Pumpkin Smoothie
It’s pumpkin season! I saw the original version of this Pumpkin Smoothie recipe in Food Network magazine and I was intrigued. I’ve used pumpkin in a lot of ways, sweet and savory, but I’ve never thought of making it into a smoothie. A latte or a milkshake? Sure. But a smoothie? Nope…and mixing it with banana? Interesting. I fooled around with the quantities of ingredients a little bit based on what I had on hand and making it lighter and I think it turned out great. It definitely tasted like a smoothie; fresh, cold, thick, fruity and sweet without being over-the-top, but the pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice gave it a really fun Fall twist. This smoothie is filling and a great way to get some fruit and dairy in at breakfast, lunch or for a snack. Mix a little Autumn into your smoothie this Fall and you won’t regret it!
Pumpkin Smoothie
Yield: 2 (1-1/4 cup) servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 (5.3 oz) container nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt (I used Dannon Light & Fit)
- 1 medium banana
- 1 ½ tablespoons honey
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tablespoons fat free Reddi-wip
Directions:
- Place all ingredients except the Reddi-wip into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into two glasses and add a tablespoon of Reddi-wip to the top of each. Sprinkle with additional pumpkin pie spice if desired.
MyWW SmartPoints per (1 1/4 cups) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 8 SmartPoints/ Blue: 8 SmartPoints/ Purple: 8 SmartPoints
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
5 per (1-1/4 cup) serving* (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
*If you choose not to use the Weight Watchers recipe builder to calculate your smoothie (in which case the banana and pumpkin are free) each serving of the smoothie will be 3 WW PointsPlus.
Nutrition Information:
179 calories, 38 g carbs, 27 g sugars, 1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 8 g protein, 5 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
adapted from Food Network Magazine
Oh man this looks good. Your choice of glass jar and green striped straw really make this a gorgeous picture.
I’m going to ask my WW leader at my class next week what her advice is about counting is as 3 WW P+ versus 5. It’s tricky territory, and I appreciate you bringing up the difference. If I find out something useful, I’ll post another comment. This recipe looks great, as do all your recipes! Thank you so much!
Epic! Can’t wait to try!
I was just thinking about 5 minutes ago that I need to find a good pumpkin smoothie recipe, since, let’s be honest, pumpkin makes everything better. I think I see lunch right here. 🙂
Can you give a substitution for the banana in the recipe?
I freeze my pumpkin in ice cube trays so I can make these all winter. I also freeze my over ripe bananas for using in smoothies. Make the nice and thick, like icecream.
I just wondered if you count the fruit in your smoothies Emily, or do you count them as free..? I was wondering what your advice was on this subject.
looks tasty…but smoothies should be healthy…not canned veg with whip cream.
Made this for my smoothie today. I used frozen banana. Why is canned pumpkin not healthy? I did not add the whipped cream.
I substituted Vanilla Almond Milk for the yogurt because I am dairy free. It did not turn out well. I ended up throwing it out.
Emily you did amazing work and pumpkin smoothie is looking delicious.
thank you so much