Reboot - Smoothie - Pumpkin Apple

By BlueSchmoo

This smoothie tastes great cool or even warmed up for a treat (omit the ice and warm almond milk before adding to blender if making into a hot beverage).

Ingredients

• 1 cup/200 g. cooked pumpkin (or pumpkin from a box or BPA free can)
• 1/2 teaspoon/3.5 g. cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon/5 ml. honey
• 1 Tbsp./15 g. chia seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon/3.5 g. apple pie spice
• Dash of ground ginger
• 2 cups/500 ml. almond milk
• 1 apple, cored
• Ice, as needed

Details

Adapted from rebootwithjoe.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.) Roast pumpkin unless using boxed/canned pumpkin. To roast, preheat oven to 420 F/215 C, cut top off pumpkin and remove strings and seeds. Set seeds aside to roast as a snack.

2.) Cut pumpkin into 4 large pieces, removing bottom stem. Place flesh side down, skin side up in a baking dish. Add about 1/4-1/2 inch/1 cm. of water. Bake for 40-50 minutes until top of skin is brown and easy to remove from flesh. Scoop out pumpkin flesh and let cool. Refrigerate extra and use within 3 days.

3.) Add roasted pumpkin, almond milk, apple, cinnamon, apple pie spice, chia seeds, ice, ginger, honey to blender.

4.) Blend on high for at least 45 – 60 seconds, until smooth

5.) Pour into glass and garnish with chia seeds and cinnamon.

Substitutions:
Pumpkin: butternut squash, acorn squash
Apple: pear, peach
Apple pie spice: pumpkin pie spice, more cinnamon and ginger
Honey: agave nectar, maple syrup
Almond milk: coconut milk

NOTE: Nutritional Info below is based off of one 24 oz./600 ml. smoothie: