Real Pumpkin Spice Something-Something :D

[Bob Hubbard]

Ok, it's time for "Everyone has a pumpkin spice somethingsimething" time of the year.

Most of those are made with a lot of not-great-things because, well, preservatives, thickeners, mass production and all that stuff.
Also sugar. Lots n lots of sugar.

So, Want a -real- pumpkin spice drink?

Ingredients

½ cup pumpkin puree
1 frozen banana
1 cup almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk or cow milk.
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup, more or less to taste
¼ tsp vanilla (real, not artificial)
¼ tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp allspice
1 shot espresso (Optional) (balance coffee with milk for 1 cup total liquid)
½ cup ice

Directions

Puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

Makes about 2 servings, around 140 calories each.

 

[ST1Doppelganger]

Hmm i might have to try this even though I don't care for pumpkin.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

The pumpkin taste to me was mild. You can make it more bananay, replace 1/4 cup of pumpkin with another 1/2 banana. Give the spices an extra pinch to up the intensity.

I haven't tried this yet, but I've got some Wegmans vanilla flavored coffee, gonna make it and use that, see if it gives a different note to things.

My first pass through I used cow milk as I'm out of almond milk right now. My plan is, work on some variants, see how they compare.