Simply Wonderful

Celebrate Storm Stella With One Final Winter Feast

Is anyone else bracing for tomorrow’s big snow storm? Rather than being scared of the wicked weather ahead, we encourage you to take that time to hunker down and cook a hearty meal for your family, like this lovely roasted lamb served alongside a persimmon salad with pomegranate dressing. 

The weather may be cold, but just think about how a few months from now, you’ll be wishing you could cook indoors! 

You can find the recipes from this winter dinner party here:

Happy Hour: Pomegranate Sour

If you’re anything like us, you’re SO ready for the weekend. We couldn’t possibly think of a better way to toast it than with this pomegranate sour recipe from Mom on the Side. 

Here’s how she makes hers:

Slow Cooked Lamb and Blood Orange Pomegranates

We just adore Middle Eastern inspired food. It’s soon trend these days, and we keep seeing more and more great recipes utilizing its core flavors.

This one uses pomegranates to punch up one of our favorite Middle Eastern meats, lamb. It’s such a wonderful alternative to beef, and it tastes incredible with the tart sweetness of pomegranates.

Here’s how it’s done:

Pomegranate Arils Found in Ancient Tomb

We’ve posted quite a bit about how pomegranates have influenced art, history, and culture throughout the ages. The fact that archeologists found pomegranate arils in an ancient tomb is a pretty fascinating development though.

One hundred seeds thought to be 2,000 years old have been found in a brick tomb in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China.

Recipe: Palestinian Pomegranate, Lentil and Aubergine Stew

We love this story of a traditional pomegranate stew that’s featured in the Guardian. The author talks about the significance of this storied fruit in their culture and cuisine. 

Pomegranates are integral to Palestinian eating, and are regarded across the Middle East as a symbol of abundance and prosperity. Each pomegranate fruit is said to have an extra seed that comes directly from paradise, so it is a cherished fruit. Street hawkers squeeze fresh juice from them; a fluorescent crimson cupful to sip on the fly.

Rummaniyeh (rumman means pomegranate) uses the fruit’s molasses as well as its seeds, which bodes well for a tangy stew with lentils and aubergine.

You can check out the recipe for this delicious traditional stew here: