POM Wonderful is a super drink! I just love its perfect balance between tart and sweet. With all these dangerous and crazy energy drinks out there why not turn to something safe, delicious, and great for the body! Have a glass of POM Wonderful before a workout and ride the healthy energy for your entire session. There is something else I’m guilty of doing with POM Wonderful. We all know I ask you to keep alcohol to once per week. When you do have drinks I always want you to choose the best choices. Here I have some awesome drink recipes made with delicious POM Wonderful. Take a peak at some of POM’s amazing benefits below!
*Next time you are at the store make sure to checkout your POM selection. They have so many different combinations now including fresh teas.
With uniquely high levels of powerful antioxidants, POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice has demonstrated a superior ability to fight harmful free radicals.
This study was conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and published in a leading food chemistry journal. The researchers measured antioxidant potency in a novel way-rather than just relying on a single antioxidant test method, they tested using all four leading tests and combined the results to get a comprehensive and holistic assessment.
Across those four tests, POM Wonderful was far and away the top performer in terms of antioxidant potency, defined as the in-vitro ability to scavenge free radical molecules.
Source: N. Seeram, et al., Comparison of Antioxidant Potency of Commonly Consumed Polyphenol-Rich Beverages in the United States, Journal of Agricultural Food and Chemistry (2008).
POM Drinks
*In my POM drinks I love adding real Pomegranate seeds to the drink. The red floating “crystals” are a beautiful garnish.
Geisha Highball
Ingredients
4 1/2 oz. POMx Pomegranate Lychee Green Tea
1 1/2 oz. dry sake
1/2 oz. citrus vodka
GARNISH:
2 long slices of English cucumber, cut to look like chopsticks
Preparation
1. Build the ingredients over ice in a highball glass in the order listed.
2. Garnish with the cucumber slices.
Pomegranate Margarita Martini Recipe
Ingredients
1 ½ cups POM Wonderful
1 oz Cointreau liquor
2 oz. Patron Silver tequila
Cup of ice
Directions
Stir together the tequila, juice and liqueur in a glass. Add the cup of ice to the cocktail shaker, and pour in the contents of the glass. Shake, strain and pour into 2 chilled martini glasses. Add pomegranate fruit to the glasses as a garnish.
Oprah’s Pomegranate Martini
Oprah loves martinis-and this is one of her favorites!
Servings: Serves 2
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups POM Wonderful
2 ounces Absolute Citron vodka or white tequila
1 ounce Cointreau liquor
Cup of ice
Splash of sparkling water (optional)
Squeeze of lemon (optional)
Directions:
Shake ingredients in a shaker and put in chilled martini glasses. Put pomegranate fruit into glass as garnish.
I simply love pomegranate martini! I like the pom flavor in my drinks and so far I think pomegranate martini is the best combi so far. Although I have to say that your Pom Margarita sounds really cool,too. I will definitely give it a go and see for my self. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this.