VEGAN PUMPKIN SPICE SMOOTHIE 6 healthy ingredients

Welcome back to my channel and another video. If you're new, my name is Sarah. I'm a vegan certified holistic nutritionist and I post videos all about how to live a happy and healthy vegan lifestyle. So make sure you subscribe down below for new videos every single week. So as you can see today, we're in the kitchen and I'm gonna show you how to make a pumpkin spice smoothie. Now, normally, I try to wait until October for pumpkin stuff, but like 2020 has been hard on all of us, right? So why wait any longer for pumpkin recipes? So today we're gonna make a really simple, super thick and rich and creamy sweet spiced pumpkin spice smoothie. All you need is six really healthy ingredients. It is super creamy and rich. Like I said, it almost reminds me more of like a milkshake than a smoothie. It's the best way to start any fall day. So I'm gonna walk you through this whole recipe with the full blog post with all the amounts and ingredients and all the details for this smoothie will be linked down in the description. Okay, so to start off, I just have some unsweetened almond milk in my blender. Any other unsweetened non-dairy milk would work just as well. I was thinking oat milk would probably make this like even thicker and amazing, but I just go with almond milk. Then once you got your liquid in the blender, you will need one frozen banana. I always freeze these whole rather than chopped up into pieces just so that I know I have roughly one when I put them in a smoothie. So I'm just gonna break this up and add it to the blender. Next, of course, is the star of the show. We need some pumpkin puree. Make sure the only ingredient is pumpkin. You don't want the pumpkin pie filling with a bunch of junk added to it. Obviously, this is gonna add tons of creaminess as well as tons of vitamins, a ton of vitamin A, and of course, gonna bring out the pumpkin vibes and the pumpkin spice flavor. Okay, then next up, I just have some ground flax seed as well as some protein powder in this bowl. I always use complement protein powder. It is the highest quality vegan protein you will find and all of my info for you guys to get a discount code when you order it is linked down in the description. I love complement because they don't add anything weird. No sweeteners, no gums, no heavy metals. They're third-party tested. All the good things. It's made with five real food ingredients. So, if you wanna check it out, definitely order using the link in the description box and my discount code so you can get a deal. But I add the flax seed just for all the nutritional benefits. Omega-3s, tons of anti-cancer compounds in there. So, just super nutrient-dense and then the protein is just gonna make the smoothie more satiating so you'll be fuller for longer and it also helps thicken it up a bit. Then last but not least, arguably the most important ingredient of all because you can put a ton of pumpkin into something and you won't taste anything at all really until you add the pumpkin spice. As you can see, I'm running low because I've already been making a lot of pumpkin goodies this year but this is of course just gonna bring all that really nice spiced, powerful, strong fall flavor. I go pretty heavy-handed with this just so that I taste mostly pumpkin spice rather than like pumpkin spice and banana but definitely do it according to your taste. So, that's it for the ingredients. Now, you could add one or two pitted dates to this just for extra sweetness. If you are someone who is trying to transition away from some of the processed like super sugary foods, you may need a little more sweetness in yours versus someone like me who is very used to eating no added sugars. This is definitely sweet enough for me. So, it totally just depends on your taste. If you wanna add a couple of dates in there, they would taste amazing. They have really like caramel-like sweetness which goes great with pumpkin spice. So, again, totally up to you but feel free to add a few dates if you want it a little bit sweeter. But that is it for all the ingredients. So, we're just gonna blend. Alright guys and that is it. So, here's my six ingredients. Super simple and healthy vegan pumpkin spice smoothie. I also added just a little bit more pumpkin spice on the top and it is gonna be so good. It's like the perfect transition, you know, from the warmer weather cuz it's still cool but it's not like freezing like most smoothies because the pumpkin puree isn't frozen. It's so so good. It's seriously like a milkshake. So good. Perfectly spiced and just feels so right for fall. So, that's gonna do it for this smoothie recipe. I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you do try this, seriously, let me know in the comments below. I'd love to hear what you think. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up and if you have any pumpkin recipe requests, let me know in the comments below. I will tell you though, I do have no bake pumpkin spice energy bites coming. I also have five ingredient pumpkin bread. I have pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting and pumpkin spice cheesecakes coming eventually. So, those are all already done or on my list but if you have anything else that you want to see that's related to pumpkin, definitely let me know in the comments. I love making recipes based on what you guys request. Okay, I'm gonna go enjoy this and I hope you guys have an amazing rest of your day. Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it. 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