Lemon-Berry Iced Tea

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Lemon-Berry Iced Tea

1 family size tea bag
4 cups cold water
1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen blueberries or strawberries
½ cup fresh lemon juice
Splenda or Stevia

[color=purple]Put tea bag and cold water in a saucepan (with lid) and heat until almost boiling.  Remove from heat and cover with lid.  Allow tea to steep for 2 hours or so.

In another saucepan, bring berries and lemon juice to a gentle boil.  Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and cool.  Pour berries into a blender and liquefy.  

Pour berry puree through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a gallon pitcher or jar.  Discard solids.  Add steeped tea and enough water to make a gallon.  Sweeten to taste with Splenda or Stevia.  Refrigerate.  Serve in a tall glass with ice.

This would also be good using frozen peaches, pineapple or mangos.[/color]

P.S. You may need to use the back of a spoon to press puree through the strainer, or stir in strainer to help the puree go through...you'll be catching a lot of seeds.