Paleo Pumpkin Spice Latte

Do I even need a subheadline here? You know you're making it, I know I'm making it. Cheers to drinking delicious caffeinated beverages and owning life today

Coffee! Pumpkin Spice! Paleo! Yes to all of the things! It's almost Halloween and in honor of the sweet treat holiday (armed with the yummy flavors in this recipe it'll be easier to pass on those), and cooler, crisper air, I am sharing this great little recipe that will warm you up and keep you going hard on all eight cylinders. What's that you say? The expression is all six cylinders? You need two more, pour yourself another cup.

Makes, like, a bunch of servings. You don't have to share, though.

Ingredients:
1 16 oz can pumpkin (make sure it's pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Pie filling is delicious, but full of sugar)
3 cups cold coconut milk from a carton, not canned
2 tsps pumpkin pie spice plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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2 tsps cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp cloves
​12 oz hot freshly brewed fairly traded coffee 

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Directions:
1. Get your coffee brewing so it's ready by the time your wonderful pumpkin spice concoction is complete

2. In a medium sauce pan, combine coconut milk and pumpkin over medium heat, being careful not to let it get too hot too fast

3. Stir together and let it gradually warm up. You want to stop it just short of the bubbly, simmery stage. It should coat the spoon or spatula as shown here

4. Once your mixture is warm enough, add your delicious spices.  

5. Pour 12 oz of hot fresh coffee into a large (ideally 16 oz or larger) mug. Mug should have an either funny or inspirational message on it. Bonus if it has a chip or two taken out of it. Hey, don't we all?

6. Scoop 1/2-3/4 cup of your pumpkin spice mixture into your mug and stir it in. VOila!

Bonus: You've just made enough for a ton of servings, so you've basically just crushed your delicious coffee beverage prep for the week. Well done! Pour it in a container and then give it a quick stir before the next time you use it

Great tasting seasonal coffee with all real ingredients and you get a little fiber and nutritional value from the pumpkin. Heck of a way to start off a chilly fall morning or crank it up at work after a noon workout. Cheers to a great beverage and to all the things coffee helps you get done!