Blueberry and pomegranates are loaded with multiple benefits for your physical and skin health. Both contain nutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants that help cleanse the body of toxins and improve immunity system. The antioxidants in pomegranates are equivalent to nutrients in green tea and help reduce bad cholesterol, improve digestive disorders, protect cardiac health, and prevent cancer. So how can you have both in one?
Blueberry pomegranate juice!
It’s better to make it at home with organically-grown ingredients for maximum benefits since refine or heavily processed juices lose their original nutrient contents and contain chemicals – additives, preservatives, and awful amounts of sugar that end up harming your health in the long-term. Here’s how you can easily make blueberry pomegranate juice.
When serving, pour into serving tumbler glass and add 2 ice cubes.
Ingredients
coconut oil: 1 tbsp
fresh blueberries: 1 cup
pomegranate juice: 1/2 cup
water: 1/2 cup
ice cubes – as per preference
How To Make Blueberry Pomegranate Juice
- Juice the pomegranate seeds and blueberries. Gather all the ingredients and place them in a blender at high speed. Make sure you have a high speed blender otherwise you would be dealing with chunks in your juice. Blend the ingredients for 30 – 40 seconds or when it reaches the desired consistency.
- Add sugar to taste. For health-conscious people, you could add honey for sweet taste.
- Add a few ice cubes in glasses. Pour juice and serve chilled.
Trivia
- How do you know when a pomegranate is ripe?
- When they are bright red.
- Pomegranates begin to ripen late during fall and are picked after November. Pomegranate shrubs can grow up to 20 feet. Make sure that pomegranates don’t have green traces on their skin.
- When buying berries, make sure they are not too soft, damp, or light-colored. Sometimes, the berry cartons are wet and start leaking; that’s when you can tell the berries are overly moist. You can get the best berries during their natural season. Also, they are fragile so they need to be handled with care. Wash them only when you are going to use them, otherwise they become moist.
Avoid buying juices from the store as they are concentrated with toxins