Luscious Fruit Smoothie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks (juice pack)
1 large ripe mango
1 large ripe banana
1 (8 ounce) carton pineapple yogurt
fresh mint leaves or mango (optional)

Preparation

Drain pineapple, reserving juice.
Cover and chill the juice.
Peel mango and cut in half (cutting around seed).
Remove seed; discard.
Cut mango into chunks.
Peel and slice banana.
In a medium freezer-proof bowl combine pineapple, mango, and banana.
Cover and freeze 2 hours or until firm.
At serving time, in blender container combine reserved pineapple juice, frozen fruit, and pineapple yogurt.
Blend until smooth.
With blender running, add ice cubes, one at a time, through opening in lid.
Add enough ice cubes to fruit mixture to equal a total fruit-ice measure of 4 cups.
Blend until smooth.
Serve immediately.
Garnish with fresh mint and cubed mango, if desired.