Healthy Blender Recipes

Vegan Maple Pecan Pie Smoothie

vegetarian vegan raw dairy_free gluten_free egg_free soy_free blender
  • 1 cup raw pecans soaked for 2 hours or more (soaking is optional)
  • 2 cups filtered water
  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • 2 tsp alcohol free natural vanilla extract or 1 tsp regular extract 
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch Celtic sea salt or Himalayan salt
  1. Throw all the ingredients in your blender (I like to use a Vitamix) and puree until smooth and creamy.
  2. Pour into two 16-ounce glasses and be grateful you didn’t have to bake. YUM!

Piggy Cooking Tips

freeze those ripe bananas for yummies later

To ensure you always have a stash of frozen ripe bananas for your smoothies, muffins and breads, never throw away ripe bananas. Just keep freezing them whole in their skins in a ziplock bag. The riper they are (not soft and mushy) the sweeter they are - meaning you will need little or no sweetener! You can keep adding to the bag. Then when you need them, take the desired amount out of the bag and then rinse and cut for delectable frozen treats. I buy a bunch of bananas every week that I let ripen on the bench top and then freeze for use later. Bananayumma!