It’s Fall and pumpkin and pumpkin spice is in the air! So how could I not bring a Pumpkin Spice Smoothie to you today?
This week is all about my favorite things. . and lately – although it’s hard to tell from my Instagram feed– I’ve been on a heathier kick. I usually have a fruit + yogurt smoothie in the morning, about an hour or two before I run. Almost everything in moderation + exercise right?
These smoothies could not have been possible without my new KitchenAid® 5-Speed Diamond Blender.
I love this baby! This thing can stir, chop, mix, puree and liquify, with pulse 1-5 settings and a crush ice mode. Say that 5 times. This blender is tall but it still fits on my counter just fine, right under my cabinets. And powerful!! With a “robust motor, unique one-piece, BPA-Free diamond pitcher, stainless steel blades and electronic controls combine to create a powerful vortex that is fast and thorough for exceptional blending results. Additionally, Intelli-Speed® Motor Control senses contents and maintains optimal speed to power through all ingredients.”
This baby can whirl.
And it’s pretty.
And if that’s not enough, it comes in 15 different colors. 15. There’s sure to be one that you like. So, pin the recipe below and ENTER THE GIVEAWAY below so you can win a Diamond Blender! Good luck!
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 medium banana
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1-2 tablespoons honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon + more for dusting
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ cup ice
- whipped cream
- cinnamon sticks (optional)
- Combine all of the ingredients in your blender and puree until smooth. Pour into glasses, top with whipped cream, dust with cinnamon and add a cinnamon stick for a nice touch! Enjoy!
Recipe from Serious Eats.
THE GIVEAWAY. . .
(open to residents within the United States only)
Disclosure: I was provided the KitchenAid 5-Speed Diamond Blender for recipe development. This giveaway is sponsored by KitchenAidUSA.
We’re in New England, so the colors are the biggest standout for fall. But on the food side, I love all the harvest-y flavors, especially spicy mixtures like cinnamon, cocoa powder, and chilies in a hearty chili or stew.
I love fall for it’s beautiful colors and smells! There is nothing like crisp, country air with a woodfire going nearby. Add in pumpkin everything and you have the most wonderful season!! 😀
I love the smell of aromatic spices while baking my Fall’s favorites and the colorful leaves twirling in the cool Fall’s breeze.
I absolutely love the smell of the air that comes with fall. It just smells like pumpkins and thanksgiving, and holidays. I love the holidays, fall is a really nice time for me 🙂
that looks so delicious. i unfortunately don’t have a blender and would loove one!
I love fall for the cooler weather and….the wardrobe! And you can’t beat fall on the East Coast!
This year, I love that fall includes 70° weather! But normally, I love the spiked hot cocoa, pumpkin patches and copious amounts of soup that our family consumes!
I love that everything is pumpkin flavored!
The fall leaves
I love the cooler weather (especially here in Texas), cooking soups/stews/chili and of course, the holidays!
I love Fall as that’s when pumpkin cakes are available.
Wantttttttttttt. Have to make this recipe ASAP
I love getting to make fires and sit outside in the fall. So cozy and smores are great to make!
I love hiking and pumpkin spice everything!
I like not being covered in sweat when I go to work
I just started making these for my post-run meal. It’s perfectly delectable and I don’t mind having them a few times a week 🙂 I actually made one for dessert last night because I was craving pumpkin!
Anything with pumpkin, soups and stews, and the finally amazing weather in the Bay Area!
I love pumpkin. This looks great!
great healthy fall drink!
My birthday!
Fall is my favorite season; I love the cooler weather! (For once that even tops the food in my opinion…)
My favorite thing about fall is that it’s the perfect time to crochet some new hats and scarves to keep me warm!
All the wonderful Squash and Apples!
That recipe looks wonderful! I look forward to everything pumpkin!
I’ve never had a pumpkin smoothie. I must try this. The recipe looks easy and i have everything on hand.
Not gonna lie, I saw the words “pumpkin spice” and was drawn in. Hook. Line. Aaaaand sinker. Yes, I’m one of /those/. An alert pricking up of the ears, an increased heartbeat, and a frantic turn of the head at the mere mention of the word ‘pumpkin’ is a plight that I must walk with but I’ve made my peace with it. Oh yeah. Several pumpkin spice lattes into the season has done much to quell my insatiable thirst for the orange hued brew. These smoothies tough, look, in all senses, fantastic. I haven’t had the pleasure of partaking in any smoothie drinking lately, owing to the fact that my blender has, after a reasonably good life of service, decided to leave this world earlier in the year. I’ve been looking to replace my old friend ever since, but with so many brands, styles and functions, how is one to choose?? I swear I leave the store more confused than when I walked in. Secretly, I love that this blender comes in purple and already I feel a deep inclination towards it (on top of being doomed to love pumpkin, so too, am I doomed to love all things purple). Even if I do not win this giveaway, I thank you for giving me another option (and a yummy recipe) for when I /do/ finally buy a blender.
