Pumpkin is a great way to add fall flavors to your dishes and is a nutrition powerhouse. It’s not just for pies anymore. Add chopped pumpkin to your next batch of roasted veggies or add pumkin puree to muffins or smoothies. The flavor and appealing color aren’t the only benefits it will impart to your dish, pumpkin provides vitamin C, iron, zinc, vitamin K and is one of the best sources of vitamin A. So whether choosing a fresh, small sugar pumpkin or opt for the easy route and use 100% pure pumpkin puree in the can you really can’t go wrong.
Post-work out pumpkin smoothie:
This recipe was inspired from one I read on the Lululemon blog.I’ve made a few changes and come up with something that tastes better than the original recipe
½ cup pumpkin puree
1 banana
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 scoop of ground flax seeds
1 cup of ice
Dashes of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger
Blend until smooth and enjoy!
The new nutrition guidelines recommend 5-6 servings a week of red or orange vegetables for their anticancer, anti-inflammatory and heart health benefits. So find a tasty way to incorporate some pumpkin into your diet this week.
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