Pomegranate Milk Shake

My Dad is an expert in making this and his smoothie tastes really great..Also, pomegranates in India taste really good, might be due to the weather, water etc..This is very healthy for everyone and mine doesn't even have sugar in it. Once you try it, you'll fall in love with the taste and the looks of it. Hope I did some justice to this, Dad :)

Pomegranate - 1
Milk - 1 cup (approximately)

I blended the pomegranate seeds (did I mention that peeling and separating the pomegranate seeds is the only time-consuming task in this recipe?). Once they are mush, add milk as required and needed. I also added water to clean up the blender (I don't like to waste ANYTHING). I strained them to remove all the seeds. If you love the crunch in your smoothie, you can enjoy that as is! How quick and simple is that? It tasted really good but I need to ask my Dad what he adds extra since his is really exotic!

C squared lemon cooler

Taking care of my husband (who had a teeth surgery) drained lot of my energy. So I was too tired to sit and blog. Anyhow, on the positive note, it gave me an opportunity to whip up some cold drinks in this cold weather...I can proudly say that this is my own invention (??) trying to include some veggies in his diet.

I call it C squared lemon cooler - obviously it might be the math teacher in me that comes up with that name. It has 2 C's namely carrot and cucumber in it..

Carrot - 1
Cucumber - 3 (small ones with no seeds - pickling variety)
Lemon - 1
Sugar - 1 tbsp (I used turbinado raw cane sugar but white might work as well)
Salt - to taste
Water

I peeled the carrots and cucumbers (remember this is for my husband, who can't chew much bcoz of the surgery - you can leave the peels on otherwise). Blend them with sugar and salt till pureed. Now you can add as much water as needed to dilute it since cucumber has lots of water content in them. I added about 1 cup of water. Transfer them to a vessel, squeeze the lemon juice in. You can use the lemon zest for an extra zing and flavor. Also, adding powdered black pepper and ground ginger will also make it yummy! I just love the color of it and it's super healthy. Enjoy!