Pomegranate Punch Smoothie

Name: Pomegranate Punch Smoothie
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds; 1/2 navel orange ((peeled)); 1 Tbsp lime juice; 1 cup coconut water; 1 1/2 cup ice cubes

Posted on March 30, 2015 by John and Lauren in Smoothies

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

5min

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

5min

Since ancient times, pomegranates have been used in Middle Eastern and Eastern European cuisine. These strange and wonderful fruit are now a global sensation, and this pomegranate punch smoothie is an awesome way to enjoy this ancient fruit.

The extra bit of effort it takes to get those delicious little seed pods out (and there are hundreds of them in there!) is worth it, and just makes this odd fruit even more rewarding.

Ingredients

1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
1/2 navel orange (peeled)
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 cup coconut water
1 1/2 cup ice cubes

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Directions

Prep

5 min

Total

5 min

This one definitely requires a high-powered blender because of the pulpy orange, but alternatively you could just do half the amount of coconut water and add another half cup of fresh orange juice to the mix.
Blend on high until smooth and frothy and serve immediately.

Nutritional Information (per serving)

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Note:

Fun fact: it turns turns out there’s some debate about whether the fruit in the Garden of Eden was an apple. Some suggest it was a pomegranate, and I’m tempted to side with them. I probably wouldn’t risk paradise for an apple. But for a pomegranate?

This fruit smoothie probably won’t get you evicted, but it might make you feel a bit closer to the divine. Super simple and elegant, we’ve got the dark sweetness of pomegranate with the zest of citrus and that unique aroma of coconut. The pomegranate smoothie is a great mid-afternoon refresher!

A helpful tip to makes things easier is to submerge the fruit into a bowl of cool water as you remove the seeds. This way the rind tends to float to the top, where you can easily skim it off, while the seeds sink to the bottom.