walk you through step by step to achieve this tender, delicious chicken. My family loves it and I know yours will too!

Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken Ingredients

Do not let the simple ingredient list fool you, this honey garlic chicken has big, refined flavor with the perfect combination marinade. Your family will be raving with this dinner recipe! For all ingredient measurements, see the recipe card below.

  • Uncooked Chicken: You can use either thighs or chicken breasts.
  • Honey: To sweeten and give the marinade its perfect, sticky texture.
  • Soy Sauce: For a perfect, savory marinade base.
  • Apple Cider Vinegar: Helps tenderize the chicken and add a sweet, zippy flavor.
  • Garlic: Minced.
  • Lemon Juice: Fresh from the juice of one small lemon. While fresh lemon juice adds the best flavor, you can also substitute with bottled lemon juice.
  • Sesame Seeds and Green Onions: Optional, for garnish.

How to Make Honey Garlic Chicken

Since this chicken is so easy and cooks up in minutes, you have more time to whip up a delicious side like Greek broccoli pasta salad for a complete summer meal! In just a few quick steps this honey garlic chicken will be on your table in no time!

  1. Prepare Marinade: In a small bowl whisk honey, soy sauce, garlic, and lemon. Reserve ¼ cup of the sauce
  2. Add to Chicken: Add the rest of the sauce to the chicken in a medium-sized bowl and let marinate for 30 minutes.
  3. Grill: Preheat the grill to medium-high heat and grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Baste occasionally with reserved marinade during the last 5 minutes.
  4. Garnish: Add green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
Whisking together marinade.

Grilled Chicken Tips and Tricks

Your chicken will come out tender and flavorful every time with these simple tips! These tips will help you create the best honey garlic chicken right on the grill!

  • Thickness of Chicken: Larger cuts of chicken take longer to grill. Chicken typically will cook in 3-5 minutes on both sides, but if your cuts are thicker, you may need to add more time.
  • Grease Grill: Brush your grill with oil before cooking to keep your chicken from sticking to it.
  • Baste Often: Basting your chicken with marinade frequently during the cooking process will ensure you get a perfectly caramelized outside.
  • Cover Your Grill: Not covering your grill means longer cook times. It also keeps your chicken from being completely surrounded with hot air to be cooked evenly.
  • Thinning Chicken Breasts: If one of your chicken breasts is a lot thicker than the rest, pound it with a mallet before cooking to make sure it cooks at the same rate as the others.
  • How to Know When Chicken is Done: When juices run clear or the internal temperature gets to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, your chicken is done cooking.
Chicken soaking in marinade.

What to Serve With Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken

This flavorful chicken works well alongside so many different dishes. I have been loving it on top of rice served with grilled vegetables for a healthy rice bowl. It also tastes great on salads and in sandwiches. For a complete meal, serve it alongside pasta salad, grilled vegetables, or potatoes.

Storing Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken

Honey garlic chicken is the perfect meal to make ahead, freeze and reheat with these simple tips!

  • In the Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
  • In the Freezer: Grilled chicken will keep in the freezer in an airtight container for 4 months. Let thaw before reheating.
  • Reheating: The best way to reheat grilled chicken is in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken on serving dish with green onion garnish.
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Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken

This Grilled Honey Garlic Chicken is healthy and delicious with a sweet, sticky garlic glaze. It only takes 5 ingredients to make the marinade and cooks up in less than 10 minutes.
Course Dinner
Cuisine American, Asian American
Keyword grilled honey garlic chicken, honey garlic chicken
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 426kcal
Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds chicken thighs or chicken breast
  • 1/2 cup Honey
  • 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 small Lemon Juice from lemon
  • sesame seeds and green onions for garnish

Instructions

  • In a small bowl whisk honey, soy sauce, garlic and lemon. Reserve ¼ cup of the sauce and add the rest of the sauce to the chicken in a medium sized bowl and let marinate for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the grill to medium high heat and Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Baste occasionally with reserved marinade during the last 5 minutes. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 148mg | Sodium: 658mg | Potassium: 353mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 118IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg


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शनिवार, 4 जुलाई 2020

Buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Glaze

Buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Glaze are light and fresh with vibrant sweet and sour flavors that are surprisingly easy to create! Every bite is packed with a burst of lemon flavor and the shortbread has the perfect dense, buttery texture that will make this your new favorite cookie!

For more of the freshness of lemon with the amazing texture of shortbread, try Lemon Tart with a Buttery Shortbread Crust. It is an easy and delicious homemade fresh lemon curd in a buttery shortbread crust.

A stack of lemon shortbread cookies.

Buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Glaze

Warm summer days call for light and vibrant desserts that are both satisfying and refreshing.  Classic shortbread cookies are a tried and true choice with their melt-in-your-mouth buttery texture.  Now, by adding in the subtle lemon flavor and the sweet glaze, this classic cookie becomes perfectly bright.  Calling these the best cookies ever would not be an overstatement. They are heavenly!

