mango? dates? ice cream?

[Guest guest]

I need some information about mangos. I read someone’s

post that mangos are high in nutrients, so when at the store today I decided to

buy one and see if my family and I like it. I found myself facing a decision –

they had yellow mangos and red – who knew there were two kinds? The

yellow ones were somewhat soft while the reds were hard as a rock, so I opted

for a yellow one, thinking it was more ready to eat. So, can the mango experts

here tell me what is the difference between yellow and red, and which is

preferred?

Also, I read in other posts that dates are a good natural

sweetener in smoothies, plus they contain good nutrients. But dates are dried,

or processed, right? The produce-specialty store I was at had only dried dates,

and also only dried figs. Can someone explain where fresh dates and figs can be

found?

I’m on a diet, so I’m trying to learn to eat new

foods that are not dried, are high in nutrients and low in calories. Any

suggestions will be appreciated.

Also, I’ve read some of your ideas for making ice

cream in the VM, but I am interested in knowing if it can be made without fruit

juice (such as grape). And someone said it can be made with Carnation nonfat

dry milk powder, but I can’t find a recipe that calls for that. What I’d

like to do is make sorbets and maybe ice cream using only fruit, a sweetener (I

do use artificial – don’t shoot me), and either the dry milk, water

or maybe nonfat yogurt. Is there such a recipe?

One more thing – is it possible to make an “ice

cream” using Greek yogurt and maybe unsweetened baking chocolate with a

sweetener, or yogurt with SF FF chocolate pudding mix?

Have I used up my quota of questions? (oops, that’s another

question!)

Bette