Print Recipe Pin Recipe. Servings 1 serving. Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish. The evening before you plan on making this smoothie, set the banana on a small plate in the freezer. Add pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and flaxseeds to a small bowl and cover with water.

Let sit at room temperature overnight. Drain seeds and transfer to a blender. Add frozen banana, almonds, almond milk, vanilla, turmeric, honey, almond butter and ice, blending until smooth.

Pour smoothie in a large glass and finish with a dusting of grated nutmeg. Tried this recipe? Tag brandiego on Instagram so I can check it out! Or, you could use a cup pumpkin puree if you have some. You can also use cooked canned pumpkin puree but, this won't then be a raw smoothie.

Banana - Not everyone enjoys bananas in their smoothies. Mango is a fab replacement and also adds colour. Wanna try something else instead? Try thickening your smoothie with a scoop or two of sea moss gel. Pumpkin seeds - If you're a fan of nuts, swap the pumpkin seeds for walnuts or pecans.

Dates - A tablespoon of maple syrup or date paste will lift your smoothie sweetness just as well. Almond milk - May be swapped with oat milk , coconut milk or any other dairy-free milk alternative.

Nut butter - Add in is a scoop of peanut butter, almond butter or pecan butter. Sprinkle chopped nuts or a sprinkle of chocolate powder on top just before serving.

Yogurt - For a pumpkin and banana smoothie with yogurt add a tablespoon of vegan yogurt for more tummy loving goodness. For sweet flavour pairings, try vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, maple syrup, chocolate, and cranberries, which all work really well.

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Jump to Recipe Print Recipe. Should I use raw or cooked pumpkin for smoothies? Both raw and cooked pumpkin can be used in pumpkin smoothies. What flavours compliment pumpkin? How to make Oat Milk.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe. Prep Time : 10 minutes mins. Cook Time : 0 minutes mins. Total Time : 10 minutes mins. Course: Breakfast, Snack. Cuisine: American. Servings : 2.

I love lucuma powder! It's a natural sweetener that I personally think is a great replacement for smoothies without bananas. Native to South America, this fruit is described as having the flavor of roasted sweet potatoes or butterscotch.

Lucuma is actually really nutritious as a natural sweetener as well. It contains a decent amount of fiber, is packed with vitamin C, and most of it's carbs are complex carbohydrates.

This means that it's a great sweetener for those who need to watch blood sugar levels and spikes, like people with a migraine disorder. It's fairly easy to find in most health food stores, like Whole Foods, but you can also order easily on Amazon as well.

What else can you use it for? Essentially to sweeten any smoothie or even in some baked goods. Pumpkin seed butter used to be a little more difficult to find than sunflower seed butter, but it's become more widely available, with brands like 88 Acres and Sprouts now carrying this in stores and online.

For this particular recipe, I used 88 Acres Roasted Unsweetened Pumpkin Seed Butter. You can also used the sweetened kinds, I just think the lucuma and mulberries give enough sweetness. Pumpkin seeds actually have numerous health benefits, especially for people with migraine disorders.

Not only do they offer a little extra protein in smoothies, but they're high in magnesium which is a natural migraine preventative. Natural antioxidants, like vitamin E , are really helpful at mitigating menstrual migraine attacks.

So this could be a good smoothie to add in before the start of your cycle. It's also fairly easy to make your own pumpkin seed butter in a high powered blender or food processor. I recommend toasting them first in the oven, then blending cups with about 1 teaspoon of mild oil.

You want to pulse them at first to get it going, then start grinding continuously once they start to transform from grounds to a paste. From there you can leave your blender or processor running, pausing every minutes to scrape down the sides of the container.

Total it should take about minutes to transform into a smooth butter. If you want, you can just blend shelled pumpkin seeds otherwise known as pepitas into your smoothie, but I do find pumpkin seed butter lends itself to a thicker smoothie while being much easier to blend smoothly.

This smoothie is a little on the thin side, so using a good amount of ice helps to bulk it up a bit. Another option is to use frozen riced cauliflower, which just adds some creaminess and texture but the flavor is masked by the lucuma powder.

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This is so delicious and energizing!! First time trying mulberries, yum! Thanks for introducing me to such great foods, Alicia! Excited to try this, but am having trouble finding both mulberries and lucuma powder at stores in my area. Any recommendations on brands to look for online, or, subs?

