Orange Gingerade

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 4 oz. fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped (1 cup)
• 2 large seedless oranges, peeled and roughly chopped
• Ice Cubes
• 3 tbsp granular sugar or sugar substitute

 Makes 4 Servings

1. In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil and removes from heat. Add ginger and steep for 10 minutes. While ginger is steeping, in a blender, puree oranges until smooth.
2. Strain steeped ginger water into  a large pitcher; discard the ginger. Add 1 cup ice cubes and sugar or sugar substitute to ginger water and stir until ice has melted and ginger water has cooled, about 3 minutes.
3. Add the pureed oranges and stir to combine.Fill 4 (8 oz.) glasses with ice cubes; pour Orange Gingerade over ice and serve.

WW POINTS PER SERVING: 0 PTS.

 

Note: This recipe appaers in the South Beach Diet Taste of Summer Cookbook. I substituted 1 tbsp of ground ginger for the peeled and chopped ginger and it was quite strong. I also used seltzer water instead of boiling the water. The seltzer water was a good subsitute for the bolied water. I highly recommend straining the oranges if you don't want all that pulp in your drink.