Crisp mornings, crisp, sweet apples, and the colors all around.
I love the weather!
I love watching college football with my boys…and all things pumpkin!!
The very best things about fall are the crisp morning air and sitting next to a warm fireplace looking out at the falling leaves.
I love the fall foods of course!
foliage in MA
My favorite thing about fall is the beautiful colors the leaves turn!
What I love most about Fall is the change in weather. It also signifies to me the onset of upcoming holidays that are meant to be spent enjoying friends and family making new memories and reminiscing on the cherished (and/or embarrassing) old ones and what better place to spend it than congregating in the kitchen while enjoying new found and old family recipes.
I love that it’s finally cooling down. Summer in Phoenix is too much!
Apple picking at all the local orchards, and the smell in the air.
eating lots of chili and pies 🙂
I love fall fashion!
My favorite thing about fall is watching the leaves change colors.
The smell of the woods in the fall!
The beautiful afternoons, the gorgeous colors of the leaves , roasted vegetables and baking some fall treats!
I love the colors and smells of fall, but I also love that subtle crispness that enters the air and the particular kind of sunshine that happens only in autumn evenings!
Hmmm… Where do i start? It’s gotta be the smell of burning leaves outside or burning wood in the fireplace.
Fall races!
I sure do need a good blender! What else can I say?
Pumpkin! Pumpkin! Pumpkin!
I love the colors of the leaves
The thing I love most about fall is when the air becomes crisp and it gets windy. I love the autumn weather. Oh and my birthday and Halloween 🙂 Mostly because my birthday is the day before Halloween.
The best thing I love about The Fall season is the Fall Harvest recipes and the cool crisp and colorful trees.
The leaves 🙂
I love the brisk, fresh air.
What do I love most about fall? The abundance of squash, of course! I just love the versatility of pumpkin, butternut squash, kabocha squash, spaghetti squash… ack I could go on forever. You can use them in soups, chilis, curries, pastas, breads, muffins, candies, cookies, room decor, candies, drinks, and they pair with chocolate, orange zest, barbecue sauce, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, bourbon, maple syrup… did I mention how versatile squash is?
I am obsessed with fall/winter squash. Anything with butternut or acorn squash or pumpkin and I am in love!!
I love the weather, it is so nice and cool and breezy. It’s basically the perfect weather!
The cooler weather, the changing of the leaves, the fall festival, I could go on and on.
The weather, the leaves changing colors and holiday baking!
I love everything about fall!especially the memories it brings with it! And I love when everything is pumpkin flavored and Halloween themed:))
Fall in the Midwest is great because all the leaves change and there is local apple and pumpkin picking. I also look forward to cooking food that fills the house with savory, mouthwatering smells.
The pumpkin treats!
Great giveaway!
I love going to the pick apples even at my age. Then I go home and make way to many apple treats.
my favorite things about fall are cozy sweaters, warm socks, candles, and hot chocolate by the fireplace!
Fall colors!
Girl, wish I were sipping this right now! Your smoothies look incredible.
Thank you, Nancy!! Try the recipe. . it’s incredibly simple and yummy!
I look forward to fall so I can finally have some salted caramel mochas
I love the food.
I love the amazing flavors of fall and yes I did say flavors. Pumpkin, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Apples all of these usually make their debut for the year in fall. I absolutely fall.
I love the cooler temperatures in Fall.
I like the holidays.
I like the cool breezes but I’m not a fan of the SEVERE cold. It’s part of the reason why I moved from CT to AZ! 🙂
I love that everything pumpkin flavored is out!!! 🙂
What I love most about fall is getting to wear all my sweaters, leggings, and scarves again!
The changing of the leaves! Even though fall comes every year, the reds and oranges of the leaves always find a way to captivate me.
I somehow forgot to mention my favorite things about fall in my last comment! For me, I adore freshly spiced apple cider from the slow cooker, the smell of neighbors burning leaves and woods in their yards, and the crisp, cool chill of autumn nights sitting outside on the porch, snuggled up in a blanket with friends and family.
Yum yum i love fall. I’ll try this recipe today!!
I love the fall smells and colors
I love fall colors and flavors. My favorite time of year!
Living in the south, fall brings a break from the heat and humdity. The coolness and crisp’ness in the air would be my favorite part about the fall 🙂
Football, falling leaves, bonfires, scarves, spicy scented candles, baking, cold weather, the smell of barbecues and outdoor fires, animals’ cold fur when they come into the house…I love these things about fall!!!! I live in the deep south now and miss it so!