Thank you! I usually get navitas or terrasoul on amazon if I can't find at whole foods. You could sub honey for one or the other but I wouldn't sub for both!

Changes the flavor too much. You'll use them a lot in smoothies after buying - I promise! This smoothie is so good! I sometimes make it for an afternoon snack or even as a little dessert when my sweet tooth tries to kick in!

I love it!! In fact, over the past ten years, you will have noticed a great increase in vegan protein powders that use pumpkin seed protein as a main ingredient. Pumpkin seeds are such a great ingredient for both men and women — they contain protein, zinc, magnesium, iron, fiber and healthy fats.

And this Blueberry Pumpkin Seed Smoothie includes Tbsp of delicious pumpkin seeds. You can even add more as the topping if desired! One must for the pumpkin seeds , for maximum flavor is to NOT use basic unsalted pumpkin seeds.

That means buying specific brands…. For max flavor, use a salted, raw pumpkin seed. So a straight up raw and unsalted seed will not do much for flavor, but you will still get the nutrition benefits.

If you choose to use basic raw pumpkin seeds for this Blueberry Pumpkin Seed Smoothie recipe — add a pinch of salt yourself to boost that contrast of salty sweet flavor. To maximize protein, I use soy or pea based milk in my smoothies.

I find that almond or rice milks can be a bit too watery for smoothies. And if you ant to boost protein even more, add in some hemp seeds, your fave unsweetened protein powder or simply add more pumpkin seeds. Hey there!

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Leave a Comment Jump to Recipe. Wild Blueberry Smoothie with Pumpkin Seeds. This thick and frosty purple smoothie contains wild blueberries, pumpkin seeds and banana.

click the stars to rate. Prep: 2 minutes mins. Cook: 3 minutes mins. Total: 5 minutes mins. Servings: 2 servings. Ingredients 2 bananas , frozen 1 cup wild blueberries , frozen 1 ¼ cups soy milk 2 tablespoon raw sprouted pumpkin seeds Topping: More pumpkin seeds.

Instructions Add the non-dairy milk and pumpkin seeds to a high speed blender.

I added pumpkin spice to this recipe to give it a hint of fall flavor and warmness from cozy spices. Making homemade pumpkin seed milk is super easy. Simply add the pumpkin seeds to a high-speed blender with filtered water, maple syrup, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice and salt.

Blend on high for minutes until smooth and creamy. It will be a light shade of green and this is totally normal because of the pumpkin seeds! I recommend refrigerating before use as it tastes best cold. I love pumpkin seeds on salads, grain bowls, and oatmeal but pulsed into a milk?

This seed milk has a really creamy mouthfeel and does in fact taste like pumpkin seeds. The added sweetener and salt really help to balance out the bitterness of the pumpkin seeds and give it a balanced, mellow flavor.

Or if you were trying it not knowing it was made from pumpkin seeds, you would definitely be able to figure it out based on the taste. Store pumpkin seed milk in a sealed glass jar in the fridge for up to a week. Separation is natural, so just give it a good shake before you want to use it.

In terms of pumpkin seeds, I also recommend storing them in the fridge for maximum freshness. The oils in pumpkin seeds can go rancid after a while so just like nuts, storing pumpkin seeds in the fridge helps to keep them fresh. You can use pumpkin seed milk just like you would use regular milk or nut or oat milk.

Here are a few different ways I recommend using it:. Not only is it super high in magnesium which helps us to relax and has been linked to increased sleep quality , but it also contains tryptophan small amounts and zinc which plays a beneficial role in helping us sleep as well.

A post shared by Maggie Michalczyk, RDN onceuponapumpkin. And if you make this recipe, please tag me or comment here how you liked it. I wanted to make the pumpkin seed milk and was wondering if I could use almond milk instead of water? Skip to content. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Recipe Index About Contact Subscribe search menu icon.

search icon. Facebook Instagram Pinterest RSS. Home Almonds, pepitas, sunflower seeds and flaxseeds are blended with almond milk, bananas, honey, vanilla, almond butter and ground turmeric.

by Brandon Matzek. Print Recipe Pin Recipe. Servings 1 serving. Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish. The evening before you plan on making this smoothie, set the banana on a small plate in the freezer. Add pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and flaxseeds to a small bowl and cover with water.