Showing posts with label fall treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall treats. Show all posts

Friday, October 17, 2014

Clean Eating Pumpkin Ice Cream

Clean Eating Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream


My family on my dad’s side is huge – he is one of 9 and they tend to host the most fabulous thanksgiving! One of the best parts is always dessert. A staple item is this delicious pumpkin ice cream. It is hands down my favorite. Now that version is true ice cream and it also has a piecrust so this is not quite the same. However, this was pretty delicious and reminded me of the ice cream we have there, although this ice cream is probably just a bit healthier. I was amazed how easy this treat was to make! My little boy LOVED it! He actually ate a bowl of it before I even froze it. Enjoy! 

Ingredients
·       1 cup pumpkin puree
1  1/3 cup maple syrup
·       1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
·       4 medium bananas, sliced and frozen overnight


Directions
Using a food processor, blend the bananas, pumpkin, maple syrup, and pumpkin spice thoroughly. Couldn’t be any easier! Stick in the freezer and enjoy 12 – 24 hours later!


Serves 6
Calories: 131 per serving
Total Fat: 1 gm
Saturated Fats: 0 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 5 mg
Carbohydrates: 33 gm
Dietary fiber: 3 gm
Sugars: 23 gm
Protein: 1 gm


Recipe found on The Gracious Pantry.com

Friday, October 10, 2014

Caramel Apple Shakeology



(Yes I know I spelled this wrong in my picture, I call it carmel but most say caramel, I guess it depends on where you grew up.) 

I couldn’t resist trying to come up with an alternative to one of my favorite fall snacks. If you know me, you would know that I love caramel apples, candy apples, chocolate dipped apples, Basically I love apples, but those fall treats tend to be my favorite. For the first time, I decided I was going to use an apple in my shake. I tend to stick to bananas or berries but this worked and it turned out pretty spot in regards to the flavor of a caramel apple. Let me know if you end up trying this one yourself!

Ingredients
1 scoop of chocolate shakeology
10 oz of ice
10 oz of water
4 oz of vanilla almond milk (I use the reduced sugar one)
½ apple chopped up
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 quick splash of caramel extract

Directions
Portion out the water, ice and almond milk
Dump into the blender
Add in extract, cinnamon and shakeology

Blend for 1 min and enjoy