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“Hello, my name is Becky and I am a pumpkin addict.”
Yes, I confess. It is one of my favorite foods and fall is my favorite time of year. If you begin following my blog on a regular basis you will find an abundance of pumpkin recipes here, eventually. This tasty winter squash is so amazing and packed with nutrients I am afraid that I don’t think I can learn to live without it.
If I were stranded on a desert island, I would have to take pumpkin seeds with me and make sure that I could plant them and grow more. Have I confessed enough of my love from this glorious rooted food?
When pumpkin time begins to roll around every year I really just can’t wait to get my oven fired up to make breads, cookies and cakes. Yup, all those. I don’t just stop at the pumpkin bread, or smoothie for that matter. I must have it all.
I’m in the process of moving some recipes over from my old and not very “blogged” blog. This particular pumpkin recipe has been a favorite there. Last year, after my daughter was born, I was missing blogging something bad and started with another blog and later realized I didn’t really have the time to invest. I posted this recipe shortly after I purchased my Vitamix 5200
Make sure you keep this one handy. I might just go make me one right now. Just opened a can of pumpkin yesterday.
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
1 Banana frozen
1 cup pumpkin puree
2 T honey
2 ounces chocolate or chocolate chips — Find them here
2 T unsweetened shredded coconut
1 1/2 cup milk (preferable raw)
1 T Pumpkin pie spice
Directions:
Throw all the ingredients into a blender and blend well.
Yum!
Go ahead try it out if you dare. Watch out you might get addicted, make sure you have plenty of pumpkin puree 
I made the recipe as-is and thought it was overall pretty good, but I would make a few changes according to my smoothie preferences. First off, I want to mention that this recipe makes enough for 2 servings, something I didn’t think about the first time I made it. Also, I thought it would be helpful to mention that peeling and chopping a banana prior to freezing is helpful. I use fresh pumpkin puree that doesn’t come from a can so it’s a little more runny which gives reason to use yogurt in place of milk so the smoothie is thick. Surprisingly I didn’t like the chocolate flavor and texture which is surprising since I love chocolate.
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