Pumpkin Pie Shake

Here's another delicious nutritious shake that can pass off as desert.
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This shake also contains something from each of the food groups in MyPlate

1 cup precooked pumpkin 

 

½ cup rolled oats (or rolled barley)

 

¼ cup stevia in the raw (or another non-sugar substitute)

 

1/3 cup powdered milk (or milk substitute)

 

1 scoop protein powder (whey or pea preferred)

 

1 large cored apple

 

1 teaspoon virgin organic coconut oil

 

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.

 

1 cup water

  

Blend well

 

Add approximately 2 cups ice for desired consistency

Blend well until completely smooth.  You may need to add just a few pieces of ice at a time and blend, then add more and blend to keep from breaking your blender.