Martini Break!!!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Blueberry Pomegranate Martini


Over the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with smoothie making. I found a great app for my iPad that provides tons of healthy smoothie recipes. I was excited! So excited that I jumped in my ride, headed to Target, and purchased a whole freezer full of frozen fruits and vegetables. 

Since that day, I’ve been a blending fool! I’ve made orange-mango smoothies, raspberry-blueberry smoothies, strawberry-peach smoothies…..all kinds of smoothies. I’ve approached smoothie making the same way I approach martini making: mixing and matching a variety of flavors to create different variations of a great drink. I think they called it permutations in math class...


In any event, I really enjoy experimenting in smoothie making, and it has helped me to craft new and exciting martini recipes. As such, I hope that you will enjoy the Blueberry Pomegranate Martini, which is a variation of the delicious blueberry-pomegranate smoothie that I concocted in my kitchen last week. It's really good! Let me know what you think!


Ingredients
2 oz of Your Favorite Vodka

1 oz of Pomegranate Juice (100% Juice)

1 oz of Pomegranate Liqueur

1 Cup of Fresh Blueberries

Fresh Blueberries (for garnish)

Ice



Recipe

- In a blender, puree blueberries. Mixture should be smooth and pourable.

- In a shaker, combine ice, juice, liqueur, vodka, and blueberry mixture. Shake!

- Strain mixture into a chilled martini glass.

- Stack 4 blueberries on a cocktail toothpick, and lay ever so gently in your martini.


Voila! Interested in the smoothie recipe? Combine 1 cup of pure pomegranate juice, 1 cup of frozen blueberries, and ¼ cup of nonfat plain Greek yogurt in a blender, and blend! For an extra healthy kick, add two tablespoons of wheat germ. Enjoy your martini….and your smoothie! Drink Responsibly!


7 comments:

Just One Donna said...

Another good one. Can you send me the name of the smoothie app on email or twitter?

Jocelyn said...

Ooooooooooooooh! Now this looks good. Storing this post in my favorites. Gotta try this out soon. Loving your recipes!

My Thirty Spot said...

Oh my gosh! I think I am salivating! Looks so good! Great post!

ManWifeDog said...

SO making one of these tomorrow girl!!I need it!! Will try to post a photo! LOL!

Anonymous said...

Martini check in - I went to mt. Washington Tavern in Baltimore, MD last night and had 2 apple martinis!! Going out tonight will order the blueberry pomegrante!!!

Sadi
www.butterscotchsundaes.blogspot.com

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We love the 80ss said...

Ok, Lady this is so like the Hottest blog design I have seen in while. WHO Designed this? I love it. Love it Love it Love it. Did I say I love it. Ok, are making smoothies with veggies. Sounds interesting. I appreciate you creativity.

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