Molasses - Iron Builder

Submitted by Rita1652

"Drink this in place of coffee or tea. It tastes good and is an excellent source of iron, B vitamins and calcium."

 

• Ready In: 7mins
• Ingredients: 2
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
• 1 cup hot water or 1 cup milk

directions

1. mix blackstrap molasses in a cup of hot water or milk.

Reviews

[poppytheseal]

While it does possess good flavor, this beverage will not help iron dietary issues if made with milk. The calcium in the milk inhibits any significant iron absorption. To absorb the iron better with the water part this recipe is better enjoyed with something containing Vitamin C.

 

[m6261]

Great idea for using molasses! Use of milk with this will make the iron much less accessable, unfortunately, as calcium and iron work against each other. Thank you for sharing the recipe!

 

[strangelittlebeast]

Delicious with almond milk!<br/>Made it first with water,didn't like it this way.It brought out the iron flavor of the molasses.<br/>update: made with full fat coconut milk and drank a small espresso cup full before bed-its even better with the coconut milk

 

[Boomette]

This is so yummy. I like molasses and I had to try this. I tried it with whole-milk. I drank it in less than 2 minutes. A bit too fast. Next time I'll have to take my time to enjoy it longer. I had regular molasses. Thanks Rita :) Made for Photo tag game

 

[JMigs0]

Love this! A few sugguestions: I don't drink milk, so I use soymilk. Still very good! I actually use cold soymilk - I cover the blackstrap molasses with a bit of hot water and mix it up, then add soymilk. Tastes kinda like latte! For my kids, I use chocolate soymilk or add some organic chocolate syrup (as long as it does not have HFCS)!