Delicious POM Wonderful Meals with Kristen Carli
Registered dietitian Kristen Carli is here to share hacks for adding produce to every meal and snack throughout the day. She will share with us an easy microwaveable veggie filled breakfast, a pomegranate juice marinated salmon bowl, and a pomegranate mocktail that will become your new favorite beverage! Kristen will discuss why POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice is a healthy choice to add to many meals.
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00:00 - You know you should eat more fruits and veggies.
00:02 I'm not breaking any news, that's a given.
00:05 Almost nobody can eat five to seven servings
00:08 of fruits and veggies, but that's Kristen Carley's
00:11 superpower, she's a registered dietitian
00:14 and she has ideas for sliding that healthy stuff
00:17 into every meal and even into our cocktails, welcome.
00:21 - Yes, thank you so much.
00:22 I'm so excited to be here in partnership
00:24 with Palm Wonderful and Have a Plant.
00:26 It is still National Fruits and Veggies Month,
00:29 so I'm back, we're gonna be talking all about
00:31 pomegranate juice today.
00:33 - Okay, let's start with the magical pomegranate.
00:35 When I was a kid, we used to just eat the fruit.
00:37 We'd open it, we'd pick out the seeds, it was a treat.
00:39 What are some of the things in pomegranates
00:42 that make them healthy?
00:43 - So the best thing about it is that pomegranate juice
00:45 is really rich in antioxidants, and these antioxidants
00:48 fight the free radicals in our body
00:51 that can do damage over time.
00:53 And so in eight ounces, about half that bottle there,
00:56 we've got about 700 milligrams of polyphenols,
00:59 these antioxidants, and in a whole bottle,
01:02 that's 16 ounces right there, you've got the juice
01:04 from four whole pomegranates.
01:07 So that's a lot, and what's really cool
01:09 about Palm Wonderful is that they whole press
01:12 their pomegranates, so you get the juice from the rind,
01:16 the pith, and those arils to really maximize
01:19 your antioxidant potential there.
01:21 - Okay, I didn't know that, 'cause I know with lemons,
01:23 there are a lot of healthy elements in the rind.
01:25 You want to eat the rind.
01:27 - There you go, you got some extras in that rind
01:30 because we're whole pressing it,
01:31 so it's actually really beneficial.
01:33 I've got a fun recipe I wanna show you today.
01:36 We wanna talk about ways to incorporate juice
01:38 every time you eat I Want You to Have a Plant,
01:41 so we're talking about juice today.
01:43 This is 100% pomegranate juice.
01:45 I've used it in three different ways in this recipe.
01:49 - Okay, I'm interested, I see some sauce.
01:51 - Yeah, so we actually use it in the marinade on the salmon,
01:55 so this marinade is really easy.
01:57 It's garlic, ginger, honey, and some pomegranate juice,
02:01 so really simple, but really flavorful,
02:03 really packs the flavor there.
02:05 - That sounds delicious,
02:06 and that it would play off a salmon well.
02:08 - Absolutely.
02:10 We also used it to cook brown rice here,
02:12 so that's kind of unique.
02:14 Normally when you cook brown rice,
02:15 you may cook it with water.
02:16 - Yeah, that's what I would do.
02:17 - Or maybe broth.
02:18 This one is mostly water and a little bit
02:21 of pomegranate juice to infuse that flavor,
02:25 a little bit of color gets into that rice there,
02:27 just in a little extra way to add a little plant.
02:30 - Love it.
02:31 - And then the last way is the sriracha.
02:33 So this sriracha sauce is sriracha,
02:36 rice vinegar, and pomegranate juice.
02:38 So you mix that together,
02:39 you get a little spicy and a little tart.
02:42 - Also, vinegar is incredible to have with every meal
02:45 because it helps stabilize your blood sugar.
02:47 - We love vinegar.
02:48 It adds a lot of flavor too, so we love that.
02:52 What's really neat too about Palm Wonderful
02:54 is they have actually done studies
02:56 where they look at the antioxidant levels
02:59 while you're cooking and they remain stable.
03:01 So even after you're simmering pomegranate juice
03:05 for like two hours,
03:06 those antioxidant levels remain stable.
03:08 - I'm so glad you said that.
03:09 I was curious, like if you cooking your brown rice
03:12 in mostly water but a little pomegranate juice,
03:15 are those polyphenols gonna survive the high heat?
03:17 - Right, 'cause sometimes we see nutrients
03:19 degrade with cooking, but that's not the case
03:21 from what Palm Wonderful studies have shown.
03:22 So that's really exciting.
03:23 - Yeah, and I would try it, except look,
03:27 Kristen shared with me.
03:28 This was made last night in Chandler
03:33 and then it was in the minivan.
03:34 - It's just for show.
03:35 - It's for show, but it's beautiful.
03:37 - But you can try this, okay?
03:39 - Okay, good.
03:40 - So this is a palm mocktail.
03:42 So we've got some pomegranate juice.
03:44 We're gonna add a little lemonade
03:46 and we're gonna add a little bit of club soda.
03:49 Mocktails are super trendy.
03:50 I definitely had them a lot when I was pregnant,
03:52 but they're still trendy when you're not pregnant.
03:54 Try that.
03:55 - I love the garnish. - A little garnish.
03:57 - Because, okay, so what's in the blueberry?
03:59 Is that also polyphenols?
04:00 - So we got some different antioxidants,
04:02 but for real, they're just for show in this display here.
04:05 What do you think of that combination?
04:07 - That is so refreshing, so delicious, tart.
04:12 But I feel like I'm always scared of drinking juice
04:15 because of the high sugar content,
04:16 but if you add some water, sparkling water,
04:19 it dilutes a little bit.
04:20 - Right, and you know, when you're gonna take
04:22 a cocktail, a mocktail of any sort,
04:23 maybe you're not thinking about the most healthy,
04:26 you know, you're not probably doing that.
04:28 But if you could add some pomegranate juice
04:30 to whatever you're drinking,
04:32 it would add some nutrients here.
04:33 Now you could also throw in whatever spirit of choice
04:36 if you wanted to make this a full-blown cocktail.
04:38 - It depends on what kind of day you're having.
04:41 Would a little bit of vodka smooth the edges
04:45 on any particular day?
04:46 - And you know what you tell yourself, you say,
04:48 "So, sure, this vodka's not great for my liver,
04:51 "but these polyphenols are gonna neutralize the damage."
04:54 - You know what, it doesn't hurt, right?
04:56 We gotta add those antioxidants whenever possible.
04:58 - Yes, and you've probably seen that Blue Zone documentary.
05:00 - Yes, we talked about this, yes.
05:02 - So, like, a lot of those people might have
05:04 a little bit of a spirit from time to time.
05:07 - I mean, it's all about balance, right?
05:08 As a dietician, that's really what I'm all about promoting.
05:11 And like we were talking about,
05:12 it's all about what you can add to your diet.
05:14 And in partnership with Have a Plant,
05:16 that's what we're here trying to do this month.
05:18 Every time you eat, I want you to think,
05:20 is there a plant on the plate somehow?
05:22 Whether it's fresh, frozen, canned, dried, 100% juice,
05:26 I'm all in regardless.
05:28 - I love that, thank you so much, Kristin Carley.
05:31 Have a plant, and to have a plant,
05:33 sometimes you gotta have a plan.
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