If there is one thing I loved about dinner time growing up in the South, it was that we always had a pitcher of sweet tea on hand to drink with supper. In fact, my uncle makes some of the best sweet tea that I have ever tasted. However, I have yet to ask for his recipe as I am pretty sure that I might not drink it again if I actually found out how many grams of sugar there are in each serving of his sweet tea. I wanted to continue the tradition of drinking sweet tea for dinner or at least having some on hand for barbecues and grill nights so I came up with this Skinny recipe for sweet tea several months ago. The taste is pretty close to what I remember from years ago and the best thing about this sweet tea recipe is that it is about 100 calories less per serving!
Ingredients
- 3 Luzianne Family Style Tea bags
- 3/4 cup Splenda granulated no-calorie sweetener
- 2 lemons, sliced
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan, bring 4 cups water to a boil.
- Add the three tea bags to the boiling water, making sure the tea bags are completely covered. Steep tea bags for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove tea bags and transfer tea into a pitcher.
- Add 4 cups of cold water to tea.
- Add Splenda to tea and stir to mix well.
- Add sliced lemons to iced tea and refrigerate for 3-4 hours before serving.
