Healthy Recipes for Summer's Freshest Ingredients

Mangoes

Touted for their exotic sweetness and terrific taste, mangoes have obtained an almost holy status in India, where some brush their teeth with the twig of the fruit on sacred days. But you don't have to resort to such practices to round up this fruit's benefits -- simply ingesting one will provide you with at least 20 percent of your daily needs of vitamin C, says Sari Greaves, RD, National Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

Nutritional information
1 cup, sliced: 107 calories, 0g fat, 28g carbohydrates, 3g fiber, 1g protein

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