Banana Pumpkin Pie Bowl

Hi friends! Hope that your weekend has been great. Here are the highlights of my past couple of days:

My Friday morning began with a quick hour hike with Harley at our favorite nearby park. The hike became a bit adventurous when we found ourselves in a standoff with a fox – and I must say, my dog looks a lot like a fox! We all stared at each other for awhile, and then the fox ran into the fields and crouched down. I wasn’t sure if it was planning on attacking us or if it was just scared himself, but I didn’t want to take any chances, so we turned around. I snapped a grainy pic of him with my phone:

The park is crawling with ground squirrels that Harley has always been interested in, but ever since she caught one a few weeks ago and it squeaked for its life, she’s OBSESSED. It’s annoying and I’m paranoid that she’s going to catch another one! Post-hike, she was one happy girl who was tired from all of her hunting attempts:

To my delight, when going to a doctor’s appointment later in the day, I found this in the courtyard of the medical offices:

After my appointment, I moseyed around and picked up some beautiful local organic fruit:

So yummy! Only in California can you probably find this. 🙂

And then, I spent some of yesterday around these beauties:

I attended a wild horse adoption event nearby that I’m covering for the newspaper in my town. The event was hosted by the Bureau of Land Management, whose in charge of herd management in California, as well as some other states. They brought wild horses and burros, and people were able to adopt the animals for a small fee. It was a new and interesting concept to me, as I wasn’t even aware that there are so many wild horses around that it’s necessary to manage them for the health of the animals and to maintain the resources they use. Horses are such gorgeous animals!

Last night my hubby and I went for a mountain biking adventure to our usual favorite spot. I love our biking dates! The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, and we get to exercise together while having a lot of fun. 
And onto this post’s title, earlier today I was having a craving for pumpkin. I found a can of pure pumpkin in my cabinet, and decided to throw together a bunch of things in my food processor to make a pumpkin pie bowl. Since it was my post-workout meal, I added protein powder to the mix, but it’s definitely an optional ingredient. The bowl hit the spot and satisfied my pumpkin craving in a healthy way.

Banana Pumpkin Pie Bowl

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Prep Time 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Servings 1

Calories 350 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 TBSP pure pumpkin
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 TBSP honey
• 2 TBSP chopped pecans
• 1/4 TSP pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 TSP vanilla extract
• 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder optional
• 1 packet of truvia sweetener optional
• Cinnamon for sprinkling

Instructions

 

• In a food processor, combine the banana, pumpkin, honey, pumpkin pie spice, almond milk, vanilla, protein powder, truvia, and 1 1/2 TBSP of pecan pieces. Blend until well combined.
• Pour into a bowl, top with remaining pecans and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Nutrition

Calories: 350kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 12gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 1gFiber: 6g

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I’m off to make a couple of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-salads for my hubby and I for dinner. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday night!