Honey Recipe

Honey-Citrus Iced Tea

Honey-Citrus Iced Tea

Total Time Prep: 15 min. + chilling                                                                           Makes: 8 servings (2 quarts)

Ingredients

  • 4 tea bags
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 3 medium navel oranges
  • 2 medium lemons
  • 2 cups orange juice
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 liter ginger ale, chilled
  • Ice cubes

Directions

  1. Place tea bags in a teapot; add boiling water. Cover and steep for 3 minutes; discard tea bags. Pour tea into a pitcher. Peel and section 2 oranges and 1 lemon; add to tea. Stir in the orange juice, lemon juice and honey. Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight. Cut remaining orange and lemon into slices; freeze.
  2. Just before serving, strain and discard fruit from tea. Stir in ginger ale. Serve with frozen fruit slices and ice.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 124 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 11mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fruit.

 

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