Howdy Ya’ll! (check out how southern I am! lol) Thanks for all your lovely compliments on my artwork from yesterday!
So since it’s fall, everyone is shoving their mouths with pumpkin, and pretty much all orange vegetables. But I’m not one to judge, because I’m doing it too. My mum and I found about a bazillion different cool squashes at the grocery store the other day, and are going to town. I think my skin might start to turn orange soon. Which will look terrible on me, as I’ve got red hair.
Anyway, I’ve got pumpkin seeping out of my refrigerator, as I can now make my own pumpkin puree! (And you can too! It’s super easy!) I used the last bit from my latest pumpkin to make a Pumpkin Pie Smoothie.
I know everyone and their mom has a pumpkin smoothie recipe, but I decided what the heck, I’ll throw one in there as well. It was amazing. It tasted like pumpkin pie filling. Without the crust. That you drank through a straw. Because who needs the crust?
It’s pretty simple. You just throw all of the following things into a blender and blend away:
4 oz. Silken Tofu
1/2 a banana
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1t maple syrup (optional)
1t pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup almond (or other non dairy) milk
I topped mine with cinnamon. Because you can never have enough cinnamon.
Like I said, it was amazing. Pie through a straw, yes please! It wasn’t too sweet either, you could add more syrup or agave or another sweetener if you want it sweeter. But I was drinking mine for dinner, so I didn’t want it too sweet.
Also, speaking of pie pumpkins, I was planning on making pumpkin fries the other night, and I went to slice open my pie pumpkin, but couldn’t do it. I tried three different knives. It was rock solid. All the other pumpkins I’ve cut open have been hard, but not impossible. I don’t know what’s wrong with this one. Is it not ripe? Does anyone know? Does anyone who reads this blog have pie pumpkin experience? I was so sad.
What’s your favorite way to eat pumpkin? Do you have any advice on my impossible to cut pumpkin?
yumm! looks so good!
i havent had a pumpkin milkshake type thing yet but i had a sweet potato smoothie!
A sweet potato smoothie? That sounds amazing!
looks awesome!!!
Totally bookmarking this! What a great idea, I think I have all of the ingreds too!
Whitney
Agreed. You can never have too much cinnamon!
I love pumpkin in my oatmeal. I’ve tried it in a smoothie with a banana and liked that as well. But there is something about the warmness in the oatmeal!
yeah, warm pumpkin is definitly the best! Especially in the fall when it can get really chilly outside.
I am definitely bookmarking this recipe, thank you for this
Does the tofu add a taste? Or does it just add texture?
Yeah, the tofu is just there for texture, you can’t taste it, which is probably a good thing in a smoothie!
Thank you for letting me know!
Oh my goodness, this looks 1,000x better than pumpkin pie!
Mmm I love pumpkin pie smoothies! I think butternut squash smoothies are even better.
My first thought to open your pumpkin is to smash it on the ground, but that’s probably not a good idea.
Haha, I thought about smashing it!
I tried a pumpkin smoothie once that was way too rich for me… but yours looks to be mellowed out a bit by the addition of the tofu. I will definitely have to revisit the idea! I love having so much pumpkin around this time of year, too!
OH MY GOSH this is like heaven in a glass!! Im definately making this soon. My fav way to eat pumpkin is pumpkin froyo!!
I just used a chef’s knife to cut a pie pumpkin into wedges (definitely a challenge but not impossible with a sharp enough knife), then used a paring knife to peel each wedge separately. Definitely a pain, but the result was worth it! Good luck!
This looks scrumptious! We are definitely all about pumpkin at Skinnyfat right now (except for when we’re all about mint chocolate chip cupcakes and butternut squash soup and pretty much food in general). Chocolate chunk pumpkin bars, pumpkin brownies, and we are just getting started. I will be making this for sure!