Pumpkin Pie + Protein Shake = Low Carb Heaven

Pumpkin Pie + Protein Shake = Heaven https://heidipowell.net/4411

Originally posted October 30, 2013

I stole this way-too-yummy shake recipe off the Instagram account of my good friend (and fellow fitness junkie), Kacey Luvi. If you?re not a fan of protein shakes, I beg you to please try this one?you won?t regret it!

As Kacey said, ?Fall and fitness have never tasted so good.? Mmmm?she’s right. Even better? It is the perfect Low Carb shake for those Carb Cycling.

Pumpkin Pie Protein Shake – serves 1

Ingredients:

2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
2-3 tablespoons pumpkin puree
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
3-4 shakes each of cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed

Instructions:

1. Pour all ingredients into a blender.
2. Add ice and blend to experience healthy heaven in your mouth. 🙂

Nutritional information: Each serving has 236 incredibly healthy calories, 23 grams of protein, 10 grams of carbs, and 12 grams of fat.

Thank you, Kacey!

Xoxo,

Heidi

Related reading:

My (Almost) Famous Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats!
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Protein Waffles with a Pumpkin Twist!
Pumpkin Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Protein Pancakes with Pumpkin Seed Granola

101 Responses

  1. Hey,

    Just wondering why its good for low carb days – getting started on carb cycling and was curious because of the almond milk why its ok (I have read the book) just a tad unclear?

    Cheers,
    Alyssa

  2. What a small world! I clicked on this link for the shake recipe and saw that you and Kacey know each other. I went to high school with her! So funny!
    Can’t wait to try the recipe it sounds so good!

  3. I’ve done this recipe twice now and I absolutely love it! It might be my obsession with fall foods and pumpkin everything buuuuut thats up for debate =). For all who are curious, heres what I did differently:

    2 parts unsweetened vanilla almond milk to 1 part water (just cost efficient for me)
    Nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and pumpkin pie spice (MOREEE PUMPKIN!)
    2 Tbsp ground chia seeds (its all I had and worked just fine)

    Also, I recently saw the idea on Pinterest to freeze smoothies in a muffin tin (or ice tray or the like) and put them in zip lock bags for a quick drop in a blender if your in a hurry and don’t have time to do all the fixin’ and mixin’ What a concept! This will be tried in the near future =D

  4. Took a blender to work tries the pumpkin pie shake, now my co-worker and I have a protein shake for breakfast at work.
    Yummm

  5. I love my Vemma Bode shakes and look forward to using the Vanilla shake tomorrow with the pumpkin added. Sounds great for the holidays–my sister loves anything pumpkin and will go for it. Tomorrow is my high carb day too.

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