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Pumpkin Pie Parfaits here we go!

I created this for my breakfast this morning and it's pretty much heaven in my mouth! Mixed between a smoothie, pudding, oatmeal, and fruit, this layered masterpiece is quite wonderful! Unfortunately, the pics didn't turn out as cool as I wanted them to because of the dang cup I used, but I can try making it again and upload new pics the next time! There are three parts to this, so I'll break this up!

"Oatmeal" Layer:
-a sweet, vanilla addition (like vanilla icecream on top of a slice of pumpkin pie ;) )-

 Instructions: This calls for making overnight oats. So, combine .25 cup of oatmeal with .75 cup of almond or coconut milk. In the morning, add 1tsp of vanilla, a few sprinkles of cinnamon, and voila! You've got your layer!

 
"Pudding" Bottom Layer:
-a thick, rich, dark chocolate layer-

Ingredients:

• 1tbsp chia seeds
• .5cup water
• 1tbsp raw cacao 
• 1tsp maca powder
• 1tsp agave

What you do:

1. let the chia seeds soak in the water for 15 minutes so they can soak up the water
2. mix in the other ingredients and make this the BOTTOM layer, for it's the heaviest one

"Pumpkin Pie Smoothie" Layer:
-tastes like pumpkin pie in a cup-

Ingredients:

• 1tsp raw, skinned ginger
• .5tsp cinnamon
• sprinkle of nutmeg
• 1 small banana
• (optional 1 tbsp hemp protein powder)
• .5cup pureed pumpkin (I used canned pumpkin but fresh would be awesome when it's that season!)
• .5tbsp molasses

Blend it all up and you've got your smoothie layer all prepared. 

Then all you need is blueberries and you just layer them. What I did, it's hard to see in the picture, but I did pudding on bottom, then blueberries, oatmeal, pumpkin pie smoothie, blueberries, then the rest of the pumpkin smoothie...and it pretty much rocked! Yum!