Thursday, September 15, 2011

Pumpkin Spice Coffee


I was craving a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks this morning, but I knew it was a bad idea. So my lovely friend Keya linked me a recipe to help me out. I doctored it up and found that it was pretty good! Not exactly like Starbucks, but enough like it to kick my craving. 

The original recipe calls for espresso, but I don't have an espresso machine, so I just used strong coffee.

Recipe:
2 tablespoons pumpkin puree 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of your favorite no calorie sweetener
1/2 cup skim milk
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Fat free Reddi whip (optional) 
8oz strong coffee 

Mix all of the ingredients in a small sauce pan until smooth. Heat, but do not bring to a boil. Mix with your coffee or espresso and top with the Reddi whip. Enjoy :)

Nutritional info: 

Cal: 70  Fat: 0g  Sugars: 3g  Protein: 5g

Lets compare that to the Starbucks latte shall we? This is the nutritional information for a 16oz pumpkin spice latte with nonfat milk and whip cream.

Cal: 330  Fat: 7g (4.5 of that is saturated)  Sugars: 50g  Protein: 14g

So they have me beat on the protein, but that's about it. 

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