Loading ...
WHAT: National Pomegranate Month
WHEN: The entire month of November
WHY: November is the height of fresh Pomegranate season. The glorious, ruby red fruits have been harvested from the POM Wonderful orchards in sunny California and are waiting for you at your local markets. Besides being beautiful and delicious, the Wonderful variety of pomegranates is naturally high in free-radical fighting antioxidants called polyphenols. Fresh pomegranates are also great to cook and bake with. What a Wonderful reason to celebrate.
HOW: Eat them fresh, decorate your table, bake a pomegranate dessert.
There are many ways to celebrate National Pomegranate Month. Here are a few ideas:
Throw a POMtini Party complete with POM Wonderful pomegranate inspired appetizers.
Create an Autumn Centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table.
Enter the 2009 Spiced Cider Holiday Contest.
How are you going to celebrate? Share your ideas here.
I’m going to try to make pomegranates a part of my favorite squash soup and use pomegranate juice to make BBQ sauce!
That sounds interesting, would love to hear how it works out!
[...] the Red Devil or the POM Mimosa. Garnish your cocktails with arils (pomegranate seeds) to celebrate National Pomegranate Month and fresh season. Check out more Friday worthy POM cocktails [...]
I was always told you aren’t supposed to eat the whole aril because of the pit inside, that you’re supposed to just suck out the juice. Is this true or should you eat the whole aril?
Karen,
I always eat the whole aril and I know all of our juice and the research that has been done on it is based on squeezing whole pomegranates (everything) to get that juice. I’ve heard that the seed inside the aril has nutritional value but I’m not exactly sure what that is, I just know it’s not a a bad thing. Eat away!
[...] it’s all about the pomegranate. I’m celebrating this decadent fruit since November is National Pomegranate Month. I plan to use Wonderful variety pomegranates in three [...]