Have you ever tried a pomegranate?
I love Pomegranates! Although a bit messy when opening (cover yourself in something you don’t mind getting stained ha ha), I love the little arils inside. They are yummy on frozen yogurt, oatmeal and much more. You can find a lot of great recipes on the POM Wonderful website.
Speaking of POM Wonderful, they sent me free samples of their 100% Pomegranate juice and hubby and I love it. It’s so tasty and a little bit goes a long way! It’s all-natural and contains no added sugars, preservatives, colors or cheap filler juices. The thing I love most about POM Wonderful is that they grown their own fruit, pick it by hand, squeeze it with their own proprietary presses and even manufacture their own bottles. It’s great they never use imported juice. I would love to visit their orchards in California’s San Joaquin Valley sometime.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from September to February. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is in season from March to May (says Wikipedia) and did you know that pomegranates are one of mankind’s earliest cultivated fruits? Throughout history, the pomegranate has been revered as a symbol of health, fertility and rebirth.
Cannot wait to try the POMx items from POM Wonderful. They have POMx tea, iced coffee, bars and more!
Have you ever had pomegranates or pomegranate juice?
Just stumbled upon your blog. I had forgotten about pomegranates, I’ve had it in different ‘mixed’ juices and I liked it but have never had the actual fruit. Thanks for the reminder.
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Welcome Jana! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I love the actual pomegranate fruit, you’ll have to try it sometime.
I’ve never tried them!
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I started with POM juice and was surprised I enjoyed it so much…but watered down to reduce calories. Then I just bought my first whole pom earlier this year… LOVED IT!!
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I also water the POM juice down, forgot to mention that. Glad to hear you like the actual fruit too.
I have some Pom juice sitting in my fridge right now! I water it down just because I’m not a huge fan of really sweet juices, but a splash really adds a nice little punch to a plain glass of water. Plus it makes me feel good knowing I’m drinking down all of those antioxidants 🙂
LOVE pomegranates too, the seeds are so much fun to eat. After cleaning up all the stains trying to get them out of the pomegranate in the first place haha.
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Hi Kristie! Glad to hear you like pomegranate juice too. It really is good and yep I water down as well. Love the seeds, they are so worth it after the clean up, you worked hard for those suckers ha ha
Pomegranates remind me of my childhood! My mom used to always buy them for us. 🙂
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It’s funny but I only found out about them a few years ago. Cannot believe I never knew about them. They are tasty!
Oh we love pomegranates and pomegranate juice! Our favorite is a blueberry pomegranate blend, mix that with some sparkling water and it makes a great spritzer 🙂
My 6 yo daughter loves the activity of just cutting up and pulling out all the arils. We through them in smoothies, and eat them just plain. and of course it’s fun experiment to crush them up and use them as ink 🙂
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Oh sounds like fun! Glad you and your family enjoy pomegranates. They are so refreshing!