It’s pumpkin spice season, have you noticed?
The thing is, those sugary drinks and foods filled with artificial ingredients are NOT doing your hormone health any good.
But you can still get your pumpkin spice fix by swapping out a couple of those lattes you love with a couple of my fall recipes.
Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies
- 1 ½ C almond meal or almond flour
- ⅓ C unsweetened coconut flakes
- 2 – 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice*
- 1 tsp cinnamon*
- Dash of nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 TB chia seeds, soaked in ¼ C of water for 10 minutes (this will create a chia gel)
- ½ C pureed pumpkin (from a can is fine)
- ½ C almond butter
- 1 TB vanilla
- ¼ C honey or maple syrup
- 1 TB freshly grated ginger, or ¼ tsp dried ground ginger
- ½ C walnuts, broken into small pieces
- ½ C dried currants, cranberries or raisins (no sugar added)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Combine dry ingredients (minus the walnuts and the dried fruit) in a large bowl.
- Make a small well in the middle and add the wet ingredients.
- Mix (electric mixer or by hand) until well combined, then add walnuts and dried fruit and mix gently until just combined.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spoon out approximately 2 TB per cookie. Press the cookies so they are flat – these won’t rise like other cookies do.
- Bake for 12 – 15 minutes, let cool, then enjoy.
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container for about a week.
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Serves 1
- 1/2-1 C pumpkin puree
- 1 small ripe banana (frozen if possible)
- 1 TB ground flax seeds
- 1 TB almond butter
- ⅔–1 C almond milk
- 2 tsp maple syrup or honey
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice*
- ½ tsp grated fresh ginger
- Dash of nutmeg
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and turn to low.
- Turn up speed until the smoothie is well blended. You may need to add extra almond milk, or water to get the consistency you desire.
*You may have heard that several brands of cinnamon have unacceptable levels of lead, and it’s advised to not use these brands, as in, Throw Them Out:
- Paras
- EGN
- Mimi’s Products
- Bowl & Basket
- Rani Brand
- Zara Foods
- Three Rivers
- Yu Yee Brand
- BaiLiFeng
- Spicy King
- Badia
- Deep
Per Consumer Reports, the following brands were deemed safe after testing. A quick Google search can help you stay up-to-date:
- McCormick cinnamon
- Kirkland Signature organic Saigon cinnamon
- Great Value ground cinnamon
- Trader Joe’s organic ground cinnamon
- Good & Gather ground cinnamon
- Simply Organic cinnamon
- 365 Whole Foods Market ground cinnamon
- 365 Whole Foods Market organic ground cinnamon
- Sadaf cinnamon powder
xo,
Jennifer
p.s. If you’re looking to uplevel your hormonal health this fall – whether you’re trying to get pregnant or struggling with menopause symptoms – book a free support session. I’d love to connect.