Pomegranates are in season! Yet another reason to love fall. I've been seeing and hearing pomegranate everywhere lately, it seems. I think it's time to make the pomegranate food of the week!
Benefits:
- Rich in antioxidants, which help to prevent cancer and heart disease.
- Good source of Vitamin C, Potassium, and fiber.
- Low in calories.
- May help lower cholesterol.
- May slow the metabolism of some medications.
- May cause low blood pressure when combined with blood pressure lowering medications.
Ways to eat Pomegranate:
- The seeds can be added to yogurt or pudding for a sweet treat.
- Pomegranate juice is tasty (fyi, I wouldn't drink it if you have a sore throat, it's a little rough)
- Pomegranate martini, mojito, what have you....
- I went to a party last weekend where there was guacamole with pomegranate seeds in it! Yum!
- How to cut open a pomegranate with as little mess as possible.
- Pomegranates are known as Granada in Spanish and Grenade in French.
- Pomegranate trees do well in dry climates, therefore in the U.S. they are most successfully grown in the southwest, Southern California especially.
2 comments:
I decided a while ago that if I were a fruit this is the fruit I would be. :)
Yes, often I think of your pomegranate-like qualities; pink and juicy, soft on the outside with a surprising crunch in the middle. But I don't care when anybody says, you're not seedy...
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