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Flexi’s Pumpkin Banana Smoothie
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Looking for a healthy snack to make with your little one? How about a Pumpkin Banana Smoothie? Flexi Flamingo®, our health conscious pal, loves nothing more than a healthy and tasty snack that will make her preschool friends say more please! Follow her easy recipe for a refreshing treat.

Serving size: 2

Prep: 15 mins

Stand: 10 mins

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie Ingredients

  • 1 ripe frozen banana
  • ½ cup 1% low-fat milk
  • ½ cup 0%-fat vanilla Greek yogurt
  • 1/3 cup canned 100% pure pumpkin
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon

Activity

Flexi straw topper (download instructions here)

Steps

  • Break the banana into a few pieces and place in the freezer.

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie 1

  • Once frozen, take out the bananas and place in the blender with the milk, yogurt, pumpkin, honey, vanilla extract, pumpkin spice, honey and cinnamon.

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie 2

  • Blend until well combined.

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie 3

  • Pour smoothie over ice, and drizzle additional honey as desired.

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie 4

  • Add your Flexi Flamingo® straw topper and enjoy!

Pumpkin Banana Smoothie 5

 

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