A few weeks ago the nice people at POM Wonderful sent me coupons to try some POM juice for free.  I devised a few ways to give the juice a taste, and I thought that a dinner party mix-off would be a great way to start.

On Saturday night we had 2 other couples over for dinner.  Erica and Michael (Adam’s sister and her new hubby) and Sarah and Brock (high-school/university friends and newly co-habitating couple)  The weather was perfect, and we started off the night with a bar set up in the kitchen.  I offered POM, POM Mango,  Raspberry-Orange juice, lemonade, 7-up, ginger ale, and club soda.  I invited all of my guests to mix up a mocktail!  We have quite a creative group of friends, and the combos and names of the drinks were fabulous!

Recipes:

Adam’s “Kick Ass!?”

• 4 ice cubes
• 1/4 Pom Mango
• 1/8 Club Soda
• 1/8 Ginger Ale
• 1/4 lemonade
• 1/4  Raspberry Orange juice

Sarah’s “Tangy Twister”

• a few ice cubes
• 1 pour of club soda
• a splash of POM and POM Mango
• a dash of lemonade
• top with 7-up

Brock’s “Ain’t No Dang Ol’ Mango Turango”

• 1 part 7-up
• 1 part POM Mango
• 1 part lemonade
• on the rocks, garnished with a slice of apple

Erica’s “Splish-Splash”

• a splash of POM
• a splash of lemonade
• a glug of rasberry-orange
• a splish of 7-up

Michael’s “The Steve”

• POM juice
• Raspberry Orange
• Splash of lemonade
• gingerale
• love

Sarah’s “Seduction”

• 1/2 POM Mango
• 1/2 Ginger Ale
• 3 ice cubes

I ended up being the winner with my Tangy Twister, and everyone had a great time mixing and competing and heckling.

For those of you who don’t know much about POM juice, let me share a few facts:

• POM is the only juice brand to grow, juice, and bottle their own fruit
• POM contains healthy antioxidants called polyphenols
• POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate juice has more polyphenols than a glass of red wine
• after being juiced, the pomegranates from the POM fields are used for cattle feed – reducing waste!

Thanks to POM for helping me start off my dinner party in a fun and healthy way!!!