{"id":3367,"date":"2013-12-08T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T23:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2013-12-08T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T23:11:37","slug":"bonus-smoothie-recipe-1-pumpkin-nog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=3367","title":{"rendered":"bonus smoothie recipe #1 — “pumpkin” nog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMGP6153\"<\/a>thanks so much for the enthusiastic response to my last post!\u00c2\u00a0 as a token of my gratitude, i’ll share a freebie recipe for everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 this morning’s smoothie didn’t make the cut into the book because it’s a bit too decadent for everyday (and because i already have a “december” recipe that i’m quite pleased with), but it was so delicious that you just have to try it.<\/p>\n

“pumpkin” nog shake<\/del> smoothie<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 c. almond or soy nog (or if you’re feeling extremely indulgent, i suppose you could use real egg nog….. but i loved it with this brand<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 yes i am a sucker for pretty packaging.)<\/p>\n

1 T. almond or cashew butter<\/p>\n

1\/2 c. frozen roasted sweet potatoes<\/p>\n

1\/4 t. fresh grated nutmeg<\/p>\n

advance prep:<\/em><\/p>\n

roast sweet potatoes at 400\u00c2\u00b0 for an hour until tender.\u00c2\u00a0 let cool, peel, cut into 1″ cubes.\u00c2\u00a0 arrange the cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet and freeze.\u00c2\u00a0 you could probably also freeze dollops of pumpkin puree instead, but i haven’t tried that myself, so it’s at your own risk.<\/p>\n

combine all ingredients in a blender and process until very smooth.\u00c2\u00a0 if it’s too thick, add water (i don’t normally advocate for water in smoothies, but the nog won’t thin this down very quickly and i had trouble getting mine up through my straw!).\u00c2\u00a0 if it’s too thin, add more frozen sweet potato.<\/p>\n

before adding water, i probably could have eaten this with a spoon and easily mistaken it for a pumpkin nog milkshake.\u00c2\u00a0 enjoy!\u00c2\u00a0 (and don’t forget to order your books by monday night to take advantage of the “hellohappysmoothie” coupon code for 40% off the list price)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

thanks so much for the enthusiastic response to my last post!\u00c2\u00a0 as a token of my gratitude, i’ll share a freebie recipe for everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 this morning’s smoothie didn’t make the cut into the book because it’s a bit too decadent … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-winter","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3370,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions\/3370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}