A Perfect Winter Drink: Ginger, Pomegranate and Fresh Mint

Fresh drinks in the winter do require an additional dosis of vitamin. With so many sun-less days and nights starting around 4pm, we definitely need not only more light, but also those vitamins in our body that help to fight against low immunity, colds and in not a few cases, even depression.

As I like to stay both fit and hydrated, I created my own winter variant of lemonade, that in addition to lemon, it also has some useful cocktail of vitamin: pomegranate and ginger. Kept in the fridge for around 30 minutes creates a very pleasant refreshing effect. If you want to fight against the cold, you can also use warm water instead as a good remedy against cough and other unpleasant winter occurences.

It can be prepared within minutes and is a real good option for ending a busy first week of work in 2018.

Ingredients

1 cup of fresh mint leaves

1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds

500 ml. fresh cold/hot water

Directions

Add all the ingredients in the blender and mix for 2 minutes at moderate speed. Eventually, you may need to clean the liquid from the pomegranate seeds therefore you need a strainer. 

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 5 minutes

An exotic non-alcoholic drink for the win

What you do when you have some exotic fruits leftovers from the Rosh HaShana - Jewish New Year - and an inviting can of coconut milk? Plus, you want to be sure of being ready for the 25-hour Yom Kippur fast, therefore you need to have a perfectly hydration! I didn't need too much to put into motion my blender and create a very tasty drink, as healthy and nourishing as possible.

Ingredients

1/2 papaya fruit, cut into little pieces

3 cactus fruits, peeled and cut into little pieces

400 ml. organic coconut milk

3 tablespoon honey

Direction

Add the fruits, the honey and the coconut milk into the blender and mix for around 2 minutes at medium-speed. As the cactus fruits do have small seeds - which are not harmful, anyway - you can pour the creamy result through a strainer in order to eliminate them.

Preparation time

5 minutes

Serves

2