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Mango, Tomatillo & Avocado Sauce
(Mango Tomatillo Guacamole Taquero) I have four favorite sauces in my taco repertoire: Mango-Habañero Sauce, Peruvian Cilantro Sauce, Tomatillo Sauce and Guacamole Taquero. This sauce combines all four and makes it into one smooth and creamy condiment. Bonus feature: it can soak up a handful of items on the way to becoming food waste. I…
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A vibrant and bold juicy proposition for using up your kent mangoes It’s peak kent mango season in Mexico and kent mangoes are incredibly juicy and sweet with vibrant orange flesh. Personally, they are not my favorite eating mangoes, they are far too sweet. But I quite like them for juicier and sweeter endeavors, like popsicles…
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Creative Mango Popsicle Recipes: Taste tested by adults, kids and dogs! Kids, adults, and even dogs, love the refreshing, ice-cold flavor of fresh fruit popsicles on a steamy summer day. A mango’s natural sweetness and tropical vibrancy is the perfect component for healthy, naturally sweet popsicles that you can eat day and night!
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A sweet & tropical blaze for your Memorial Day Cookout Every year in late spring, on the very last Monday in May, Americans celebrate Memorial Day. It’s a day where we honor serviceman who sacrificed their lives in American military operations. It’s a holiday that falls on the cusp of summer, and, for most, a…
Continue ReadingStrawberry- Rhubarb, Mango Compote
Rhubarb meets mangoes in this perceivingly exotic and versatile compote! In the old days, the processes of canning and jarring were essential to preserving the harvest well past winter. Today, as the world has access to most ingredients most of the time, preserving has become less essential and more of an exciting culinary trick. Making…
Continue ReadingMango Lemon-Lime Ginger Puree Soda
When life gives you ripe mangoes, make healthy soda…. We have a lot of recipes happening each week in the test kitchen for both Crespo Organic Kitchen and the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center. Lemons and limes are a staple item for us, but they can often turn wrinkled or hard (limes) or moldy…
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Lebanese garlic sauce with mango…. Toum is a Lebanese garlic sauce, made by emulsifying raw garlic into oil. It’s a sharp, bold alternative to mayonnaise that is traditionally served over meats and vegetables. The idea for this recipe came about because of a bad garlic purchase I made where about 4-5 heads started to go…
Continue ReadingHerbaceous Mango Mustard Sauce
No need for added sweetener, the mango give this a honey-mustard feel.. This is a super versatile sauce that improves everyday simple weeknight meals substantially. It uses up ANY kitchen herbs you might have laying around, and it tastes great. Brush it on baked chicken breasts or roasted fish fillets, use it as a salad…
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Earthy tumeric and sweet-tropical mangoes in a hot sauce, c’mon….. We had a big bag of mini peppers laying around from a class that got canceled, some old cherry bombs and a bunch of bits and pieces of fresh turmeric root left at the bottom of a bag that seemed worthless at first glance. Of…
Continue ReadingMiyagi Oysters & Mango Mignonette
The magic happens right when you think you went to far I can be quite obsessive with my desire to turn everything into a mango recipe or more importantly and opportunity to teach people that mangoes work in just about any type of recipe or cuisine. I really do not exaggerate their versatility and am…
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