Ready for a fun new treat this fall?
How about a delicious and healthy pumpkin spice smoothie?
A little background on our recipe…
At the end of long day of driving on a road trip last summer, a Google search kindly came up with a healthier option when we searched for “ice cream near me,” and we found ourselves enjoying delicious and unique smoothies at The Maca Root cafe.
The Maca Root has a great variety of healthy smoothies, but the one we all loved most was the blue power smoothie… it tasted like eating a delicious cinnamon cookie… in a smoothie!
When we got home, we wanted to recreate this amazing smoothie… it took a few tries, but we finally got it, and our whole family loves it. We hope you will too!
Spirulina can be green or blue – the blue power smoothie at The Maca Root was a vibrant blue, but the spirulina we bought turns out to make the smoothie green. The calm green color of the smoothie reminded us of fairy tale pumpkins, hence our name for the smoothie. We also decided to use pumpkin spice in our smoothie, while the smoothie we had this summer just used cinnamon (both are great options).
Our fairy tale pumpkin smoothie recipe makes 4 small servings or 2 large servings. The recipe fits nicely into a 24 oz. Ninja blender cup. Simply check out the ingredient list, then follow along with our video to make this delicious and healthy treat! It’s full of protein and makes an energizing afternoon snack.
Ingredients:
4 scoops KOS vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup almond butter
1 tsp. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. maca root powder
1/2 tsp. KOS organic spirulina powder
1 banana (fresh or frozen)
12 ice cubes
1 cup almond milk
Please note, spirulina and maca root are touted as superfoods, but please do your own research to see if they are right for you and your family.
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