Liquid Iron
Liquid Iron might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 0g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 5 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and fodmap friendly diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have still water, loose tea leaves, swiss chard, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Place the chard, spinach, kale, and tea leaves in a blender with 1 cup of the water. Puree until fairly smooth, for about 1 minute.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher, using a ladle or rubber spatula to extract as much juice as possible.
Add the remaining water, stir gently, and serve.
FOOD PAIRINGS:High-protein foods such as steak, pork, tofuTIP:Feel free to change the leafy greens in this recipe depending on what is available. Regular Swiss chard will work just as well as the red variety, and green kale is an acceptable substitute for purple.
Excerpted from Cool Waters, by Brian Preston-Campbell. Photographs copyright © 2009 by Jerry Errico. © 2009, used by permission from The Harvard Common Press.