Posted on: Wednesday, April 6, 2005
RECIPE DOCTOR
Whip up healthier pumpkin pie shake
By Elaine Magee
Q. My college-age son got hooked on pumpkin shakes from a fast-food chain last fall, and he's been begging me to make them for him ever since. Can you invent a light pumpkin shake that I can make him at home?
A. OK, that's weird. Another college-attending young man I know got hooked on pumpkin shakes last October.
What's with young men and pumpkin shakes?
I figure I better whip up a light pumpkin shake before this pumpkin shake addiction gets out of control.
I checked out how many calories and grams of fat a small-sized vanilla shake has at a fast-food chain, and it contains a whopping 570 calories, 29 grams of fat and 18 grams of saturated fat.
To whip up a light shake, I used a light vanilla ice cream with 110 calories and 3 grams of fat per 1/2 cup (but a nonfat frozen vanilla yogurt can also be used), low-fat milk or vanilla soy milk, ice and some pumpkin pie mix (from the can). I worried that I would now have an opened can of pumpkin pie mix going to waste, but my girls went wild for this new smoothie/shake!
I don't think there will be any trouble using the rest of the can.
I estimate the original small-size shake to contain about 570 calories, 28 grams fat and 18 grams saturated fat.
PUMPKIN PIE SMOOTHIE/SHAKE
Add all ingredients to blender and mix until well blended.
You can add more milk if you want your smoothie/shake a little thinner.
Pour into 2 glasses and enjoy!
• Per serving: 280 calories, 8.5 g protein, 50 g carbohydrate, 6.5 g fat (4 g saturated fat, 1.9 g monounsaturated fat, .3 g polyunsaturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 290 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 20 percent. Omega-3 fatty acids: 0 g. Omega-6 fatty acids: .3 g. Weight Watchers points: 6. Each serving also contains 84 percent Daily Value for vitamin A, 39 percent for calcium, 15 percent for magnesium, 20 percent for folic acid, 9 percent for vitamin E. Elaine Magee is author of "Fry Light, Fry Right," "Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Diabetes," "The Flax Cookbook," "The Recipe Doctor Cookbook," "Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux" and "The Change of Life Diet and Cookbook." Reach her at www.recipedoctor.com. Personal responses can't be provided. This column is distributed by Knight Ridder News Service.
