November 16, 2012

Apple Pie Smoothie



Perfect fall goodness in a cup. It's a guilt free apple pie smoothie. All of the flavor and sweetness of an apple pie, but healthy enough to drink after a run.

I made this one up because I like to drink a smoothie after working out, but I didn't have any fruit other than apples laying around. I have never blended a whole apple, only apple juice. Turns out the fiber makes it pretty filling. The kids tried it the next day and loved it, so we have a new smoothie in the rotation. I wonder how it would work as a popsicle in the summer?

We had these wonderful apples that we picked in Ellijay at our favorite stop: R&A Orchards like we have in previous years. This year was pretty hard on the harvest. Warm crazy weather will reek havoc on an orchard. All of the apples were dropping right off the trees and the Georgia Apple Festival hadn't even occurred! We managed to pick a few and of course I bought bags and bags of "seconds", which are perfectly good apples in my opinion. I made a bunch of applesauce, but no apple butter this year. I was going to make Apple Pie Soup and that's where the revelation came in - ah ha - I could make a smoothie with apples. Apple Pie Smoothie! 

Apple Pie Smoothie
1/2 small apple, peeled, cored and chopped
1/2 tsp apple pie spice
2 c vanilla almond milk 
1 scoop protein powder, optional
ice cubes

Put it all in a blender and whir into a creamy smoothie. 


{Almond milk is a new product in our household and we have enjoyed it. I like it because it keeps much longer than cow milk. I used Silk brand almond milk, pictured here and it's already sweetened, so I didn't add any sweetener to this smoothie. You could use milk and add honey and almond or vanilla flavoring if you like.}


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12 comments:

  1. Very creative Aimee! Sounds just wonderful, I love anything apple but would have never thought of an apple smoothie. I put apples in my green smoothie but there are so many other flavors the apples get covered up. Love tis!

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    1. Chris, Is your green smoothie recipe on your blog?

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  2. Yum, I want one of these right now! Would love it if you could share this at Foodtastic Friday!

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    1. Thanks for the invite, I did link up.

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    2. Aimee! Thanks for linking this up! I pinned it just now. Have a very happy Thanksgiving!

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  3. Genius!!!!!!! I can't wait for you to post this is a popsicle recipe this summer! I canned a bit of apple sauce with the few seconds I bought at the FM. I know our local (I say local---it is 60 miles away) had apples this year but we never made it over there.

    (P.S. I'm make your Swiss chard recipe for Thanksgiving again this year!)

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    1. Did you grow chard this year? That's something I've never grown, but I want to. I need to get gardening lessons from you!

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  4. We use Almond Breeze in our house - I love the vanilla - I add it too my coffee for a sweet treat with out the extra fat and calories. I was even able to get my husband out of the habit of adding sugar to his special K cereal by using the Vanilla almond breeze!

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  5. What a lovely smoothie and gorgeous photo!

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