Author Notes
use fresh roasted pumpkin in your
smoothie to make it thicker and get
a serving of fiber in your daily routine.
Pumpkin thickens the smoothie without it settling out to liquid and froth.
—Donna Rautenstrauch
Ingredients
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1 cup
Fresh roasted pumpkin or squash
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1.5 cups
Frozen peach slices
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.5 cups
Whole milk yougurt
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2 tablespoons
Honey, Agave syrup or maple syrup
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1/4 teaspoon
Cinnamon
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1 cup
1% Milk or milk variation
Directions
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Add all ingredients to high speed
blender, but put milk in first. Blend
one minute and pour and serve.
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Fresh roasted pumpkin and or squash:
Choose 5lb pumpkin and give it a rinse in the sink.
Prick the pumpkin all over with a paring knife. Take off
The stem and microwave for 10 minutes. Remove and
let cool until you can hold it. Cut in half remove seeds.
Take a sheet pan cover with parchment paper.
Roast 350' for 45 minutes more or less depending
on the weight of your pumpkin. Insert a knife to check
that it's tender without being dried out.
Cool and scoop out of the skins, discard skins. You don't have
to do anything else this is how it is used in smoothie.
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