Pomegranates show up everywhere this time of year and as much as I love eating them I feel like I always end up with stained fingers and a mouth full of seeds... The nutritional health benefits of pomegranates are undeniable though, they are super high in antioxidants not to mention vitamin C, vitamin B and even calcium. But rather then going thru the process of deseeding and juicing I cheated and splurged on a bottle of Pomegranate Juice from Trader Joes. Rather than pouring the juice directly into her sipper cup, I instead scanned the internet and was pretty amazed by the numerous recipes available. I finally stumbled upon a pouched pear recipe that I found at pomwonderful.com which also has a bunch of other awesome recipe ideas... Anyway, knowing that I had some bartlett pears hanging around the kitchen I decided to go for it. The end result was an pretty exciting finger food creation even though her fingers were a very sticky shade of purple-red in the end.
Poached Pears with Juice & Blueberries:
2 cups pomegranate or other dark colored juice
1/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
2-4 ripe pears
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp agave
1. Skin pears and cut them into chunks.
2. In a pot mix juice, water & agave over low-medium heat.
3. When liquids begin to simmer add pears & blueberries.
4. Submerge fruit in juice mixture and stir until pears are cooked though.
5. Cool food and enjoy!
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