You Know it’s Early Fall When…

You step out onto your porch in the morning and are met with chilly air.

But by mid-afternoon, you’re in shorts and break a sweat just by walking from your apartment to your car.

You have fierce smoothie cravings.

But need a cup of hot tea afterwards.

You want to include pumpkin in everything you eat (or drink).

But are still plowing away at your peach supply.

You long for scarves and sweaters.

But jeans feel so constricting after wearing dresses, shorts and skirts for the past 4 months.

Or maybe my jeans just don’t fit…

Well, there’s not much I can do about the jeans, but I do know how to take care of those pumpkin and smoothie cravings with just one recipe.

Early Fall Pumpkin Smoothie

Get it while it’s hot… er, cold?  Who knows!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 1 cup almond milk
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 banana
• 4 ice cubes
• 1/4 cup pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon chocolate chips

Method:

• Blend flour, milk, peanut butter, vanilla, cinnamon, banana and pumpkin on high until well mixed.
• Add ice cubes and blend again on high.
• Add chocolate chips and blend on low just until chunky.

I topped mine with more peanut butter, granola and homemade coconut butter.

Yeah, you heard me right.  Homemade.coconut.butter.  Good lord, so good.

Also I feel you should know I started this post while drinking a smoothie and now I’m ending it while drinking tea.  Early fall is a very confused time.

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Finish this sentence: You know it’s early fall when…