Description
Don’t limit yourself to breakfast with this filling, healthy, milkshake-like smoothie. Try it pre- or post-workout, as a big snack, or even with a little whipped cream on top as dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Almond Or Oat Milk
- ½ cups Canned Or Homemade Pumpkin Puree, Frozen For Best Consistency (see Related Link For Details)
- 1 whole Small Banana, Peeled, Sliced 1/2″ Thick, Frozen
- ¼ cups Rolled Oats
- 2 Tablespoons Sunflower Seed Or Peanut Butter
- 1 teaspoon Pure Maple Syrup
- ½ teaspoons Cinnamon (plus More For Garnish)
- 1 Tablespoon Toasted Pumpkin Seeds (optional Garnish)
Preparation
To make the smoothie, add all ingredients into a blender (except pumpkin seeds) in the order listed. Blend until smooth, gradually increasing blender speed. You’ll need to stop and stir (or use the included stir stick with some high powered blenders) occasionally, because the frozen ingredients take a while to blend. The smoothie may take 3 to 5 minutes to come together. You can add more almond milk or use unfrozen pumpkin for easier blending, but the smoothie won’t be quite as thick.
Notes:
1. Toasted pumpkin seeds can be sharp, so I’d recommend eating them off the top of the smoothie before you get to the bottom, and omitting for children.
2. I used canned pumpkin puree, but homemade would work just as well.
3. Please don’t remove your blender’s lid to stir the contents while it’s running! It’s messy and dangerous.
4. In advance, chop and freeze bananas in a freezer bag and freeze pureed pumpkin in standard ice cube trays (about 2 tablespoon per cube).
