This rejuvenating spicy pomegranate coconut tonic has it all

Enjoy a touch of sourness from the pomegranate and a kick from the spicy jalapeño and ginger

Published July 13, 2019 4:30PM (EDT)

 (Skyhorse Publishing)
(Skyhorse Publishing)

Farnoosh Brock is a business and leadership coach, an author, and a speaker. She left her corporate career to start her own company, Prolific Living Inc., in 2011 to pursue a new mission: to empower business owners and leaders to achieve their highest possibilities in life through powerful mindsets and methodologies. She’s an expert green juicer, an Ashtanga yoga practitioner, a voracious reader, and a world traveler.

Brock is also the author of The Healthy Juicer’s Bible and The Healthy Smoothie Bible, both of which continue to be favorites in the juicing and smoothie community, as well as her business book, The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your BusinessThe Big Book of Healing Drinks introduces new healing drinks such as elixirs, health “shots” and tonics, delicious “lattes”, teas full of antioxidants, homemade broths, and hot water therapy. 

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This delicious, rejuvenating, and stimulating tonic has it all. There’s a touch of sourness from pomegranate, the aroma from basil and oregano, a kick from the spicy jalapeño and ginger . . . and when they mix with the coconut water, it delivers the perfect tonic.

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Recipe: Spicy Pomegranate and Coconut Tonic

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup pomegranate seeds, crushed
  • ½ fresh jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
  • ⅛ cup ginger slices
  • ⅓ to ½ lemon, sliced
  • ⅛ cup fresh oregano and mint leaves
  • 2 cups unsweetened coconut water

Instructions

Add all ingredients into your glass jar and let it steep in the fridge for 1 hour. Set your timer for an hour, or at most, 75 minutes. After the timer goes off, strain it all out into another container and either serve it or place back in the fridge to consume at a later time. Be sure to keep it either in a mason jar with a tight lid or any other glass container that is airtight. You can keep it in the fridge for up to a week.


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