Pumpkin "Pie" Super Smoothie: {Gluten Free + Vegetarian + Low-Carb}
The Fall is a magical time. Beloved squashes come into season to festively line the produce section of grocery stores while, in other corners of the store, ghoulish Lady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, Vampire, and Frankenstein Monster costumes haunt the shelves hoping for a chance for a great debut trick-or-treating on Halloween. The Fall is crisp, and warm, and spicy. It's like biting into a pumpkin pie, rich creamy and complex with warming nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and clove.
For the past week I've celebrated the coming on of Fall by drinking it up in the form of a Pumpkin "Pie" Super Smoothie. What a great way to indulge in Fall flavors every morning!
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| Fall Squash |
My Pumpkin "Pie" Super Smoothie is Gluten-Free, Vegetarian and Low-carb, and is made with organic pumpkin puree, 0% Plain Greek Yogurt, hydrated Chia Seeds, Almond Milk, a frozen banana, and those warming pumpkin pie spices I mentioned above, and Bob's Red Mill Hemp Protein Powder--a GREAT easily incorporated source of extra protein--that USED to be produced under Gluten Free certified conditions.
I'm sad to report that shortly after I got my batch of Hemp Protein Powder Bob's Red Mill issued a statement on their website saying that it is no longer going to be producing the product as Gluten Free. While I give Bob's credit for posting the change in production quality, I'm disturbed by the switch from producing a Gluten Free certified product to a non-certified product and disconcerted that many potential consumers who've used the Gluten Free certified batches produced in the past won't have any easy way to learn about the change in the production standards.
If you need an easy, Gluten-Free Hemp Protein replacement I've got you covered. Try blending Hemp Hearts--easily available at specialty stores or online--into a powder and still enjoy that extra boost of protein and Hemp's nutty flavor. This is going to be my new go-to solution for incorporating Hemp Protein into my diet.
I'm sad to report that shortly after I got my batch of Hemp Protein Powder Bob's Red Mill issued a statement on their website saying that it is no longer going to be producing the product as Gluten Free. While I give Bob's credit for posting the change in production quality, I'm disturbed by the switch from producing a Gluten Free certified product to a non-certified product and disconcerted that many potential consumers who've used the Gluten Free certified batches produced in the past won't have any easy way to learn about the change in the production standards.
If you need an easy, Gluten-Free Hemp Protein replacement I've got you covered. Try blending Hemp Hearts--easily available at specialty stores or online--into a powder and still enjoy that extra boost of protein and Hemp's nutty flavor. This is going to be my new go-to solution for incorporating Hemp Protein into my diet.
[Recipe] Pumpkin "Pie" Super Smoothie
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| Bob's Red Mill Hemp Protein Powder, formerly GF |
Ingredients--
- 1/3C. Organic Pumpkin Puree
- 1/3C. 0% Plain Greek Yogurt
- 4TBsp Hemp Powder (if no GF Hemp powder is available, grind Hemp Hearts into a powder in your blender)
- 2-3TBsp Hydrated Chia Seeds
- 1 Frozen Banana, peeled and chopped into sections
- 1/4C. (approx) Almond Milk (I used vanilla, no-sugar-added variety)
- 3-4 Ice Cubes
- Pumpkin Pie Spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove)
- Optional: Stevia or other sweetener
Directions--
- Blend all ingredients together in blender until smoothie consistency is achieved. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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