It can't be all roses and lollipops, reader. If it were, we would eventually mix them up and cut our tongues on thorns. Which might as well be what I did today. I was very excited to try this Pumpkin Pie Smoothie recipe from Prevention Magazine:
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vanilla soy milk
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Place pumpkin, soy milk, ice, honey, and pumpkin pie spice in blender. Process until well combined and smooth.
So excited was I that I ran out to Whole Food and bought my first carton of soy milk since I was a fake vegan in the summer of 2004. And then I filled my ice trays for the first time since I moved into my apartment four years ago. As I mixed the the ingredients together, I realized that I had forgotten a key ingredient--pumpkin pie spice. I taste tested my smoothie to see if it really needed it. It was smooth, easy to eat, and tasted exactly like...what is it? Oh. Baby food. I'd officially made baby food. I realized to my horror that I was also out of cinnamon. Ok, don't panic, pumpkin warrior. You still have nutmeg. After liberally adding some of that I tested it again. Congratulations. You have nutmeg baby food. Maybe you can try this as a more culnarily skilled reader, but personally I couldn't even stand to drink most of mine. I could, however, market it at Gymboree.
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