Are you trying to cut back on calories but unwilling to sacrifice happy hour? Are you trying to lose those last few pounds before spring break? Don’t want to gain pounds on Spring break?
Try these cocktails—all for under 150 calories. Cheers to that!
Watermelon Martinis
Ingredients:
3 cups ripe watermelon
¼ cup Citron Vodka
2 tablespoons Midori Melon Liqueur
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 cup ice cubes
Watermelon rind
4 (2-inch-long) thin strips of lime ring (lime twist)
Directions:
Dice 1 cup watermelon; set aside. Purée remaining watermelon in blender. Add vodka, liqueur, lime juice and ice, and blend well. Divide among martini glasses. Divide diced watermelon and add to drinks. Garnish with watermelon rind and lime twists.
Cucumber Spa-Tini
Ingredients:
1.5 ounces Lemon Vodka
0.5 ounce fresh lemon juice
0.5 ounce agave nectar
10 slices of English cucumber
1.5 ounces club soda
Directions:
In a mixing glass, muddle the cucumbers, and then add remaining ingredients except the soda. Add ice, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Top with soda and cucumber slice garnish.
Aloha Sparkle
Ingredients:
1 ounce Cherry Vodka
4 ounce sparkling water
1 ounce pineapple juice
Pineapple wedge for garnish
Cherry for garnish
Mint sprig for garnish
Directions:
Mix cherry vodka and sparkling water over a glass of ice. Add a touch of pineapple juice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, mint sprig
Green Garden Margarita
Ingredients:
1.25 ounces tequila
2 sprigs of fresh cilantro
4 slices of fresh cucumber
2 slices of fresh jalapeño
1 ounce fresh lime juice
2 ounces distilled water
2 packets of Splenda to taste
Lime wedge (optional)
Directions:
Add all the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, shake and serve over the rocks in an 8-ounce glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Spicy Pineapple Chill
Ingredients:
6 ounces jalapeño-infused tequila
2 cups fresh pineapple juice
¼ cup fresh lime juice
1 cup strawberries, muddled, aka mashed, like mint in a mojito
Ice as needed
Directions:
Prepare jalapeño-infused tequila by slicing one fresh jalapeño in half and adding to a 750-mililiter bottle of tequila. Let sit for at least 24 hours (the longer it sits, the spicier it gets). Then, in a shaker, combine tequila, pineapple juice, lime juice and muddled strawberries. Pour over ice.
