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Blueberry-Mango Colada Salad
POSTED: 5:39 am CST January 15, 2007
UPDATED: 5:01 am CST January 20, 2012
Makes 4 servingsBlueberries are available just about year-round, so this treat is always ready for your menu. Mangoes are also becoming more and more prevalent in fresh form, and can be found frozen also!
2 containers (4.4 ounces each) fresh blueberries (about 2 cups) (see Tip.)
2 mangos, peeled, seeded, and sliced (about 1 ¾ cups)
¼ cup frozen piña colada mix concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon dark rum, optionalCombine the blueberries, mangos, piña colada mix and rum (if using) in a large bowl. (If you’d like to present the dish with flair, set aside 8 of the blueberries, 4 mango slices, and also cut 4 thin lime slices. Thread onto toothpicks for a garnish.)Spoon the mixture into 4 martini glasses or dessert dishes, dividing evenly. Garnish if desired.For more great piña colada recipes, just click here!
Paulette Mitchell, a culinary instructor, television personality, spokesperson, freelance food writer, and the award-winning author of 13 cookbooks, is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare recipes with gourmet flair. Paulette's most recently published cookbook is "The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet: Creative Cuisine Made Fast and Fresh." She is also the author of "A Beautiful Bowl of Soup" and "The Spirited Vegetarian," which was voted "Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine" at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards. Paulette says that international travel is her favorite source of culinary inspiration.
2 containers (4.4 ounces each) fresh blueberries (about 2 cups) (see Tip.)
2 mangos, peeled, seeded, and sliced (about 1 ¾ cups)
¼ cup frozen piña colada mix concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon dark rum, optionalCombine the blueberries, mangos, piña colada mix and rum (if using) in a large bowl. (If you’d like to present the dish with flair, set aside 8 of the blueberries, 4 mango slices, and also cut 4 thin lime slices. Thread onto toothpicks for a garnish.)Spoon the mixture into 4 martini glasses or dessert dishes, dividing evenly. Garnish if desired.For more great piña colada recipes, just click here!
Paulette Mitchell, a culinary instructor, television personality, spokesperson, freelance food writer, and the award-winning author of 13 cookbooks, is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare recipes with gourmet flair. Paulette's most recently published cookbook is "The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet: Creative Cuisine Made Fast and Fresh." She is also the author of "A Beautiful Bowl of Soup" and "The Spirited Vegetarian," which was voted "Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine" at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards. Paulette says that international travel is her favorite source of culinary inspiration. 
