Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie
Pumpkin Smoothie
This smoothie is all about autumn, pumpkin and best of all it is low fat and healthy for you too. Pumpkin has so many vitamins and nutrients that are really good for you, even in canned form. The almond milk is terrific if you are lactose intolerant. And if you can drink milk or not, the taste is amazing. And guess what? It passes the ‘Stan Test’. My handsome hubby dislikes smoothies and I LOVE them! They are sssoooo good, but he doesn’t care for ‘blending up a salad to drink it’ as he puts it, or ‘a fruit salad’, etc., but would rather eat them whole. On the other hand I could drink smoothies all day long:) When I created this one and gave him a taste, HE LIKED IT! Wowsie and happy dance!!! I hope you enjoy it too.
Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie
Ingredients:
2 cups fat-free vanilla frozen yogurt
1/4 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling, just plain pumpkin puree)
1 cup light vanilla almond milk
2 Tbl. brown sugar Dash of nutmeg Pinch of cinnamon Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
Begin on a low setting and increase the speed. Blend until the ingredients are completely incorporated. Divide the smoothie into 2 glasses. 
Alternative Recipe- Ingredients:
1 cup nonfat Greek vanilla yogurt
1/3 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling, just plain pumpkin puree)
1 cup light vanilla almond milk
2 Tbl. brown sugar Dash of nutmeg Pinch of cinnamon *
1 frozen banana, I really like it in this drink
Directions:
Mix all together in blender and serve!
Carrie Groneman’s recipe. Copyright Carrie Groneman, A Mother’s Shadow, 2015
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We love smoothies here and I am a big fan of pumpkin spices drinks myself, so definitely am going to have to give yours a try now! Thanks so much Carrie for sharing!! 🙂
Janine, you will LOVE this and I added an option you might want to check out too. both are great and so healthy too.
Interesting choice for a smoothie! Never had pumpkin smoothie and can’t help but raise one eyebrow (like Stan)….I’m not sure I can drink a pumpkin, but of course, I haven’t even tried it yet! It’s probably the best tasting smoothie ever! I’m actually going to try this recipe and let you know what I think.
My kids and sister LOVE pumpkin so I had to come up with a smoothie right?! Let me know what you think Tasha, we all liked it here. Thanks for being brave – good for you!!!!
Carrie,
I have been trying to use a lot of almond milk. I know it must be better for you. The almond milk with the frozen yogurt, pumpkin and spices sound extremely delicious. I am going to try this soon.
Blessings,
Diane
Diane, I LOVE how this recipe turned out. I tried a smoothie at Jamba Juice and came home, tweeked ingredients and this is what I came up with. We really like it. Enjoy!
What a great sounding smoothie. Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday. Please share and join us again next week.
I really appreciate your stopping by Quinn and really enjoy your party. See you next week!
What a fun twist on smoothies! And it sounds tasty too! 🙂
I think you’ll love this one! I have this one almost every morning with it being fall, I really love the yogurt version.