I love the changing leaves and anything pumpkin or apple-related.
I love the beautiful colors and prepping for holiday cheer
The thing i like best about fall is that the temperature is not at intensely hot as summer and we have not gotten any ice and or snow yet.
I love the fall for the beautiful autumn colors, sweatshirt weather, and because it means it’s time to have soup for dinner every night!
What I love about Fall is the change in the color of foliage and drinking warm apple cider. I miss both since my move from upstate NY to FL.
I like the crispness in the air.
I love the changing leaves. The colors are bright and cheery in the cool snap of the weather.
Heading up to my in-laws in Vermont is my favorite part of fall – could not be a more beautiful place to enjoy the season.
I love the crisp air, the leaves changing color, the upcoming holidays, the outdoor ice skating rinks opening up, the smell of chestnuts roasting on Manhattan streets and all the smells of Autumn baking.
Love pumpkin in everything. Would love to mix up some pumpkin pancakes.
I am 56 years old and over my lifetime I have owned several different blenders, but to this day do not have one in my household. The other brands do not hold up and are made cheaply. I recently purchased a KitchenAid stand mixer and what a world of difference. If I own another blender it will be a KitchenAid. It has taken me some years to come to the conclusion that you get what you pay for and by all means, KitchenAid is my choice of appliances from this point forward. I would LOVE to add this blender to my new KitchenAid collection, whether it be spring, summer, fall or winter…this blender will get a workout from me!
I love the beautiful colors of the fall leaves. Raking leaves in a pile and jumping in them is always a favorite of my kids. I love the smell of a carved pumpkin with a candle inside burning!
I would LOVE this blender and cannot wait to make the pumpkin spice smoothie!!!
I love the leaves changing colors.
I love leggings, Uggs, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Pumpkin farms & carving and colorful crunchy fall leaves!
I love Autumn’s weather, the colors and the fact that it marks the beginning to all the festivities I love and which I cherish with my family.
Pumpkins, apples, all the colors, Halloween…. I love fall!
I love the fall colors! I tend to love reds, oranges, yellows and browns and seeing them everywhere this time of year makes me very happy. I also love that as the temperature cools, I get to wear my boots!
As a fellow food lover, I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these babies! So much potential for delicious new dishes 🙂
I love fall…because it is sweater weather!
Cool, crisp days and fall colors!
I love the weather and the fact that the holidays are on their way!
I love fall because my birthday is during it!
I love the leaves!!! And the smells. 🙂
I love fall because that means I get to bake pumpking everything. I love baking with a healthy twist of ingredients. I am also a big fan of smoothies, I have always had smoothies even as a child growing up and now I make them a part of my diet for a healthy start to my day. Thank you for this recipe, it is the perfect addition to my fall breakfast menu.
I love pumpkin flavored everything and leaves…plus Halloween is a favorite holiday!
Making pumpkin everything! Oh, and Apple Pies 🙂
I LOVE ALL THINGS PUMPKIN
Ahhh, I can just smell this now! Cannot wait to try!
I just moved to Florida from Illinois this past September, so I’m missing out on my very first FALL!! It’s my favorite time of year beacause October 11th is my birthday…and its always a beautiful time to celebrate with family! I love it…I would love to win a KitchenAid Blender so I can make that delicious looking pumkin drink to bring FALL to FLORIDA!! It would also be a great 21st BIRTHDAY GIFT to me!!! :)))
What I love most about Fall is getting together with friends and family!
I love the cooler weather and the harvesting
The weather, the leaves, the smells, and the leaves falling.
I love the cool nights–makes sitting around a bonfire in the twilight with a glass of wine.
I make a smoothie similar to this but I’m excited to try this one! Love that it’s Paleo friendly, too!
The first frost is my favorite day of the year. Pollen allergies go bye-bye & fall flavors are in! Need a new blender but afraid to take the leap to buy one.
I lovelovelove pumpkins! I love to decorate them with my kids!
My favorite thing about fall is the cool, crisp weather and the pumpkin flavored everything! (like this smoothie!)
Oh that looks so yummy! Definitely saving the recipe to try for later 🙂 🙂 I love pumpkin!!
I just love fall … the colors are just beautiful as you look at the trees and I LOVE anything pumpkin flavored this time of year.
the smoothie looks delicious and I am so excited that I can make this for my son who has a lot of allergies (we will have to leave off the whipped cream). it would be great to make it for him in such a pretty blender too~
I love the cooler weather, fall clothing, the changing leaves, and the food.
