‘gin’ger pomegranate cocktail

For those of you worried about my sanity, I think that I found the cure.

If you read my latest post you will see why my sanity is hanging by a thread.  To add salt to the wound today I found out that my child’s teacher, disregarding my wishes, has singled him out for more testing.  They are aware that I am getting outside, objective, testing done to see just where my son should be and the teacher took it among herself to sneak around and do her own.  If I find out that the administration was involved… See why I need a drink?

The super powers in this concoction will solve a variety of my problems and possibly even keep H1N1 at bay.  The fresh grated ginger provides a spicy kick and the POM 100% pomegranate juice adds a beautiful color and another big boost of antioxidants.  If you are going to drink, like I need to, then this is the best answer I could come up with. I love the herbal, earthy accent that gin provides.  This could also be made with vodka or your favorite spirit.

I make this with a rustic twist, but just combining all the ingredients in the largest glass available.  This could be dressed up by making it in a cocktail shaker and strained into a martini glass.

My GINger POM Cocktail

• 1 large glass, highball
• 2 cubes of ice, too much will dilute your drink and leave less room
• 1 jigger of gin, or 2 fingers, heck just pour it in
• equal part POM 100% juice
• 1 tsp fresh grated ginger, or more if you can handle it
• top off with lemon soda, I love O Organics from Safeway it is not too sweet and nice and tasty

Chug-a-lug

Tagged as: drinks, healthy, holiday, POM, pomegranate