April 6th, 2009

POM Wonderful Breakfast: Strawberry Pomegranate Smoothies and Pomegranate Glazed Bacon

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A couple weeks ago the wonderful people at POM Wonderful sent me a case of POM Wonderful Pomegranate juice. Mmmm. If you’ve never had pomegranate juice from POM, you’re missing out. It’s packed with flavor reminiscent of cherry, and it’s zingy and tart (but not too tart). Plus, I love the fact that there is no added sugar in their pomegranate juice. My husband was an instant convert, insisting that I ask the POM rep if we could purchase cases from their company. I asked, but nope. You can only buy POM in retail stores, so he will have to live with getting special POM treats here and there, as it’s not exactly inexpensive. It is, however, much healthier for you than most other fruit juices. Besides the no added sugar, pomegranate juice is good for cardiovascular health, the prostate, and other age-related conditions. Find out more about the health benefits here.

Before I could make many recipes with the POM juice, my husband drank most of the bottles. The daily conversations went something like this:

Husband gets home from work and opens the fridge, even though I have dinner in the oven, on the stove, or halfway to the table.

Husband: “Mmmm. Pomegranate juice.”

Me: No response.

Husband: “Mmmmmmmm. Pomegranate juice.”

Me: “We’re eating dinner in 5 minutes.”

Husband: Long pause. Shuts fridge. Sits down. Gets up. Opens fridge.

Me: “Seriously. Five minutes.”

Husband: “But I want Pomegranate juice.”

Me: Sigh.

By the time I’m down to three bottles, I finally grab a couple bottles and make something for breakfast, because I know they will disappear that very weekend in some form or another. First up, I make smoothies. Next, because I can’t figure out a way to incorporate the juice into pancakes, I make a glaze for the bacon. And since I didn’t get much of the other bottles of juice, I steal sips here and there. I have one more bottle hidden in the fridge, which I hope to use for salad dressing if Husband doesn’t find it first…

Strawberry Pomegranate Smoothies

(Husband gave these a Best Smoothie Ever award.)

½ lb. strawberries (fresh or frozen)
½ cup vanilla yogurt
6-8 oz. POM Wonderful Pomegranate juice (depending on how thick you like your smoothies)

Add all ingredients to blender and blend until smooth. Pour into tall glasses and serve.

Serves 2.

Note: This glass is from POM tea. Isn’t it cool?! Unfortunately, I think they quit making them. I can only find the teas in plastic now. :(

pomglazedbaconPomegranate Glazed Bacon

In a small bowl, combine 4 oz. pomegranate juice with 1 tsp. brown sugar.

Cook your bacon just shy of how you prefer it done. Remove from skillet (I used a cast iron flat grill) and clean as much grease off the pan as possible.

Pour half the pomegranate brown sugar mixture in your pan. Lay the bacon slices on top of the pomegranate juice. Pour the remaining pomegranate brown sugar mixture over the top of the bacon and cook until done.

  
Posted By: Kelly  |  Filed Under: Breakfast  |  Print

2 Responses to “POM Wonderful Breakfast: Strawberry Pomegranate Smoothies and Pomegranate Glazed Bacon”

  1. eric

    April 10th, 2009 at 7:00 am

    I’ve never seen glazed bacon before. that looks awesome!

  2. Kelly

    April 10th, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Thanks, Eric! Most store bought bacon problably comes with flavoring, but we buy our pork from a local farmer, so it’s the “real deal” and doesn’t come with anything but smoked pig flavor. The pomegranate was a nice touch!


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