Healthy Pumpkin Breakfast Smoothie

To make the smoothie, add all ingredients into a blender (except pumpkin seeds) in the order listed. Blend until smooth, gradually increasing blender speed. You’ll need to stop and stir (or use the included stir stick with some high powered blenders) occasionally, because the frozen ingredients take a while to blend. The smoothie may take 3 to 5 minutes to come together. You can add more almond milk or use unfrozen pumpkin for easier blending, but the smoothie won’t be quite as thick.

Notes:
1. Toasted pumpkin seeds can be sharp, so I’d recommend eating them off the top of the smoothie before you get to the bottom, and omitting for children.
2. I used canned pumpkin puree, but homemade would work just as well.
3. Please don’t remove your blender’s lid to stir the contents while it’s running! It’s messy and dangerous.
4. In advance, chop and freeze bananas in a freezer bag and freeze pureed pumpkin in standard ice cube trays (about 2 tablespoon per cube).