I love melon and I love smoothies. Not necessarily for breakfast, and not only during the hot summer months when ice-cold drinks seem nothing less than heaven-sent, but just about any time I feel like it.
But melon can be monotonously sweet. I usually pour in a teaspoonful of calamansi juice to add a refreshing zest to the sweetness of the melon. So, when I chance upon almost ripe mangoes — on the verge of sweetness but with a sharp tang of the sourness that it is about to discard (we describe as nag-aagaw tamis) — I ditch the calamansi juice.
Half a melon and one large or two medium not-quite sweet mangoes make the perfect smoothie. You get enough to fill two tall glasses. Double or triple the ingredients if serving to more than two people.
![Scooping melon flesh to separate from the skin](https://umamidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mango-melon-smoothie-1-1200x563.jpg)
Cut a medium-sized melon in half (you will only need one portion so set aside the other half). Cut the half melon into slices and scoop the flesh with a spoon or teaspoon, cut into cubes and dump into the blender.
![Scooping mango flesh to separate from the skin](https://umamidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mango-melon-smoothie-2-1200x563.jpg)
Slice the mango, discard the stone at the center, score with a sharp pointed knife to create squares then scoop out the flesh with a spoon or teaspoon directly into the blender.
![Adding ice and sugar to mango and melon in blender](https://umamidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mango-melon-milkshake-3-1200x563.jpg)
Add sugar (honey works too), pour in about half a cup of cold water and top with lots of ice. Pulse the blender a couple of times to start the processing. Then, set on low and process of about 15 seconds. Turn up the speed to high until the ice is crushed.
![Adding milk to mango and melon in blender](https://umamidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mango-melon-smoothie-4-1200x563.jpg)
Remove the cover, pour in about half a cup of milk and process on low speed for about five seconds. Pour the mango melon milkshake into drinking glasses and enjoy.
Mango and melon smoothie
![Mango and melon smoothie](https://umamidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mango-melon-smoothie-5.jpg)
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed semi-ripe mangoes
- 2 cups cubed melon cantaloupe, not watermelon
- sugar or honey, to taste
- ½ cup cold milk
Instructions
- Dump the cubed mangoes and melon into the blender.
- Add sugar (start with two teaspoons), half a cup of ice cold water and about six ice cubes.
- Process until smooth and the ice cubes are crushed.
- Pour in the milk.
- Process on LOW speed just until blended.
- Taste, add more sugar, if needed, and pulse a few times before serving.