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Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie! An overnight smoothie filled with antioxidants, probiotics and protein. An energizing way to start the day! Blend the night before and eat the next morning.
Just letting you know, this Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie Recipe was originally published in November 2014. I retested, rephotographed and updated the content for you. Hope you enjoy it!
Merry day after Christmas lovelies! Yesterday I took a much needed break from the blog to relax and just enjoy time with my parents and the guy. My parents flew in Saturday just in time for the festivities. I taught spin class Christmas Eve morning then we had dinner here and opened gifts.
In the morning we were going to make healthy gingerbread pancakes but I ended up breaking out in hives Christmas Eve. The guy and my Mom had to run out for Benadryl in the middle of the night. I’m still dealing with the hives and trying to figure out what the cause is.
Christmas Day the guy and I took his girls to a movie then everyone came to my house for Christmas dinner feast. It was nice having everyone at my house, and feeding them. It was an early night, which is a good thing because my hives were in serious force. I’ve dealt with them my whole life. I always seem to become allergic to something every few years. Ugh…
Back to the usual grind today making recipes and catching up on a trillion emails. I swear the last few months between the new blog (which I hope you love as much as I do) and preparing healthy meals plans.
Okay, now for a yummy Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie! While I was going through recipes to get ready for my new site switch, I stumbled across this old recipe which was in much need of upgraded pictures. The old ones were sad! I took the opportunity to also give the recipe a few updates.
It’s already popping with cinnamon, pumpkin, ginger and nutmeg, but I decided it needed a kick of cloves to really give it a deeper flavor. I also gave it a protein boost by adding my favorite collagen to it. I’ve had a few of you ask me what the difference is between the collagen peptides and marine collagen.
Collagen peptides is made from cow skin, joints, etc. and marine is made from fish. The marine collagen generally absorbs better and has more omega-3 which is great for reducing inflammation, however, it does come with a fishy flavor.
And that’s it folks! Here’s the smoothie recipe. Tell me what Santa brought you in the comments!
Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, not pumpkin filling
- 1/4 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats, or regular rolled oats
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, or milk of choice
- 1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 scoop collagen, or protein powder
- Liquid stevia , to taste
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Place in a covered glass in the refrigerator overnight or make and drink the day of.
Notes
- This smoothie is meant to be enjoyed as a meal replacement. Great for breakfast or lunch on the go!
- My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my nutrition clients.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It’s still pretty much summer weather here, so I’m staying on the smoothie train. As soon as it starts actually feeling like Fall, that pumpkin smoothie is HAPPENING! Thanks for the recipe!
Of course!
I love pumpkin smoothies! Always with extra ginger – so good for digestion and recovery!
I just recently discovered how much I love ginger with all my juicing lately.
Pumpkin espresso paleo bites!! YUM!! So much good food, can you come cook for me? Also love the idea of homemade trail mix, I need to throw that back into my weekly roundup!
I would love to cook for you! One of my favorite things to do for my friends.
espresso powder… WOAH i need to try! 😉
Espresso powder is amazing!
Wow can’t believe they lost your meals! When I don’t plan my meals in advance I tend to eat out. I find it easier to do that than go to the store and stock up. Luckily this month I only ate out three times. One of which was my sister in laws birthday. That is really good for me.
I don’t have many places I like to eat out at, but that would have been an easy fix too!
That smoothie!!! I usually don’t crave smoothies quite as much when the weather gets cooler, but this is the perfect fall recipe!
Hope you like it!
Ha! I never would have thought about a meal delivery not happening! Yikes! Seems like you did pretty good for yourself despite your meal planning going awry!
I am so grateful that I’ve never had any issues with meal planning..but I know that day will come and it is S-C-A-R-Y! Ok..not really! I tend to always buy in excess to prevent this…so my fridge is fully packed! Ha! I always make sure I have eggs, some fruit and sweet potatoes because I can have breakfast any time.
I usually have things on hand too. It was kinda weird for me especially since I was off work all week too.
Oh this smoothie sounds lovely! I’ll try it as a post workout snack 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Perfect for after a sweat sesh
I’d love to get that pumpkin espresso muffin recipe! Sounds awesome.
That little muffin was popular. I didn’t think anyone would like it!