DOLCE DIET LIFESTYLE:
Fall Drink Recipes
by Samantha Coogan, MS, RDN, LD
You’ll need some tasty, healthy beverages to accompany those holiday cookie recipes we posted the other day. Try out these, fall-inspired drinks this holiday season! They’ll be big hits at holiday gatherings, or a nice way to compliment that special holiday dessert.
Gingerbread Chai Protein Smoothie
Ingredients
• 1½ frozen bananas
• ½ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1 handful of spinach
• 1 scoop of “The Dolce Whey Protein Isolate”
• 1 tbsp. blackstrap molasses or organic maple syrup
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• pinch of ground nutmeg
• pinch of pumpkin pie spice
• dash of all spice
Directions
1. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth.
Apple Pie Smoothie
Ingredients
• 1 cup ice
• 1 organic apple, washed with peel on, sliced
• 1 tsp. honey or agave
• ¼ tsp. cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
• ¼ cup of plain, nonfat Greek yogurt
• Dash of organic vanilla
• ½ frozen banana, slices
Directions
1. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth.
Vanilla & Fig Cashew Milk
(okay, so this one isn’t a smoothie, but it’s so good we had to include it!)
Ingredients
• 1 cup cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours
• 3 dried figs, soaked for at least 2 hours
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 4 cups water
Directions
1. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend for about 2-3 minutes.
2. For a less gritty consistency, strain liquid in a fine mesh strainer.
*You can also try this one warm and/or blended into espresso!
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1 reply on “DOLCE DIET LIFESTYLE: Celebrate Fall With These Harvest Smoothies”
Excited about trying the white bean chili recipe tonight. I was just wondering if you have a Dolce approved recipe for a creamy butternut squash soup? I thought that would be a great edition to Thanksgiving dinner.