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!!!
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Sounds like everyone had a lot of fun. The drink mixes sound tasty.
Love the recipes! I am so not creative when it comes to trying to create new recipes.