Lemon shortbread cookies are perfect for any occasion because of their soft and sweet buttery texture and their inspired lemon zip.  Best of all these crowd-pleasing cookies are simple to make and the dough is easy to prepare ahead of time.  Make a couple of batches at a time and freeze some of the dough until you are ready to bake them.  You will be asked to make these over and over.  So, go ahead and pre-heat that oven and see for yourself how perfect this cookie really is!

Shortbread Cookie Ingredients:

Since this recipe requires no special equipment and all pantry staple ingredients, it makes a great beginner cookie.  Shortbread cookies are tried and true cookies and adding the lemon glaze makes these a new favorite version of a classic cookie!

  • Butter: Binding agent and adds moist, smooth texture and flavor.
  • Powdered sugar: Adds sweetness
  • Flour: Helps thicken the cookie.
  • Salt: Just a pinch to bring out the flavors and balance the sweetness.
  • Baking powder: Leavening agent that helps the cookies rise.
  • Flour: All purpose flour is best for these cookies.

Glaze

  • Lemon juice: Whisk together with lemon zest and powdered sugar.
  • Powdered sugar: A bit of sweetness in the glaze
  • Lemon zest: This is where the lemon flavor really comes from.  Zest in fine pieces and add more or less according to how lemony you want your glaze.

Homemade Cookie Recipe:

Shortbread cookies are one of the easiest cookies to bake! They come together so fast and you will amazed how simple and delicious they are.

  1. Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line your baking pan with parchment paper.
  2. Mix: In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer add the butter and beat until fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar, zest of lemon and juice of lemon.
  3. Combine dry ingredients: In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Slowly add it to the butter mixture and mix until combined.
  4. Roll out dough: Add the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4 inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter cut out the cookies and lay them onto a baking sheet.
  5. Bake: Place cookies in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown. Remove and let cool.
  6. To make the glaze: In a small bowl whisk the lemon juice, powdered sugar, and zest of one lemon. Dip the top of each cookie into the glaze and place on a wire rack to set.

Steps to make lemon shortbread cookies.

Tips for the Best Shortbread Cookie:

This familiar dense shortbread cookie is so perfect with the unexpected bright lemon flavor.  My pro tips will help you achieve the BEST cookie ever are easier than you think!

  • Parchment paper: Lining your cookie sheet with parchment paper will save you so much time and help you create the perfect cookie. The parchment paper is naturally non-stick, so you do not have to use any sprays on your pan, and clean up will be so much simpler.  Moving your cookies off the tray and onto a cooling rack will be so much easier as well and your cookies will not crack or fall apart as you move them.
  • Use chilled dough: Once you prepare your dough, place it in the refrigerator to cool for at least 30 minutes before baking. Cooling the dough will keep your cookies from spreading out too much during baking.
  • Know when to take them out of the oven: Pull the cookies out when they start to turn to a light golden brown on the bottom or the very edges. They should no longer be white.
  • Add depth of flavor: Adding spices like rosemary or lavender creates an even more complex flavor in the cookie. Very finely chop these spices before adding them into the dough.
  • Presentation: Play around with different cookie cutters to make a festive display in star shapes or whatever coincides with your theme. Coloring the frosting with bright colors will also liven up any party!
  • Glaze: Apply the glaze while the cookies are still a little bit warm so the cookies don’t crack.

Storing Shortbread Cookies:

These cookies store very well and the dough can be made ahead too.  Keep some of this perfect dough in your freezer and pull it out as needed to bake a last-minute sweet treat!

  • Cookie dough: Roll dough into a log shape or cut go ahead and cut into cookies.  Then place them in the refrigerator or freezer.  If storing in already cut pieces, you will want to separate them with wax paper so they don’t stick together.  The dough will be good for 2 days in the refrigerator or 4-6 months in the freezer.
  • Finished cookies: Be sure your cookies are completely cooled, including the glaze before storing them.  Stack in layers with wax paper between each layer.  They will stay fresh at room temperature for about a week.

Close up on a stack of lemon shortbread cookies.

More Shortbread Cookie Recipes:

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Buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Glaze

Buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Glaze are light and fresh with vibrant sweet and sour flavors that are surprisingly easy to create! Every bite is packed with a burst of lemon flavor and the shortbread has the perfect dense, buttery texture that will make this your new favorite cookie!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword buttery lemon shortbread cookies, buttery shortbread cookies, buttery shortbread cookies with a glaze, lemon cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24 Cookies
Calories 327kcal
Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

To Make the Cookies:

  • 2 cups butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • zest of one lemon
  • juice of one lemon
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 cups flour

To Make the Glaze:

  • 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • zest of one lemon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer add the butter and beat until fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar, zest of one lemon and juice of one lemon.
  • In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Slowly add it to the butter mixture and mix until combined .
  • Add the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/4 inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter cut out the cookies and lay them onto a baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown. Remove and let cool.

To Make the Glaze:

  • In a small bowl whisk the lemon juice, powdered sugar, and zest of one lemon. Dip the top of each cookie into the glaze and place on a wire rack to set.

Nutrition

Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 473IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 2mg


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