Name: Mango Coconut Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 fresh mango (cut up); 1/4 cup coconut yogurt (or soy yogurt); 1/2 banana; 1 T light coconut milk; 1/2 cup almond milk; a couple of ice cubes

My poor friend “B” is suffering from mouth sores, just over a week after her 1st chemo treatment. Chemo can cause a number of unpleasant side effects, including a sore mouth and trouble swallowing. That’s why smoothies are great — they’re soothing, smooth, nutritious, and go down easy.

The National Cancer Institute puts out a booklet “Eating Hints Before, During and After Cancer Treatment” (www.cancer.gov) which suggests a number of ways to deal with sore mouth symptoms, including eating cold or room-temperature food, choosing soft foods, sucking on ice chips, and avoiding certain foods such as citrus fruits/juices, spicy foods, tomato based foods, crunchy foods, salty foods and raw vegetables.

Since it’s so hot out, I decided to make a Mango Coconut Smoothie and Papaya Banana Smoothie for “B”, along with a Mango Cantaloupe Sorbet and Frozen Watermelon Drops.

Here’s my recipe for the Mango Coconut Smoothie, a modified version of the kitchn’s Mango Yogurt Smoothie:

Mango Coconut Smoothie

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1

Calories 319 kcal

Author Jeanette

Ingredients

1 fresh mango cut up
1/4 cup coconut yogurt or soy yogurt
1/2 banana
1 T light coconut milk
1/2 cup almond milk
a couple of ice cubes

Instructions

Blend it all up and serve. Will keep in the fridge 2 days.

Nutrition Facts

Mango Coconut Smoothie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 319

Vitamin A 1400IU28%

Vitamin C 175.7mg213%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

More Smoothie Recipes:
Simply Recipe’s Berry Banana Smoothie
Gluten Free Goddess’s Blueberry Smoothie
For the Love of Cooking’s Citrus Berry Smoothie

Anticancer Ingredients: Mango, Banana

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