New Recipe for Recipe Redux: Triple Cherry Chiller

Recipe Redux consists of a group of health-minded recipe developers with blogs who enjoy the challenge of creating healthy recipes for their audiences. Each month we are given a theme to write about and develop a nutritious recipe. July’s challenge is to create a refreshing summer beverage.

Because more and more people are learning about the health benefits of cherries, I decided to develop a recipe using tart cherry juice, cherry tea, and fresh cherries.  The recipe is Triple Cherry Chiller.


Triple Cherry Chiller


The recipe is easy to put together. You start by brewing the tea. I used Celestial Seasonings” Black Cherry Berry. Of course, many other flavors of tea could be used instead, such as raspberry zinger. I used 3 tea bags to 4 cups of water.

cherry tea

You let the tea steep for about 10 minutes. Then add the juice. I used tart cherry juice.

tart cherry juice

Then you refrigerate the mixture. When ready to serve, cut up some fresh cherries to add to each glass along with some ice.

fresh cherries cut into quarters

Below is the Triple Cherry Chiller recipe with nutrition and cost information.

Ingredients:

4 cups boiling water

3 black cherry berry tea bags (or other cherry-flavored tea)

2 cups 100% tart cherry juice

6 Tbsp fresh or frozen sweet cherries, pitted if fresh and quartered

Ice

Agave nectar or honey or sugar, if desired

Directions:

Pour boiling water over tea bags in large pitcher; let steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea bags and discard. Add juice to tea. Refrigerate. When ready to serve, add 1 tablespoon quartered cherries and ice to each glass; pour beverage. Sweeten to taste with agave nectar, honey, or sugar, if desired. Optional: garnish each glass with one whole cherry.

Makes 6 servings (about 6 cups total).

Nutrition Information per Serving:

43 calories, 0 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, mg cholesterol, 0.2 g dietary fiber, 0.4 g protein, and  7 mg sodium.

Cost per Serving: $0.59

Pricing Note: The cherry juice was $4.99 for 64 fl ounces and fresh cherries were found on sale for $2.99 a pound.

Preparation Note:

No sugar added pomegranate juice can be use instead of 100% tart cherry juice if desired.

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