The time has finally arrived to announce the winner of the Mango Challenge, my first recipe challenge in celebration of my upcoming one year blog anniversary and in recognition of my time in Brazil where I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy mangos at their finest.
Thank you to everyone who participated! I have to apologize for the delay. Getting the results out on a holiday weekend was a bit ambitious on my part and I was only able to get to work this evening.
I had 12 people participate with 18 recipes. Each and every entry was creative and delicious! I have some outstanding recipes to share with you. Get your bookmarking tool ready!
I was pleasantly surprised by the wonderful diversity in recipes I received from morning coffee cakes, to rich cultural treats, to elegant restaurant- worthy desserts. Thank you again to all those who participated and made this event so much fun!
I present to you the Mango Challengers and their outstanding recipes!
Marian, the About.com Guide for South American Food, submitted four wonderful treats incorporating mango with exotic fruits and old favorites. From tarts to cake to tasty morning muffins you will find something you like in her list. If you are interested in South American Cuisine her blog is a must read, by the way.
Mango Passion Fruit Tart
Mango Passion Fruit Pound Cake
Mango Mousse Cake
Mango Blueberry Muffins
Sweta from Bonne Nutrition shared so much of her culture with me through two amazing, traditional treats modified to fit the ingredients she 
had
available – Sweet Mango Dosa and Mango Peda. Now I just need to find those Indian varieties of mangos she keeps telling me so much about so I can make them myself!
Tracey from Tangled Noodle topped that chicken and sandwich I have in Brazil with her Caju-Mangga Chicken Sandwich. It is a wonderful variety of ingredients combined into a unique (and beautiful) sandwich. I will be making this soon while I am still in the land of mangos, cashews and coconut milk!
Rebecca from Chow and Chatter showed off her Mango and Ginger Cake. The perfect addition to any breakfast with a warm cup of coffee. Topping it with mangos and pineapple give it a tropical twist.
Angela from Spinach Tiger took frozen treats to a new level with her Mango Lime Rosemary Frozen Custard. Equally as intriguing was her method for making it without an ice cream maker.Shrimp with Mango
Curried Quinoa Salad with Mango
Chilled Mango Soup
Spiced Mango Fried Ravioli with Lavender Syrup by Natasha from 5 Star Foodie!
It was such a tight competition, but in the end the judges felt that Natasha’s recipe was not only unique and delicious, but it ranked the highest regarding the criteria of presence of mango, creativity and use of real ingredients.
Thanks again to all those who participated!
Wow, I am so excited and honored to win! Thank you so much! I am really looking forward to experimenting with these wonderful ingredients from Brazil!
5 Star Foodie, that looks delicious!
And Lori, I’m so bummed I didn’t get to participate! I even made one thing to test out, but it didn’t taste quite right. And then I jsut ran out of time before I could do another test run. 🙁 Hopefully, next time I can participate! Thanks for hosting this…I kept seeing mango recipes around the web, and wondered which ones were submitting their recipes to you!
Congrats 5 Star Foodie!! And that was a great roundup Lori!! 🙂
oh my gosh! Outstanding recipes. Congrats to the winner. I also really want to try the Mango Mousse Tart and the pancakes
Congrats 5 Star Foodie, yours is michelin star worthy, lol wow great to see the round up of all the recipes, lots of folks can really cook, love it Rebecca
Congratulations, 5 Star Foodie!
And thank you, Lori, for hosting such a fun event. The entries all look delicious and given my love of mangoes, I look forward to trying them out!
5 Star – Congrats again! Thanks for participating.
Ria, Chow and Chatter, Tangled Noodle – I was a really tough competition. Thanks so much for participating. Your recipes were wonderful!
Mindy – No problem! Honestly, that happens to me all the time. The date comes and I realize I’ve missed it. There will be more. Hosting was a lot of fun!
Erica – I now have a ton of cooking and baking to do. Weren’t the entries great?
What great recipes!! Congrats to Natasha-that looks so yummy!!
Congratulations to Natasha!! Everything looks really delicious!!
Congratulations Natasha…she always has great creative recipes!
Lori – I had fun testing and coming up with the recipe. And now I have lots of mango recipes to try.
To five star foodie. Congratulations. A nice sophisticated entry. I love all kinds of ravioli, the more interesting, the better. Your photo is awesome.
Everyone did a great job, and thanks to Lori for hosting this.
Congrats Natasha! All the mango recipes look great.
Thanks for the fun contest.
That one was going to be my guess as the winner.. but they all look so fantastic. Don’t know which one I want to try first!
Oh my gosh, look at all those fabulous mango recipes! Bookmarking 🙂