It's that pumpkin time of year!
I had this for breakfast the other day, and then ordered my annual pumpkin spice latte.
Guess what? I think this one was better.
A 1/2 cup of pumpkin has 40 calories... wow, seems kind of like a calorie bargain to me for all that plus the vitamins too. This smoothie stayed with me all morning.
I made Coconut Pumpkin Soup the other day, and had a half can of pumpkin to use up.
Why are the big cans SO much cheaper than the small cans? I always seen to have leftover pumpkin at this time of year. Here's a great way to use it up.
Makes one thick smoothie!
1 cup of yogurt, nonfat Greek, or vanilla yoghurt would be great too (reduce the sugar)
1/2 cup pure pumpkin puree
1/2 cup milk (almond milk is nice too!)
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp vanilla
1-2 Tbsp of brown sugar, or some artificial sweetener
Throw it all in a blender and zoom it up! Add more milk if it seems too thick for your liking.
Some things are such a "duh".
Why didn't I think of that before?
I love, love, love artichokes and they make a creamy, somewhat low calorie soup that's ready in a jiffy.
Oh yeah!
This soup is easy and hopefully you have lots of this stuff already on hand.
Really, if you have a Trader Joe's by you, stock up on these canned artichokes because you can do SO MUCH with them.
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Artichoke and Roasted Cumin Dip or Artichoke Olive Cheese Bread or lots of other stuff that I see that I need to blog about! I was actually surprised I didn't have more on my blog with these artichokes, as I use them so often.
If you happen to have frozen artichoke hearts in your freezer, you could use those instead. I would use about 12 artichoke hearts, thawed. I'm not sure how that would affect the taste, you might have to add more lemon or salt. I also think this soup would be good without the yogurt, if you wanted to try that!
Makes about 6 cups
Ingredients
2 can artichoke hearts, drained
1 cup onions
2-3 Tbsp butter
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp fresh lemon zest
4 cups vegetable, or chicken, broth
1 cup nonfat yogurt, or cream, or sour cream
Salt & Pepper to taste
This is what it looked like slightly before I used my immersion blender, but a regular blender works too. Add the yogurt (sour cream or cream) and gently reheat. Serve at once.
