Mango Banana Smoothie

This Barefoot Bloggers recipe was chosen by Veronica of Supermarket Serenade.

Just a little twist on Ina Garten's Mango Banana Daiquiri makes this smoothie a refreshing family-friendly whirl of tropical delight. Instead of dark rum, I substituted fresh orange juice and added just a bit more sugar syrup. It was a perfect treat to surprise my girls, who thought I was in the kitchen making a sandwich for lunch. They thought it was a fabulous idea to begin our lunch with a smoothie!

Mango Banana Smoothie
adapted from Ina Garten's recipe for Mango Banana Daiquiri

2 cups chopped, ripe mango (1-2 mangos, peeled and seeded)
1 ripe banana
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, about 4 limes
1/3 cup sugar syrup*
1 1/4 cup orange juice
mango slices for serving

Place the mango, banana, lime juice, sugar syrup, and orange juice in a blender and process until smooth. Add 2 cups of ice and process again until free from ice chunks. Serve in chilled glasses with mango slices.

*to make simple syrup- heat 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan until sugar is completely dissolved. Chill.