Snack

Easy Beet Tea is for Snack.

Easy Beet Tea takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Easy Beet Tea takes 10 minutes to cook.

Easy Beet Tea makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Easy Beet Tea are:

His recipe reads like this:
1 qt water
4 large beets, peeled and very finely shredded
1/2 C honey
juice from 2 lemons
4 sprigs fresh mint (optional)

I used the qt water, a bunch of beets from the farm down the road (equal to about 5 medium beets - I also forgot to peel them, so I grated them till I ran into the skin and tossed it. I also did most of them in the blender as I got tired of grating them), 1/4 C honey, the lemon juice and no mint.

Here is how you make Easy Beet Tea:

His instructions:Bring the water to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Add the beets, honey and lemon juice and return to a boil. Remove the pan from heat and allow mixture to steep for 20 minutes. Strain and serve over ice with the sprig of mint.What I did:combined everything in the saucepan and brought to a boil. Took it off the burner and let sit till I remembered it. ;) strained it into a pitcher and served over ice. I thought I might taste the peel, but I don't. It's good!Serving Size: makes about 8 cupsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SPAZWRITER.

The nutritional information for Easy Beet Tea is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 54.4

• Total Fat: 0.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 45.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
• Protein: 0.9 g