Pumpkin

Jack-o’-lanterns aren’t just for carving. They’re for eating too! I don’t know about you, but I love pumpkin season. It’s that time of year where it’s pumpkin everything—pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and pumpkin pie smoothies. Yep, you read that right…pumpkin pie smoothies. Here in Texas, fall is pretty warm until November. So a cold pumpkin pie smoothie on hot fall day gets me in the holiday spirit.

Besides the wonderful taste pumpkin has, nutritionally, it gives you a reason to eat or drink it even more. Pumpkins’ orange color means they’re loaded with the antioxidant beta-carotene, which is one of the plant carotenoids converted to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is essential for healthy, glowing skin, strong eyesight, and our immune system. Pumpkins are also high in vitamin C. With cold season around the corner, this is just the protection we need.

This pumpkin pie smoothie will bring that fall feeling with every sip you take. so break out the blender and mix one up this season!

It’s only natural to add unnecessary junk—salt, butter, sugar, and a variety of sauces—to already perfect foods. I’m guessing we’re all guilty of it at one time or another. It might be an American thing to do, but whatever it is, I’m willing to bet if we took those items away, we’d be pretty pleased with the outcome. That’s why l love juicing. Nobody (or at least nobody I know) adds junk to their juice. Basically, it all comes down to combinations and not being afraid to try new things…like pumpkin!

Believe it or not, you can juice a gourd. Most of us have only cut the tops off, dug out the seeds, carved a scary face, and stuck a candle in it. And maybe a few of us have even baked some seeds. But there is so much more that can be done with this superfood—pumpkin puree, pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, and pumpkin bread, just to name a few. But if you love the taste of pumpkin, then you’ll absolutely go pumpkin-crazy for it in your juice. Just make sure to buy the right kind, the small “sweet pumpkin” used for baking, not carving.

Marzia’s Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Pumpkin Crush