Showing posts with label pumpkin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pumpkin. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Healthy Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

It's Pumpkin season! Pumpkins are an incredibly healthy but often overlooked food. Here are a few benefits:

Loaded in Vitamin A which helps your vision.
High in Fiber which helps in weight loss by making you feel full longer
Low in calories
Contains lots of potassium which makes it a great food to eat after a good workout. It will help restore the balance of electrolytes.
High in Vitamin C.

I made up this delicious and healthy pumpkin smoothie for the girls and I for breakfast.

Ingredients:
1 cup pumkin puree
1 cup nonfat yogurt plain or vanilla (I like vanilla)
1 cup nonfat milk or soy milk or rice milk
1 banana
A few shakes of pumpkin pie spice
Icecubes

Throw everything in the blender and blend. You can add more milk if you prefer your smoothie runnier. I added a few pinches of brown sugar to offset the slight bitterness of the pumpkin.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Rice Krispy Pumpkins

One of my hubby's favorite snacks are rice krispy treats. He made some rice krispy pumpkins with the girls for fall.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
4 cups mini marshmellows
6 cups Rice Krispies
Tootsie rolls
Green frosting

1. Melt butter over low heat, add marshellow and stir until completely melted. Add drops of yellow and red food coloring until marshmellows are desired shade of orange.


2. Add rice krispies and stir until completely coated.


3. Form into balls and stick a tootsie roll on top for a stem. Draw a leaf on with green frosting.

 


Saturday, September 29, 2012

National Coffee Day

Hey! Guess what today is? Yep National Coffee Day. A silly, but for us coffee addicts, a very important day. Mmm I love love love coffee. For Christmas last year my hubby got me a Mr. Coffee Kuerig machine. I did the K-cups for a bit and while they are so convenient they are expensive. I ended up getting this reusable cup which you can fill, brew, rinse out and repeat. Saves a bunch of money and you know I like that!
 
 
Well since its all about coffee day here is a roundup of some of my fav coffee recipes.


Iced Coffee Recipe

Homemade French Vanilla Coffe creamer

Copycat Mocha Frappuccino

Pumpkin Spice Syrup for Pumkin Spice Latte

Homemade Pumpkin Coffee creamer

White Choco latte

Amaretto Fudge Cappuccina