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Fairy Tale Pumpkin Spice Smoothie

by sparkle | Nov 2, 2024 | Snack and Dessert Recipes

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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Creamy Strawberry Energy Smoothie

by sparkle | Feb 12, 2022 | Breakfast Recipes, Snack and Dessert Recipes

We are writing this in February, when it might be too cold where you live to enjoy a smoothie, but we find we sometimes like to have smoothies even on cold days. They are super fast to make for a healthy breakfast, and they can be a great snack to give you the energy you need to make it through a busy afternoon.

Our cream strawberry energy smoothie is packed with vitamins and protein... and it's pink... so enjoy on Valentine's Day or any day of the year. We give guidelines for measurements in the recipe, but once you have made this a few times, you don't really need to measure, you can just add approximate quantities of ingredients to your liking. We often make our smoothies quite thick (not much almond milk) and eat them like ice cream in a bowl, but you could add more almond milk to be able to drink them from a cup or sip with a straw.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page for some fun strawberry-themed activities too!

Let's make a smoothie!

Gather your ingredients:

Frozen strawberries
Almond milk
Natural peanut butter
Plain Greek yogurt

Optional:

Chia seeds
Protein powder

Gather your kitchen supplies:

Blender or food processor
1/2 cup measurer
1 Tbsp
Large spoon
Cups or bowls to serve
Spoons or straws

Time to measure and blend!

Step 1

Pour 4 cups of frozen strawberries into the blender.

Step 2

Measure 1/2 cup of peanut butter.

Step 3

Use a spoon to help to pour the peanut butter into the blender.

Step 4

Measure 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt

Step 5

Spoon the Greek yogurt into the blender.

Step 6

Pour in the almond milk. Fill to the 1 cup line for a smoothie you can eat with a spoon, or up to the 1.5 or 2 cup line for a smoothie you can sip with a straw.

Step 7

Put the cover on tightly!

Step 8

Press "pulse" or "blend" on your blender. Turn off the blender when well blended.

Step 9

Pour the smoothie into cups or bowls. This recipe makes about 4 servings.

Optional

Add a Tablespoon or 2 of chia seeds per cup and stir. If everyone likes chia seeds, you could also add them to the smoothie before blending it.

Optional

Add a half a scoop of protein powder per cup and stir. If everyone likes protein powder, you could also add it to the smoothie before blending it.

Step 10

Enjoy!

Click on the image to download our elementary strawberry math fun pages.

Be sure to print it in the "landscape" orientation.

Click on the image to download our homemade strawberry smoothie coloring page.

Our 10 year old loves to make coloring pages for her siblings, and now she makes them to share with you too! Thank you for coming to sparklesandsprinkles.blog today!

Fairy Tale Pumpkin Spice Smoothie