Don’t Miss Out

That’s what I like to see in the distance – a field dotted with orange. Head out to the pumpkin patch. Kick the fake pumpkin offerings to the curb and use the real stuff.

The carving is all fine and well, but what I do is save one that I don’t carve – just leave it on my porch until the day after Halloween. Then I carve it up to roast the seeds, and cut up pumpkin cubes to freeze – so I can enjoy pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin smoothies through the winter. Maybe you prefer the fake stuff, but if you don’t, here’s a great treat for a cold day.

Hot Pumpkin Spice Smoothie
1/3 cup pumpkin cubes
1 cup almond milk
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Dashes of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg
Steam pumpkin cubes.
Heat up almond milk.
Mix all ingredients in a blender.
Pour into your favorite mug.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Enjoy.