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As the nation enjoys the warmer weather, everybody from fashionistas to foodies are choosing yellow as the "it" color for accent. This summer, incorporate yellow into your own daily routine: bring a tiny sunshine indoors with beverages traditionally enjoyed for the duration of the warmer months (like iced tea or lemonade), fill a vase with lemons for a fast centerpiece, or put SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener packets in your sugar bowl.

This summer's ideal beverages will incorporate flavors that capture the essence of the sun and infuse the season's most abundant components. Aficionados can look to celebrity mixologist and cookbook author Bruce Weinstein for a fresh twist on beverage classics.

His recipe for Chamomile-Pomegranate Tea gives classic iced tea, a summertime BBQ preferred, a boost of pizzazz. Sweetened with SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener, this crowd pleaser refreshes and quenches thirst, although decreasing sugar and calorie consumption.

Chamomile-Pomegranate Tea

Pomegranate juice has potent antioxidants, so this punch is both relaxing and healthful.

Makes four (1-cup) servings

Preparation time: 5 minutes

4 chamomile tea bags

three cups boiling water

1 cup pomegranate juice

1/three cup SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener, Granular or 9 SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener, Packets

Garnish: fresh mint sprigs

Location tea bags in a huge heat-proof measuring cup or pitcher pour boiling water over tea bags. Steep 1 hour, or until cooled to space temperature. Remove and discard tea bags.

Add pomegranate juice and SPLENDA Granular or SPLENDA Packets, stirring till SPLENDA dissolves. Serve more than ice garnish with mint sprigs.

Nutrition Info per Serving

Dietary Exchanges 1/2 Fruit

Serving Size: 1 cup

Calories 45 Calories from Fat Total Fat 0g Saturated Fat 0g Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 10mg Total Carbohydrate 11g Dietary Fiber 0g Sugars 9g Protein 0g.

This recipe, when compared to a conventional recipe, has a 55% reduction in calories, a 56% reduction in carbohydrates and a 65% reduction in sugars. juicing recipes