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PUMPKIN PECAN PIE GREEN SMOOTHIE RECIPE
Next time you’re at the pumpkin patch in autumn, pick up an extra pumpkin to blend!
Adding pumpkin to this pecan pie green smoothie makes it an anti-inflammatory green smoothie recipe.
Hello, healthy joints, organs, and soft tissues!
Add a little bit of almond milk and a couple of bananas and you’ll have an undeniably sweet as pie green smoothie on your hands!
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Pumpkin Pecan Pie Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water or coconut water
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup spinach
- 1/4 cup canned or fresh pumpkin puree chilled
- 1 bananas
- 1/4 cup pecans soaked and rinsed
- 2 Medjool dates pitted and soaked
- Ice
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, soak the dates in the almond milk for 20 minutes.
- If using a power blender: add all ingredients and blend until smooth.
- If using a regular blender: blend the spinach and almond milk mixture until smooth. Add the water, pumpkin, bananas, and pecans and blend again.
- All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments to enter our weekly photo contest! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes
Notes
Nutrition
PUMPKIN HEALTH BENEFITS
Not only is fall’s signature squash versatile enough to make delicious smoothies, breads, soups, and lattes, it also packs some powerful healthy perks…as long as you take it easy on the pie 🙂 See below for some wonderful health benefits.
- Feel Fuller. Touting only 50 calories per cup, mashed pumpkin has 3 grams of fiber, fiber keeping you fuller longer so you eat less overall.
- Boost Vision. A cup of cubed pumpkin contains almost twice the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, which promotes good vision, especially in dim light.
- Sleep Better. Pumpkin seeds are rich in tryptophan which contribute to after-meal sleepiness.
- Have a Healthier Heart.
- All that fiber can also help your heart.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Simple Green Smoothies by Jadah Sellner and Jen Hansard. Published by Rodale Books.
What can I substitute for the date?
Not a fan of dates.
Hi Rhonda! You can sub dates with any natural sweetener of choice. 🙂 Dates add a lot of fiber so just keep in mind using honey, maple syrup or another sweetener will provide less fiber to your smoothie. Hope you enjoy this one! Warmly ~ Tarashaun
The recipe sounds great, but I have a question. What in that recipe has trans-fats in it? I’m surprised there are any trans-fats in it at all! Thanks for your answer and for some great recipes.
Hey Pat! THANK YOU so much for bringing this to my attention! There are NO trans fats in this – there are healthy unsaturated fats but info put in the wrong place. 🙂 HAPPY BLENDING! ~Tarashaun
I recently watched a YouTube video how to freeze bananas.
Is it important to thinly slice bananas when you are going to freeze them ? Or does it work fine if you just cut one banana into 4 pieces ?
Hi Miguel, you could definitely cut into 4 pieces instead 🙂