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It is the season for MANGOS!

Hope you enjoy this as much as I do, cause

if I am going to OD on anything it will be this!

Let me suggest you serve it over chicken, pork or fish. It is also get as a dip with chips.

Real easy and oh, so yummy! IF my memory serves me correctly it is an adaption from a Bobby Flay recipe. Again, not science, add as much or as little of anything to suit your taste.

recipe:

4 ripe mangos cubed (the skin should look like a sunset)

4 scallions sliced

2 jalapeno peppers small dice this, one with seeds and one without

cilantro 1/2 cup of chopped

1 lime juice only

1 tblsp honey However if the Mangos are perfectly ripe and sweet you can leave this out.

3 twists of the pepper grinder

Mix it all together!

How to cut a mango

1. Cut down both side of the large pit in the middle

2. with the halves. Score it into cubes

3. Push the half inside out and slice off cubes

Health benefits of Mangoes

• Mango fruit is rich in pre-biotic dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and poly-phenolic flavonoidantioxidant compounds.

• According to new research study, mango fruit has been found to protect against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. Several trial studies suggest that polyphenolic anti-oxidant compounds in mango are known to offer protection against breast and colon cancers.

• Mango fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A and flavonoids like beta-carotene, alpha-carotene,and beta-cryptoxanthin. 100 g of fresh fruit provides 765 mg or 25% of recommended daily levels of vitamin A. Together, these compounds are known to have antioxidant properties and are essential for vision. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin. Consumption of natural fruits rich in carotenes known to protect body from lung and oral cavity cancers.

• Fresh mango is a very rich source of potassium. Potassium in an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.

• It is also a very good source of vitamin-B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin-C and vitamin-E. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful oxygen free radicals. Vitamin B-6 or pyridoxine is required for GABA hormone production in the brain. It also controls homocystiene levels in the blood which may otherwise be harmful to blood vessels resulting in CAD and stroke.

• Copper is a co-factor for many vital enzymes, including cytochrome c-oxidase and superoxide dismutase (other minerals function as co-factors for this enzyme are manganese and zinc). Copper is also required for the production of red blood cells.