Mango and Pineapple Smoothie Recipe

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Mango and Pineapple Smoothie is a delicious, thick, creamy, tropical treat! This one is made in seconds with only four ingredients. If you're looking for a sweet plant-based drink without coconut, yogurt, or any special powder, you've come to the right place.

two glasses of thick, yellow smoothie with cut pineapple in background

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Ingredients
Instructions
Substitutions
Equipment
Storage
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Recipe FAQ's
Recipe

Smoothies are a great way to incorporate real, whole, raw foods into your diet. This one is all fruit, so you'll really enjoy consuming those nutrients! It suits gluten free, vegan, dairy free, grain free, and nut free diets.

Ingredients

You don't need to be absolutely precise in your measurements this time. With ingredients like these ones, it's pretty difficult to go wrong!

whole pineapple, mango, and banana with a pyrex measuring cup of pineapple juice

Mango - Although it's challenging to find, I prefer to use a nice, fresh mango. Peel it and cut it into chunks, steering your knife carefully along the sides of the pit. Alternatively, you could substitute chunks of frozen mango.

Pineapple - Either fresh or frozen pineapple will work for this recipe. While you would lose a bit of the nutrition of the raw fruit, you could also use pineapple that has been canned in its own juices.

Banana - Smoothies are a great way to use bananas that are on the verge of becoming overripe. Peel such bananas, cut them into chunks, and freeze them in a zip-lock bag for occasions such as this.

Pineapple Juice - Juice is a great alternative to milk or water and makes this smoothie an extra-special treat.

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Combine the four ingredients in a blender jar.

chunks of banana, pineapple, and mango in juice in Blendtec jar

Process on high speed for 20 seconds, and it's done!

Hint: At least one of your fruit ingredients should be frozen to keep your blended smoothie from becoming warm from the friction of the blender.

If you'd like some help with cutting a fresh mango, Lisa, on A Day in the Kitchen, peels and cuts her mango the way I do.

Sonja, of A Couple Cooks, has made a great video of how to cut a pineapple.

two glasses of creamy yellow smoothie with part of a banana and a cut pineapple around them

Substitutions

If you're out of any one of the three fruits in this recipe, substitute an equal amount of one of the others. You'll get a different, but pleasing result.

Equipment

Equipment can have a big impact on how a recipe turns out. While it takes only 20 seconds to process this smoothie in a high-speed blender, it might take a little longer in a regular one.

I like my Blendtec blender with the Wildside jar. It keeps returning all of the ingredients nicely into the blades. The blades aren't sharp, so they won't nick your spatula or cut your fingers during cleaning.

Storage

Store any leftover smoothie covered, in the refrigerator. Try to use it up within a day.

Top tip

Don't overly process your smoothie as the friction created by the blender might make it become warm.

Recipe FAQ's

Does mango pair well with pineapple?

Mango pairs beautifully with pineapple and other tropical fruits such as bananas, oranges, and grapefruit.

Is mango and pineapple healthy?

Mangoes are a good source of antioxidants such as vitamin C, so they support a healthy immune system. They also provide fiber, which is good for the intestines.

Pineapple is loaded with nutrients, antioxidants, and enzymes while remaining low in calories.

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