Pomegranates — minus seeds

Naked Juice Antioxidant. Pomegranate, and Pomegranate Blueberry. $3.19 per 15.2-ounce bottle.

Bonnie: Pomegranates are those red-skinned fruits with sweet flesh and an overabundance of seeds that kids (and probably Carolyn) love to spit out. They've been celebrated in mythology as a symbol of fertility and now are touted for their antioxidant health benefits.

Antioxidants are beneficial, as they fight free radicals — highly reactive molecules — from damaging our cells. The antioxidants in pomegranates have been linked to reducing the risk of heart disease and some cancers. Blueberries contain even more healthy antioxidants.

Both these Naked Juices contain 100 percent juice. The Pomegranate is just that. Pomegranate Blueberry combines those two fruits, plus grape and apple concentrates (aka sugar). One bottle of either contains two servings. That means a bottle provides 300 calories, mostly sugar, but also good-for-you antioxidants.

Carolyn: The pomegranate's abundance of seeds is obviously behind its aphrodisiac rep. If that's what you're looking for, chocolate, almonds and strawberries are a lot tastier and easier to eat.

Naked's Pomegranate Juice eliminates the need to wrestle with the fruit's starchy flesh but not entirely the need to spit things out. I'm not talking about the seeds, which Naked has strained out, but the juice itself, which is even tarter than grapefruit.

Like many people, this Naked juice is shown off to better advantage when clothed — in this case, in super-sweet blueberry juice. To paraphrase an old jazz standard, it makes pomegranate juice ever so much easier to love.

Stouffer's Panini. Corner Bistro Grilled Chicken Italian, Southwest-Style Chicken, Smoked Turkey Club, and Philly-Style Steak and Cheese; and Lean Cuisine Chicken Club, Steak, Cheddar & Mushroom, Southwest-Style Chicken, and Chicken, Spinach & Mushrooms. $3.09 per 6-ounce box.

Bonnie: Panini sandwich shops have recently overtaken America's cities the way wraps did a few years back. And now there are dozens of panini-making kitchen appliances to help you easily make these grilled, pressed (I call them squished) sandwiches of Italian origin at home.

These frozen sandwiches from Stouffer's unfortunately bear no resemblance to those other paninis. These taste like microwaved bread. Need I say more?