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Pumpkin Juice Recipe

For all the Potterphiles out there, you’ll know what I’m talking about! For the rest of you, how about a new Autumn tradition of some homemade brew?

When I went to Universal the first time–many moons ago–I was able to purchase some pumpkin juice and bring the bottles home. However, they do not sell these anymore.

You can still smell the pumpkin juice when you take off the lid!

So there is no way of telling how close my recipes are to the Potter drink. My guess, though, is that the Potter one has much more sugar in it than I use, but until I taste that tasty drink again, I just have to guess.

Or, rather, with the help of the kid. I made some pumpkin juice over the weekend, and he said it was perfect. It’s super easy to do, and the good news is, you can make it taste however you want.

  • 1 liter of apple juice OR apple cider
  • 1 can of pumpkin OR pumpkin pie filling

Mix together on stove, stir until boiling. Lower heat and simmer as you add the other ingredients. Take care, boiling pumpkin juice is hot! Immediately serve, or let it cool.

SUGGESTED SPICES:

  • Allspice
  • Ginger
  • Cinnamon
  • Nutmeg
  • Cardamom
  • Cloves
  • Nutmeg
  • Pumpkin Pie Spice

I also added a little bit of light brown sugar and vanilla extract.

Stir, stir, stir, then pour!

TIP:

The pumpkin and spices will settle after a while, so you will definitely need to mix it/shake it up every time you serve.

Look at all that settling!

On that note, I’ve talked myself into it–time for a nice, cold glass! We usually serve it hot when we make it, then put it in the fridge until it’s gone.

Enjoy! I know I am!

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2 Year Celebration!

Swellness Vibes has been around for TWO_WHOLE_YEARS already!

While Summer is about ready to kick in full-time and lead me into unstructured chaos, I thought I’d offer a quick recap of what’s transpired over the past 2 years as well as offer a FREEBIE — so long as you make it to the bottom of this blog post. 😂🤣

Color/Light Therapy was a fan favorite crossing the lightwave spectrum of health and healing. What’s even MORE fun is I’ll be teaching an introductory class about Color/Light Therapy in August to some yogi trainees. I haven’t shared this class in three years, I can’t believe it’s already been that long. I’m looking forward to the class.

We’ve covered natural remedies, ranging from homemade elderberry syrup (which I plan on making some soon!) to citrine gem infused water. (And yes, some of these tags cross-reference with color/light therapy among other things.)

We’ve experienced a ton of asanas and yoga at large together. We’ve chatted meditation, self-care and tapping. (I’m teaching an intro class to tapping to that same yogi group!) We’ve shared book reviews, essential oils, skin care, hypnosis, exercise, the lists go on and on and on and on and…

We’ve also covered some bodywork, which, as a bodyworker, makes all the sense in the world. And that’s WHY, to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of the blog, I’m offering a FREE 30-minute remote Reiki session to the first 2-people who email me about it. CONTEST ENDS JUNE 30, 2023 and SESSION MUST OCCUR NO LATER THAN JULY 31, 2023.

Just write “I’m in” in the subject line, and I’ll write you back and let you know if you made the cut this time! Email me at infoallisonkeli @ gmail . com.

Good Luck! 🍀

CHEERS TO TWO_WHOLE_YEARS!