Pumkin Smoothie $1.53

A while back I stumbled upon a blog that I absolutely love. Its address is www.skinnytaste.com, and the premise behind the blog is the blogger had a difficult time finding out the weight watcher points in recipes, so she created a blog to include those numbers with all her recipes. Well, it is obviously a great site because it is in the top 2 food blogs on the internet. I like her recipes because they are obviously low in points, they look amazing,simple and many of them dont have super funky ingredients and I can work with them from a convenience store standpoint.
I found this pumpkin smoothie idea on her site, I tweaked it a bit because it called for Greek yogurt, and that I have never seen at my local convenience store, and she made pumpkin butter out of the pumpkin puree, and I thought that was too much work, so I just used the pumpkin puree straight out of the can. I loved it. I drink one almost every day and I swear not only do I feel revived when I have my afternoon fix, my skin feels and looks revived. That must be the beta carotene and vitamin A working. There are large amounts of both those nutrients in pumpkin and have been known to aid in keeping skin looking and feeling healthy, and can slow down the aging process. Beta Carotene along with alpha carotene, is also a strong antioxident and aids in keeping bad cancer cells away(yipee) Pumpkin also contains vitamin E another powerful antioxident, tons of fiber, which helps to control cholesteral and in turn is very heart smart, and vitamin C and potassium. There are no reasons not to eat pumpkin or drink pumpkin. When Im craving a healthy, filling sweet snack, this drink hits the spot.
My Convenience Store doesnt sell pumpkin puree all year long. It is strictly a seasonal item. Sometime in October I noticed it on the shelf, and now January 3 I found it on clearence for .88 a can. I stocked up on 10 cans. I have a bunch of recipe ideas other then pumpkin smoothies, so I am sure the cans will go fast.
Here is the recipe I found on www.skinnytaste.com.(altered)
makes 4 servings
1 can pumpkin puree-about two cups .88
1 cup milk .40
1 1/2 cup ice
1/4 cup brown sugar, or honey .20
1 tsp cinammon .05
put all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth
total $1.53 or .38 a serving