There is nothing more comforting than a warm and tasty beverage on a chilly fall morning. Fall is the perfect time to incorporate pumpkin into your diet. Pumpkins are great for carving but also adding to your coffee. Pumpkins contains a lot of vitamin A which can boost immunity. This form of squash is loaded with antioxidants which helps reduce chronic disease risk.
Ingredients
4 cups hot coffee of choice
1 cup non-dairy milk
3 Tablespoon pumpkin puree
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 Tablespoon maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Brew coffee of choice
- While coffee is brewing, heat a small sauce pan on the stove. Add milk, pumpkin pure, pumpkin pure, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup and vanilla to the pan
- Stir to concorporate together until smooth and steaming
- Pour desired amount of hot coffee into a mug and pour ½ of the pumpkin mixture on top
Yield: 2 servings (½ cup mixture bowl cup)
Nutrition Facts
70 Calories; 1.5 g Fat (0g Saturated Fat; 0 g Trans Fat); 0 mg Cholesterol; 105 mg Sodium; 10 g Carbohydrate (1 g Fiber, 7g Sugar, 6 g Added Sugar); 2 g Protein; 6% Daily Value (DV) Vitamin D; 286% DV Calcium; 6% DV Iron; % DV; 2% DV Iron; 8% DV Potassium
Notes
- Use 1% milk for a creamier latte
- For extra pumpkin flavor, use pumpkin flavored coffee
- Optional – top with cinnamon
- With the remainder of the can of pumpkin use it to make a pumpkin smoothie or pumpkin pancakes
- Double the recipe to have pumpkin spice through the week (keep in an air tight container for up to 4 days in the fridge)