Are you Team Pumpkin or Team Apple?  Gotta admit...I'm both!  But today I'm sharing a favorite pumpkin recipe that's perfect for the fall season. ENJOY!

Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup canned pumpkin
1-2 tsp maple syrup (or a few drops of liquid stevia)
Pumpkin pie spice, to taste

Add ingredients to a mason jar, or other container with a lid, and refrigerate for at least three hours, or overnight.  When ready to eat, stir and add:

1 banana, chopped
Collagen peptides (for protein!)
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Be sure to let me know if you give it a try!  XO

We are in the middle of a sugar elimination challenge in the FASTer Way VIP group, and surprisingly, it hasn't been as difficult as I thought it might be!  I think the hardest/most disappointing part is realizing how many of my regular foods contain sugar.  Bacon has sugar??  So do many of our favorite spice mixes! 

We are not about deprivation on the FASTer Way program.  In fact, we celebrate our leg day workouts with donuts!!  So this elimination is not about completely removing sugar for the rest of our lives, but rather to bring awareness to the foods that we regularly consume that contain sugar.  

My beloved granola contains coconut sugar, so that means I have to find a new go-to lunch, for at least the next few weeks.  I love to have a smoothie or smoothie bowl  for lunch because I think they're delicious and refreshing and full of so many nutrients!   I whipped this one up today and it was so good I had to share!  

PB Banana Date Smoothie
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 banana (frozen is ideal!)
2 Tbls natural peanut butter
1-2 Medjool dates
1-2 servings of collagen (or your favorite protein powder)
cinnamon, to taste

Add ingredients to blender and mix well.  It takes a little longer to get the date chopped small enough to fit through your straw!  If your banana is not frozen, add some ice to thicken it up. 

ENJOY!  XO