Recipes, Printable Coupons | $5 Dinners™ » pomegranates http://www.5dollardinners.com Feeding the Family for $5 or Less Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 How to Cut and Use Pomegranateshttp://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/10/how-to-cut-and-use-pomegranates.html http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/10/how-to-cut-and-use-pomegranates.html#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:41:04 +0000 Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=3707 The Confident Mom

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Ideas for How to Use your Pomegranates Seeds

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1. Smoothies – I made quite a few pomegranate smoothies last year.  The first one I made, the seeds weren’t blended to well, making it very difficult to drink.  I discovered that if I put the seeds into the blender with 1-2 cups of water (enough to submerge the seeds) and hit “pulse” a few times, the seeds and pulp/juice would separate from each other, and I could strain off the inner seed part and use the liquid in the smoothie.  Worked like a charm! 

2. Snack – They are quite tasty just to munch on as they are!

3. Make Pomegranate Jelly.

4. Salad – Add some seeds on top of your favorite autumn salad.  Would be great with a Romaine or spinach salad with diced apples, walnuts, feta. 

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5. Juice the seeds in a juicer.  Use the juice to make a salad dressing , or a lemonade .

6. Make a marinade: Use equal parts pomegranate juice and lemon juice, with equal part of olive oil, half part sugar or sweetener, and salt and pepper, to taste.

And be sure to check out the POM Wonderful website for other great pomegranate recipe ideas!

Prices

2008 – Avg. sale price was $1.50

2009 – Sale price this week $1.25 (we’ll see if that fluctuates much over the next few weeks!)

They are a bit on the “pricier” side in comparison to other fruits.  But I just love them, not only for their flavor, but also for the powerful pack of antioxidents they contain!  I will be squeezing them into my shopping trips when the budget allows!

Are you afraid of pomegranates?  If so, are you willing to give them a try after learning how to open them?  If you are a pomegranate expert, what other ways do you like to use pomegranates???

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How to Cut and Use Pomegranates was first posted on October 12, 2009 at 8:41 pm.
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Antioxident Pomegranate SmoothieAntioxident Pomegranate Smoothie

1 large pomegranate, deseeded
1 medium banana
6-8 pieces frozen mango (Mango is not in season at the moment, so I would recommend frozen!)
3-4 pieces fresh or frozen strawberries
1/2 – 1 cup rice milk
1. Remove seeds from pomegranate by opening and scooping out the seeds.
2. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Add more rice milk to desired consistency.
Here are some photos of my smoothie making effort this morning! Anyone know how to get rid of the seeds in the smoothie??? I thought they would get blended, but they didn’t. My smoothie was too thick to strain. Any ideas would be helpful!?!

Antioxident Pomegranate Smoothie
Note: Super juicy and messy…don’t wear your favorite white blouse while doing this! It will turn pink!
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I am entering this recipe into a contest hosted by POM Wonderful Pomegranate. If you have a favorite dish, beverage or dessert that uses pomegranates, be sure to enter your recipe here.
“Pomegranate juice is one of nature’s most powerful antioxidents. Sip for sup, POM Wonderul 100% pomegranate juice has more polyphenol antioxidents than red wine, green tea and other juices. For antioxident health benefits, sip wisely. Drink 8 oz. a day.” -From POM Wonderful
Quick Giveaway!!!
I gotta get these coupons into the hands of one lucky winner soon! They expire on December 31, 2008! This contest will only run for 24 hours, starting at 8 am on Thursday morning November 6th, ending Friday morning at 8 am!

The folks at POM sent me 5 coupons for FREE POM Wonderful Drink and 5 coupons for a FREE POM Tea (both 16 oz. sizes). That’s 10 free drinks! Full of powerful antioxidents and nutrients!

Rules
1. Leave a comment below telling me if you’ve ever had anything with pomegranate. If so, what?!? If you do not have a blog, please leave your email address so I can contact you if you win! Any comment without an email or blogger username will be deleted! PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL if you don’t have a blog or are leaving an anonymous comment.

2. Comments for this giveaway will close at 8 am on Friday, November 7th.
3. Winning Comment number will be selected by Random.org
4. I will post the winner no later than 9 am on November 7th. Winner will be contacted and will have 24 hours to claim their prize. If not claimed, another number will be selected.

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Antioxident Pomegranate Smoothie was first posted on November 6, 2008 at 8:00 am.
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