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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
6 cup boiling water
3 tbsp black tea
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup orange juice
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
Directions
Pour the boiling water over the tea and cinnamon. Steep for 10 minutes.
Strain the tea and add the remaining ingredients. The tea can be served
hot or cold.
This recipe yields 8 servings. Serving size: 1 cup.
Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Carbohydrate.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 63; Calories from Fat 0; Total Fat 0g;
Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 1mg; Carbohydrate 16g;
Dietary Fiber 0g; Sugars 16g; Protein 0g.
Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-26-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2001"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 68 Calories; trace Fat (1.4%
calories from fat); trace Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 6mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Fruit; 0 Fat; 1
Other Carbohydrates.
NOTES : Recipe from "The New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes"
by Fabiola Demps Gaines, RD, LD and Roniece Weaver, RD, LD, (© American
Diabetes Association,1998)
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Fabiola Demps Gaines, RD, LD and Roniece Weaver, RD, LD
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 8
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