Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie Recipe

Put a jolt into your morning or perk yourself up during a mid-afternoon slump with this Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie!

With all of the pumpkin recipes flooding the internet starting in October, I was feeling some serious blogging peer pressure to get my pumpkin game on. However, my seasonally-rigid brain told me that I had to wait until October. No Christmas music before December 1st (I get that one from my mum), no Thanksgiving commercials before Halloween, no counting your chicken before they’ve hatched. And no pumpkin before October! Rules are meant to be followed, people.

And so on October first, I headed to the store to stock up on pumpkin. And now it’s time to go crazy – Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Latte Muffins (a fall favorite around here), Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls (these were such a surprise hit), Whole Wheat Oat Gingerbread Pumpkin Pancakes (a weekend “must”) and Pumpkin & Chicken Enchiladas (seriously, try them).

The inspiration for this smoothie came from my Healthy Coffee Banana Smoothie, which is one of my favorite ways to get a jolt during a mid-afternoon slump. Considering all of the craze about Pumpkin Spice Lattes, I figured that tweaking the smoothie with some pumpkin would be a good move. It took a little finagling to get the right combination of flavors – not too much tartness from the yogurt, just enough sweetness from the banana and agave nectar and a richness from the vitamin-laden pumpkin.

A few attempts later, the perfect coffee smoothie emerged. Just in time for pumpkin season.

For another smoothie with a banana twist, check out my Banana & Peanut Butter Smoothie on The Pioneer Woman’s site (where I’m a regular contributor for the Food & Friends section). Plus, I include my tips on How to Freeze Bananas for smoothies and baking.

Banana & Peanut Butter Smoothie

Other healthy pumpkin recipes:

Cookin’ Canuck’s Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls
Cookin’ Canuck’s Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Latte Muffins
Amy’s Healthy Baking’s Pumpkin Pie Protein Overnight Oats
My Whole Food Life’s Pumpkin Granola Bars
Healthy Delicious’ Slow Cooker Lentil & Pumpkin Chili

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it on Instagram! Just use the hashtag #COOKINCANUCK and I’ll be sure to find it.

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie Recipe

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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size	8 ounces |
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 146kcal Calories from fat 12
% Daily Value
Total Fat 1g	2%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Transfat 0g
Cholesterol 4mg	1%
Sodium 32mg	1%
Carbohydrate 27g	9%
Dietary Fiber 4g	16%
Sugars 18g
Protein 9g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

Preparation 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Put a little jolt into your morning with this healthy pumpkin, coffee and banana smoothie!

Serves Serves 4     adjust servings

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup brewed coffee, chilled
• 1 ripe banana
• 1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
• 1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 tbsp ground flax seed
• 8 tsp agave nectar or honey (or to taste)
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 9 ice cubes

Instructions

1. Place all of the ingredients in a heavy-duty blender.
2. Blend until smooth. Serve.

by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

Recipe Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 4 (Points+), 2 (Old Points)

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