Yes! Another pumpkin recipe – I still have leftovers J
But I can promise you this one is healthy. It’s another of
my dessert related smoothies which I have featured throughout the year. Have
you not seen them?
There has been a Black Forest smoothie, a Lemon Meringue Pie Smoothie, Hummingbird Smoothie, Apple Pie and a Carrot Cake one.
Since I started doing them, I knew I wanted to make a
Pumpkin Pie flavour. Pumpkin is everywhere at the moment – as it’s nearly Halloween
of course. And to kind of tie in with that, I decided to make this smoothie a
green one - all witch-skin toned.
Green smoothies are even healthier than normal ones, lots of
hidden gems in the ingredients which give them their hue. All sorts of veg can
be used – such as kale or bok choy. But my green of choice is spinach. Packed
full of iron and other nutrients, it also gives smoothies a deeply vert tinge.
To make this smoothie I used oat milk, which is packed full
of fibre and has no dairy. You could use almond, soya, whatever you have. I used
the canned pumpkin and the fruit of choice was a banana.
And to give it that authentic pumpkin pie taste – spice. I added cinnamon, nutmeg and ground ginger.
The spices too have lots of health benefits which you can
read about in the Carrot Cake post.
I popped all of the ingredients in my fantastic Optimum 9400 from Froothie and let it do it’s thing.
The final drink tastes like pie, is refreshing, fills you up
and gives you a great green ‘tash after you drink it…enjoy!
Disclosure Statement: I received the Optimum 9400 free to review. Any opinions expressed are my own.
Green Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Healthy green smoothie with the flavours of a pumpkin pie
Ingredients
- 250 ml oat milk (or other non-dairy)
- 100 grams canned pumpkin
- 1 medium banana
- two LARGE handfuls spinach leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- water
Instructions
Place all of the ingredients (except water)in a power blender and blitz until smooth. If it is too thick add water until you get your desired consistency.
Serve in glasses with a sprinkle of cinnamon to garnish.
Details
Prep time: Blitz time: -Total time: -Yield: 2 glassesDisclosure Statement: I received the Optimum 9400 free to review. Any opinions expressed are my own.
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DeleteWhat a great use for a bit of leftover pumpkin puree! Being an ex-pat American it is in my DNA to hoard pumpkin puree (truly!) but I've not put it in a smoothie before. Love this Froothie-friendly idea, Stuart. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kellie. I just wish we could get pumpkin more readily here x
DeleteHey I just love this idea! I have never added leftover pumpkin puree to my homemade Green energy drinks. This is such a great idea to make use of leftovers. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post!
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