Enjoying Mangoes with After-School Snacks and Spiced Mango Muffins

A favorite around here since I first placed mango slices in the Little Lady’s mesh “baby” fruit feeder, mangoes are a year round staple in my kitchen.  They’re cheap and versatile, easily added to smoothies or diced for a quick, palate-cooling salsa to pair with a spicy Chipotle Quinoa.

But there is more to mango than sweet soft fruit.  At only 100 calories per cup, mangoes are a diet-friendly way to get 100% of your daily recommended vitamin C, 35% of your daily recommended vitamin A and 12% of your daily recommended fiber!

That’s right — this could nearly be called a power fruit!

As I gear up for the back-to-school season, brainstorming lunch and snack ideas, I love turning to mangoes for a healthy, whole-foods way to get vitamins into the Kidlets.  Last week, I handed the kitchen tools over to the Husband and let him and the Little Lady whip up Turkey and Mango Skewers.

(as this video proves, ANYONE can cut up a Mango! For tips or video how, along with recipes, visit the official Mango website. Yup — this fruit has its own site!)

Is there a recipe for these?  Um, no — it is simply cubed mango and deli-turkey on child-safe skewers.  I think everyone can figure that out without a recipe.

But, I DO have something else for you.  I used the leftover diced mango from our snack to bake some Spiced Mango Muffins for breakfast the next day.  THESE were a HUGE hit with the kidlets.  I think Mr. Boy ate three.  But, then again, he is a bottom-less pit in the mornings and nearly eats me out of house and home by 9 am each day.

(sigh … and he’s only 2!)

I pulled some of my favorite fragrant spices for this muffin: cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg.  I had my fingers crossed they would work well with the sweet mango, without overpowering the fruit.  And work well they did!

A Word to the Wise: don’t get stuck in a Facebook warp while baking … or you might end up with slightly over-done edges like my muffins have.  Thankfully, I remembered I was supposed to be cooking — just in time — and pulled them before the rest of the baked good darkened.  But, no worries — they were still amazing and gobbled up by Mr. Boy.

Spiced Mango Muffins

Spiced Mango Muffins

Ingredients

1. 1 and 1/2 cup of diced fresh Mango (roughly 1 mango)
2. 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
3. 3 teaspoons Baking Powder
4. 1/2 teaspoon Salt
5. 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
6. 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cardamom
7. 1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
8. 3/4 cup White Sugar
9. 1 Egg
10. 1 teaspoon Vanilla Paste or Vanilla Extract
11. 1 cup Milk
12. 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and spices.
3. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with fork or whisk, and then stir in the milk, vanilla and oil.
4. Make a “well” in the flour mixture and then pour all of the liquid mixture in.
5. Mix the dry and liquid ingredients until just moistened. (batter will be somewhat lumpy).
6. Fold in the fresh mango.
7. Divide the batter into prepared (with spray) muffin cups or a muffin tin.
8. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown.

Number of servings (yield): 12

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Recipe by Rachel Lacy.

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