It is Thanksgiving.   A celebration (based on historical fiction) to give thanks.  There are stories of pilgrims and indigenous people and food sharing. What really went down was more colonization and oppression.   I don’t have the answers of how to reconcile it all in the current day.  What I do know is that I love the family, friends, food and togetherness.  And I have an abundance of things to be thankful for and celebrate.

But I cringe at the history.

I am glad that the Babylady’s school doesn’t celebrate any holidays and works from an anti-bias and anti-oppression framework so we don’t have to debunk myths already.   If you are interested in talking to your children (and I think you should) and why it is important check here.

However, this post isn’t about Thanksgiving per se.  It is only about the fabulous drink I mixed up.  I have no idea where the recipe came from other than I found it scribbled on a scrap of paper.  The nice folks at POM sent me some pomegranate juice to try and I knew it would find its way into a cocktail.

Mmm. I don't know anything about Three Olives. But it was the only pomegranate vodka so I went for it.

Sparkling Pomegranate Lemon Cocktail

• 2 cup pomegranate juice (you can juice your own, though I have no idea how or why. I used POM)
• 1 cup pomegranate or cranberry vodka
• 1-1½ cup sparkling lemon flavored water (I used 1 cup sparkling lemon water and ½ cup sparkling lemonade for a bit more sweetness)

Mix in a pitcher over ice and serve.   Garnish with lemon rind if you are feeling fancy.  If you are looking to go over the top make some trays of ice cubes with a bit of lemon and some pomegranate arils in them.

Fancy Ice!

Seriously martha-esque.

Garnish-a-rama

in a canning jar. of course.

Drink up! This is gooooood!