I love all the fall activities outdoors!
I love the cooling temperatures and everything pumpkin.
Fall has always been a favorite time of year. Pumpkins, apples, fall leaves,scarecrows, Halloween leading up to Thanksgiving. Full of friends, family, parties and fun.
My favorite Kitchenaid application color is always shiny black.
I was going to say ‘pumpkin’ but I do that all year so I’ll go with apple cider. Hot.
I love the change in weather and colors of the leaves. But most of all I love all the fall cooking I do with apples and pumpkin!
love kitchenaide
I like being able to use my oven in the fall (in summer we have 105-degree temps for 4 months)!
I love warm fall days where you can smell the fallen leaves in the wind. I love looking at the hillsides while the sun set shines on them letting the golden slumbers of the trees glow. I love watching the children jump into piles of leaves they all cooperatively worked so hard to build as large as possible. I love how houses are suddenly starting to become warm and cozy again, especially when the aroma of fresh baked goods fills them.
Pumpkin! I LOVE LOVE LOVE pumpkin season!
It’s always fun to add a little color to the kitchen!
I love the changing of seasons and the weather gets cooler.
Kids soccer games …grandkids, that is! ♥
One can never get enough pumpkin in the fall!
Changing Seasons!
I love the crisp cool air and the amazing color changes that the fall brings.
This smoothie looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it out.
I love the colder weather (although not TOO cold in the bay area!) – more excuses to drink hot cocoa and do cozy indoor things like reading 🙂
Oh I’m dying over this giveaway Alice and the smoothie!
I love Sundays in the Fall, especially when the Eagles have an away game, because my whole crew is home, watching on tv, and I can spend the day in the kitchen making yummy treats for them 🙂
I love foggy fall weather, slippers and warm drinks.
i love scarves, football, leaves falling, cold mornings, hot coffee any time of day, soups, all the pretty decorations… sorry i cant name just 1!
The best thing about fall for me is football
I love our fair, the foliage, Halloween, and all things pumpkin. The smoothie looks great!
I love the smell of fall! Being able to open our windows & doors and wonderful!
I love the weather and of course all things pumpkin – this smoothie looks yummy 🙂
I love the harvest in the fall. We grow a lot of our own food, and it is satisfying to harvest it all summer, but especially in the fall. It is such a good feeling!
Anything with pumpkin has to be good. Really like the dip with pumpkin, cream cheese, brown sugar and cinnamon. Love the colors of fall and the smells of fall food cooking.
I love the cooler weather and awesome fall scents and colors!
A great blender is an amazing addition to a kitchen. I need to make these smoothies! Pumpkin craze is not a thing here, and I don’t even think starbucks has their famous latte. But after baking quite a few things with pumpkin in the past two years, I finally understand why. It’s such an awesome ingredient!
I love sweatshirt weather, pumpkin everything, and Halloween!
i am from Scotland in the UK i love warm autuam days with warm spice days i have granberry colour sr would want blender in same colour o bright colour
Pumpkin anything is nice.
I love the leaves changing colors and the smell of fall.
Love the crisp cooler weather – not too cold just refreshing 🙂
I love everything about the fall – the weather, the holiday’s, just everything!
I love the fashion, changing leaves, Halloween, and pumpkin flavored everything.
i love a cool fall day
The food, the sweaters, the uggs, the colors and pumpkin pie:)
The crisp air, the colors of the leaves on the trees and their crunch under my feet. And making lots of things out of apples.
So many things, but not having to mow anymore is right up there!
i love that it’s cool enough to bike.
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The pumpkins!!!! and all the beautiful colors 😀
Sadly, I’m from Southeast Asia and we don’t have fall, but I’ve seen the beauty of autumn from films and anime I think I’m gonna love it as a whole by the time I experience it!
Cool weather and sweaters!
I love the cooler weather (although it’s a little too cool right now).
Fall season just makes me think of soups. And pies! For non-food related, I love looking at the different shades of colors on the leaves as they change from bright green to golden tones.
The best thing about fall is fall baking and cooking!
Beautiful weather and fall colors here in Oregon.
Living in New England the best part of Fall is the beautiful colors! I am a cake designer and today I am working on a birthday cake for a woman celebrating her 80th birthday! Her grand daughter wants a fall deco, but not too garish. I am using a light peach gumpaste for the leaves that I will dust later with color. The roses will be a darker blood orange color. Check out my website!
This looks like it is really really REALLY tasty, but I just don’t know if I could get into drinking my pumpkin? Maybe that is because we, well my family don’t generally eat this kind of food. Fall, or Autumn colours are just gorgeous, Im a summer bunny, but I do enjoy the way our city looks this time of year.