Happy New Year!!! What better way to ring in the new year than with a cocktail.
As most of you know, I love wine, wine humor, wine recipes… oh heck anything that has to do with wine is good with me! So I was pretty happy when I stumbled across a recipe that included wine AND fruit. I mean since it has fruit in it that makes it healthy, right?!?! Here are a few nutrition benefits that I found about pomegranates:
- Pomegranates are often appreciated because they are filled with more antioxidants like punicalagin than other superfoods like acai berry juice or green tea.
- Pomegranates are also high in vitamin C, with 100 ml containing 16 percent of a person’s daily requirement.
- It also contains high amounts of vitamin K that helps to support bone health and vitamin B5 that helps the body metabolize, protein, carbohydrates and fats.
- Pomegranates are filled with manganese which helps to form bone structures during the metabolic process and potassium that helps to maintain cellular functions and balance fluid levels.
- The fruit is also high in phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, zinc and iron. There is very little fat in a pomegranate and it does not contain cholesterol.
- The fruit only has 130-150 calories, with around 105 calories being derived from the seeds.
- These seeds are high in calories because they contain unsaturated oils, sugar and carbohydrates but there is a great deal of fiber and some protein in these seeds as well.
So basically I’m helping you all become healthier by drinking this cocktail. Hey, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Ok now let’s get to the good stuff. How exactly does one make this drink? Well first you’ll need a few ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces pomegranate liqueur
- 1 bottle sparkling wine
- 6 ounces pomegranate juice
- Pomegranate seeds for garnish
Directions:
- Combine the pomegranate liqueur and pomegranate juice.
- Pour the mixture into champagne glasses and top it with sparkling wine.
- Drop pomegranate seeds into the champagne glasses for garnish.
So I’m thinking a few of these cocktails are in order to properly celebrate 2014. What’s your favorite cocktail (with or without alcohol) to make? Please share below!
I love your logic! I’m always down for wine and if it has health benefits…double YAY!!! Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Michelle I think I need about 2-3 of these to get me through the rest of Winter Break! LOL
This looks really amazing! I love pomegranate and I LOVE sparkling wine. I’m SOLD!!!
Brandi I haven’t had real pomegranate in forever and can’t wait to tear into one of these drinks!
Girl this looks delish! Definitely bookmarking this recipe!
Please let me know how it turns out when you make one!
It sounds so delish! Love it, Will add to my must try list!
Claudia this is great since you are doing so well with your weightloss. Nice healthy cocktail to celebrate!
Oh yes!!! Pomegranates are one of nature’s finest aphrodisiacs. So this recipe is a double whammy!! Here’s to a sparkly 2014!! Cheers!!
So how did I not know that pomegranates were an aphrodisiac?!?! (runs to buy a few pounds) LOL
I had a pomegranate mixed beverage for Thanksgiving prepared with pomegranate seeds that had been soaked in vodka since LAST thanksgiving. Yaay to pomegranates.
OMG Patricia that drink sounds sooooo good! Now I feel like I need to soak something and then celebrate with it next New Year’s!
All these great wine recipes are coming out on recovery day!!
Wine recipes are great any day…LOL!
I <3 pomegranate martinis, so I'm sure I will become addicted to this…maybe addicted is too strong of a word! lol This will be on the menu at the 2014 house party I plan to host!
There is nothing wrong with being addicted. I’m addicted to my wine posts and owning finger nail polish! LOL But I have a whole new outlook on this fruit now!
I actually bought ingredients to make Coquito. However, where Danny and I went for NYE, no one really drinks and I would have felt obligated to myself to drink a little extra to compensate. Then thought better on it.
I love wine and have a ton at home but don’t actually drink it as often as I want. Maybe I should start… it might be good for me. 😉
Arelis drinking more wine is a great resolution to have for 2014. HAHA!
this looks delicious!!!! i’ll have to make this for one of my thirsty thursday blogs some time!!
Becky I will def be checking out your Thirsty Thursday posts! Heck all of you stuff looks good! haha
HNY and this drink looks so amazing! I’ve been going in on pomegranate everything this latter part of the year, so this is right up my alley!