When you open a pomegranate fruit (Punica granatum), you will see pomegranate seeds. These seeds are small, bright red, and juicy, with a taste ranging from tangy to sweet and berry-like ...
For maximum flavour, buy whole fresh pomegranates. Hold the fruit over a bowl and carefully break open the skin. Discard the skin and remove the segments of juicy seeds, saving the juice as you do so.
Pomegranates, including their seeds, are a good source of folate, potassium and vitamin K. They also boost heart health and help slow the growth of some cancer cells, research has found.
You may cringe at hearing Christmas carols before Thanksgiving, but there’s no avoiding it now: Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa were all this month, and now there's New Year’s Eve and all the chaos ...