Coconut Pumpkin Freeze
If I called this ice cream you wouldn’t even want to try it because you don’t have an ice cream maker or churn. It’s too thick to be called a smoothie. Whatever the name might be, here it is and it’s tasty as-is or could be amended with your favorite additions like cocoa powder, cardamom, clove, ginger, lemon, other frozen fruit, or the countless smoothie options.
My friend gave me a bunch of organic bananas that were on the backside of ripe so I tossed them in the freezer peels and all. I considered peeling them beforehand but thought the skins would provide a protective layer to prevent freezer burn. I soooo want the lazy options to also be the brilliant options. Well it does work to freeze them this way, and there was no freezer burn, but I was unable to peel the bananas while they were still frozen and since I wanted them to remain frozen I ended up slicing the peels off with a knife.
Less work? No. Delayed work? Yes.
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Frozen ripe bananas are not terribly photogenic, so instead we’ll show some more beautiful images of fall from the Farmers Market.
Pumpkins!
Pumpkins are a type of squash, so if I don’t have pie or sugar pumpkins around I freely use a dense, flavorful squash when it calls for pumpkin. Here is a squash visual guide for your squash eating pleasure.
This might be good with walnuts on a piece of warm apple pie…just saying.
Coconut Pumpkin Freeze
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Blend together in a food processor or blender until smooth and a little frothy:
1 Frozen Banana
1/2 cup Squash, cooked (pie pumpkins or a dense and flavorful winter squash)
1/4 cup Coconut Milk, full fat
1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon
a pinch of Orange Zest (optional)
Serve immediately.
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The sign is for the Acorn and Delicatas in a basket below…I can’t remember the names of these orange beauties, possibly Rouge Vif d’Etampes a.k.a. Fairytale or Cinderella pumpkins. They’re gorgeous.
Pumpkin with coconut… I never thought about that combination: and maple too! It’s starting to sound like that might be able to join a little bit of bacon for a flavor party!!! Oh, and pecans, can we have pecans, too?
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Yum! This really hit the spot, and used up some of the extra squash in my refrigerator. Thanks, Ruthie!
It can be adjusted with all kinds of additions…just saying….