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Pomegraneto - not - a - mojito drink

In this fast paced life of ours, how many of us really wished for a good quality time to be spent with  our spouses and family?? Aren't you all not bored of the same routine day in day out? We slog the whole week at work and wait for the weekend to arrive only to go out shopping at some money fleecing mall monsters, get tired, eat a quick meal from there, if time permits go for a movie and come home tired and later go off to sleep. There goes your weekend and the next morning, the same old rat race begins. That special moment with your spouse or children never happened. My friend had asked me once, whether my husband and I talk over coffee when we go out. As a diplomat I am, said to her, we don't make eye contact when there is any kind of food kept in front of us. We give our full attention to it. We laughed it off, but she really wanted to know that, are they the only odd ones out here. No, they are not!! 
Last Friday, I decided to be at home (our usual friday dining out was cancelled), wanted to  cook a nice cozy meal for two, make a chilled refreshing drink to relax and talk sweet nothings with my hubby. Now don't ask me what we talked but we tried breaking the rules a bit. :) I made a quick  Pomegranate drink (non-alcoholic), served it in a cocktail glass, lit some candles on the dining table, switched off the tv and waited for Arun's reaction to it. He gave a thousand watt smile as soon as he saw the chilled pink drink in my hand and i knew it, he loved the whole idea behind being at home and lazying in the couch with a drink in hand. Well, he then went off to the next rounds of hard drink to celebrate the weekend. :) The "be at home romantic Friday night"  was a big hit. :)

 I have taken this recipe from Jamie Oliver's 30 minute meals show. You must try it out, this drink as well as the Friday evening schedule. :) 

 Ingredients:
  • 4-5 pomegranates 
  • 2 lime
  • few sprigs of mint leaves
  • 10-12 ice cubes
  • ice water or sparkling water
Method:
Take 2 cocktail glasses and fill them with enough ice cubes. Then push some sprigs of mint to the glass. Squeeze the lime to the glass. (juice of one lime, each glass). Then cut the pomegranates in half and squeeze every half of the fruit over the glass to release the juice from it. Don't worry if some seeds fall into the glass. (use 2 pomegranates per glass). Now pour some sparkling water if you want your drink to have a little fizz or just add ice water to fill the glass. Take a spoon and give it a slight stir and there you go with your luxury drink. 
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