Sunday, October 24, 2010

An Autumn Pumpkin Smoothie


This is a favorite family recipe! For an 'on the go' breakfast, I serve these to my family in plastic, disposable cups with a straw. What a delicious way to get Vitamin A! This smoothie was garnished with pineapple mint and spearmint.


1 cup vanilla flavored soymilk
or other milk alternative
1 medium banana, frozen and broken into pieces
*
1/3 cup solid pack pumpkin

a dash of cinnamon

1/2 tsp. stevia (or to taste)


Place all the ingredients in a blender. Blend until very smooth. Delicious! 


Serves 2.

*if you don't have a frozen banana ready to to, use a fresh banana instead and add about 3/4 cup of ice cubes to the ingredient list.

10 comments:

  1. This looks very yummy! I love pumpkin recipes; I'll be trying this one this week. Thank you! :)

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  2. MMMM, yum! Thanks for sharing. Mr. T is crazy for pumpkin so will have to whip him up one of these!

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  3. This sounds absolutely delicioso! Do you happen to have the nutrition breakdown for it? I'm interested in the calories, protein, carbs and dietary fiber. Tracking them these days!
    ~Adrienne~

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  4. I don't, Adrienne, but if you have a nutritional count book, you can figure up the nutritional stats for the pumpkin, banana, and the kind of milk you use. The stevia will be zero of all those things --- and if you want to reduce calories further, you can use ice water instead of the milk/alternative. The recipe serves 2. Actually, I love the pumpkin so much that I double it.

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  5. This sounds delicious, and my family loves pumpkin!

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  6. I was hooked on Samba juice's pumpkin smash drink until I learned was almost 600 calorie! I'm going with your drink instead!

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  7. Thanks for the info, LaDonna. I did think about calculating it myself. Will do and see what I come up with. Can't imagine how ymmy it will be!
    ~Adrienne~

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  8. This sounds so good, and it's so easy to make! I think I'll give it a try this next week. Thanks for sharing!

    Blessings,
    Martha

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  9. Wow! This is pumpkin? Awesome! This one looks so delicious. I would love to try this one.

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