This isn’t really like a pumpkin pie blizzard. But I want one REALLY.FREAKING.BAD so this will have to suffice. Work with me here.
Sorry I was so depressively intense yesterday. But I have to have those moments. And I know some of my readers were like, “OMG Juli, you are like, so annoying. Stop complaining. #firstworldproblems.” I get it. I understand. But based on the number of comments I got on that blog post yesterday, A LOT of people go/have gone through the same sh*t. So THANK YOU if you left a comment of advice or just to say you understand. Acne is frustrating. And stupid. I remember the days when I ate bread and felt like sh*t…but I had no acne. Blasphemy.
I need to catch you up with my life though. I feel like I haven’t talked to you in forever. Last week was kind of a lazy week. It was almost like a vacation. You know how I know that? Because one day, while I cooked, I watched Pretty Woman. Then after I cooked, I watched Pretty Woman…again. Then I watched the Sex and the City movie. And cried. I don’t know what’s worse, watching Pretty Women twice in one day, or crying during the scene where Big leaves Carrie at the alter. You think I have issues, don’t you?
Whatever.
You know what movie everyone will say I have issues for loving? Twilight. But I do. Love Twilight, that is. I FREAKING LOVE Twilight. And I get soooooo sick of people rolling their eyes or scoffing when I tell them that I love the books and loved the movies. People just love to hate Twilight. Especially guys. I find that some guys think making fun of me for loving Twilight is a way of flirting with me. NEWS FLASH: it ain’t. You’d have better luck talking to me about my oil cleansing routine vs. my Twilight obsession. Kidding. If you talk to me about my acne issues, I’ll cut you.
But for reals, what is up with guys hating Twilight so much? Ok, I get it, the acting isn’t very good. And the whole vampire and wolf stuff is pretty childish. But that’s totally what I thought when I first heard about the books. I was like, “OMG that is like, so totally stupid. Why would I ever read that? I’m a grown 20 year old woman.” Well, I was right on one thing, I was 20 years old. But I LOVED the books. I couldn’t put them down. The plot may be weird, the actors may seem awkward, but the love story is a.maz.ing. Seriously. I am truly a hopeless romantic and may be that for the rest of my life, but books and stories like that make me smile. And make my heart warm. So here is what I’ve figured out…if you hate the books and if you hate the movies, you hate love. And you have no romantic drive. Or want. If I just offended you, sorryfornotbeingsorry. The truth hurts sometimes.
Kloveyoubye.
My Pumpkin Pie Blizzard
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup canned coconut milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1–2 cup ice cubes
- 3 dates, pitted and soaked in water for 20+ minutes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
Instructions
- Remove dates from the water they were soaking in.
- Add all ingredients to your food processor or blender.
- Blend until smooth and silky.
- Drink. With another person. And with a straw.
Notes
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Best novel series with a great love story: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Especially if you have a thing for scottish men in kilts 🙂
YES!!!!!! Outlander series is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
This was yum – I needed it a little sweeter so I added a little maple syrup and some cacao nibs. A fun fall treat!!
I love Pretty Woman and I LOVE Pumpkin smoothies. So THANK YOU. I’m going to make them at my Paleo Holiday Feast next Friday!
I need to read Twilight and watch the movies. You’ve inspired me.
I love your blog! You ROCK.
Gab
Juli,
I just had weird bout of rosacea, didn’t know why, was eating super clean and it just kept getting worse, and I’ve never had rosacea before, it’s been going on for about 18 mos. Got a super expensive Rx for metrogel which just dried me out. So, I surfed the internet and found a recommendation for using pure baking soda and a little bit of water to wash my face, and then food grade organic coconut oil to moisturize, only washing my face at night. Go here for the website: http://bigserious.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Wash-Oily-Skin-Naturally-Without-Breaking-Out-or-Drying-Out. Might be worth a try, if you haven’t tried it already. My rosacea has cleared up in a few days and is almost gone. Good luck, acne sucks and anyone who is mean about it should have to do 500 burpees for time!
This was amazing! I’ve never had a pumpkin drink, let alone a blizzard. I don’t think I ever want to now that I’ve had this. I didn’t use the dates because I didn’t have any and was too lazy to get them, so I used some maple syrup instead. I also upped the amount of ice because I wanted it as thick as a blizzard. I will need a thesaurus to come up with a word other than amazing.
juli,
i have a firefighter husband that read all the books and saw the movies with me and our teenaged daughter (she is 22 now). last weekend we went to the movies to see “skyfall” and once we got there he asked me if i wanted to see “twilight”instead…it was nice of him to ask and i think he was a little disappointed but i had my heart set on daniel craig!
This smoothie recipe looks like it would make great popsicles. I would probably leave the water out. Ever since I bought popsicle molds at ikea, everything looks like it would make great popsicles. Thank you for being awesome. Sending virtual hug.
The reason why I don’t like Twilight is that the main character, Bella, is so insecure, whiny, and annoying that I could not get past the first part of the book. After a few chapters, I just wanted to shake that girl and tell her, “get with it girl, its not that bad.”
I love all your pumpkin recipes!!! MORE PUMPKIN!!!
OMG here I am AGAIN. I swear I hardly ever actually look up paleo recipes, how do I keep landing on yours FIRST?