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Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2009

Liquid Iron

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Total Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 6

This recipe is from "Cool Waters: 50 Refreshing, Healthy, Homemade Thirst Quenchers," by Brian Preston-Campbell (Harvard Common, $12.95).

This preparation retains most of the nutrients that would be lost in the cooking process.

• Ingredients:

¼ cup chopped spinach leaves

¼ cup chopped purple kale

1 teaspoon loose green tea leaves

6 cups water

2 stalks red Swiss chard, chopped

• Instructions:

Place chard, spinach, kale and tea leaves in a blender with 1 cup water. Purée until fairly smooth, about one 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 remaining water, stir gently and serve.