Delicious fresh pumpkin pie in a glass – smoothie style. Yum! All of the delicious spices and flavors of pie in less than ten minutes. Who needs the crust? This smoothie is tasty!
This is my entry for the October The Recipe Redux. The theme this month is "Fresh from the Pumpkin Patch" – a challenge to use fresh pumpkin. This is a great topic for October as fresh pumpkins are everywhere in Minnesota. I like my smoothies thick, so add another 1/2 cup of ice or a bit more soy milk if you don’t. If you want it thicker, try adding half of a frozen banana.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup fresh pumpkin
- 1/4 cup raw cashews
- 1/4 cup soy milk
- 1/4 cup tazo chai concentrate
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 6 ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 2 tablespoon agave
- 1 cup ice cubes
Method
- Prepare the pie pumpkin by cutting it in half and removing the seeds. Roasting in the oven face down for 60 minutes at 350F or until the outside skin can be pierced easily with a fork. Scrape the pumpkin from the shell and let cool.
- Put the ingredients into a blender (I used a vita-mix) in the order listed. Blend on high until smooth.
- Serve and enjoy!
Makes about 3 cups or two servings.
Other Recipe Reduxers featuring fresh pumpkin:
Cherie Schetselaar - Grain Crazy - Fresh Pumpkin Risotto Alexandra Caspero- Delicious Knowledge - Pumpkin Enchiladas Katie Hamm - Healthy & Happy Hour - Pumpkin-Bacon Penne Alysa Bajenaru - Inspired RD - Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Fries Dr Barb, Nutriton Budgeteer - Pumpkin Chili Chicken Pizza Elizabeth Jarrard- Don't (White) Sugar Coat It - Vegan Pumpkin Soup Kristen Bourque- Swanky Dietitian - baked pumpkin oatmeal Marie Spano - Cream cheese Pumpkin muffins Regan @ The Professional Palate - Pumpkin Ravioli in a Walnut-Sage Cider Sauce Danielle Omar - Food Confidence RD - Pumpkin Goulash Emma @ The Hearty Heart - (Vegan) Cocoa Pumpkin (Whiskey) Mousse gretchen - kumquat - baked mini pumpkins Emma Stirling - The Scoop on Nutrition - Recipe Redux Chermoula Chickpea & Pumpkin Sliders Janel Funk: Eat Well with Janel - Pumpkin Pie Smoothie Nicole @ Whole Health RD - Kaddo Bourani - Candied Pumpkin with Yogurt and Meat Sauce Yuri - Chef Pandita - Pumpkin Apple Soup Lisa @ Healthful Sense - Pumpkin Cream Pie Filling & Pudding Jessica Fishman Levinson - Nutritioulicious - Recipe Redux: Pumpkin Pancakes Jane Schwartz, RD - Kat Lynch - Eating The Week - Pumpkin yogurt dip for waffle sticks Katie Caputo- East Meats West - Pumpkin Stuffing Serena @ Teaspoon of Spice - Whole Pumpkin Cheddar Gratin Kristina @ Love and Zest - Pumpkin Mash Carrie Miller - Nutrition Know How - Baked Stuffed Pumpkin & Pumpkin Orange Muffins Ann Dunaway Teh - Eat to Nourish, Energize & Flourish - Pumpkin, Squash and Apple Soup Kara Lydon - Peace, Love, and Food - Pumpkin Yogurt Dip Stephanie Howard - Give Them Something Better - Fall Harvest Chili Karman Meyer-Nutrition Adventures - Pumpkin-Potato Breakfast Hash Ayla Withee- Eat Simply - Salt and Vinegar Pumpkin Seeds Heather Calcote - Dietitian on the Run - Pumpkin Rosemary & Mushroom Quinoa Jill Melton-The Relish Dish - Ham and Cheese Stuffed Pumpkin EA-The Spicy RD - Pumpkin Pesto Bruschetta Liz Weiss & Janice Newell Bissex - Meal Makeover Moms' Kitchen - Ghoulishly Good Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin Diane Welland - Eat Well, Eat Clean - Pumpkin Cranberry Scones Rebecca Noseworthy - It's a Savoury Life - Fall Pumpkin Chili
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