There’s nothing like a refreshing cocktail on a hot or long day. Unfortunately, most of the tasty ones aren’t good for your waistline. Here are 8 tempting low-cal (150 or less); I’m not kidding! Even better, they taste a-ma-zing.
Sweet & Low Local
2 oz. Camarena Silver Tequila, ½ of a lemon, quartered, 8 mint leaves, 1 tbsp. sugar-free sweetener 3 oz. soda water
Garnish: lemon wedge
Muddle lemon, mint, and sweetener in a cocktail shaker.
Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a
tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently.
Petite in Pink
4 oz. VOGA Sparkling Wine, 2 oz. lemonade ½ oz. lemon juice, Splash of cranberry juice Garnish: mint leaves.
Combine all ingredients in cocktail glass filled with ice.
Stir, and garnish with mint leaves.
Slim ‘N Sexy V
1½ oz. Rémy Martin V, 1 oz. pomegranate juice
½ oz. lime juice
Garnish: lime wedge
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass filled with ice. Stir, and garnish with a lime wedge.
Itsy Bitsy Bikini
1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, 1½ oz. SKYY Infusions Coconut Vodka, 1 oz. diet lemon-lime soda
3 oz. light cranberry juice
Garnish: shredded coconut
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously, strain into a glass filled with ice, and top with shredded coconut.
ICEy Slide
1 oz. bourbon, 1 oz. dry vermouth
Black Raspberry Sparkling ICE, Garnish: blackberries
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass, stir, and garnish
with blackberries.
Peach Kiss
2 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, 4 oz. peach tea
Garnish: peach slices
Make peach tea first by boiling a cup of water and
placing the tea bag in the cup. Let it sit for 2 minutes, then place cup in the refrigerator to chill for 10 minutes. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice, and garnish with peach slices.
Slender Sauzarita
Serves 8
10 oz. Sauza Blue Silver Tequila, 3 oz. orange juice
3 oz. lime juice, 3 oz. lemon juice, 1 oz. agave nectar
Garnish: lime wheel
Combine ingredients in a pitcher filled with ice. Stir vigorously, pour into a martini glass, and garnish with a lime wheel.
Red Wine Spritzer
3 oz. red wine, 6 oz. club soda
Garnish: fruit wedge
Pour red wine and club soda into a coupe filled with ice. Garnish with a fruit wedge.
Vodka Soda with Lime
1 shot of vodka (around 1.5 oz)
Club soda
Fresh lime juice
Fill a glass with ice, add vodka, top with club soda, squeeze fresh lime juice and garnish with a lime wedge. This drink is very low in calories and sugar-free.
Gin and Tonic with Cucumber
1 shot of gin (around 1.5 oz)
Tonic water
Fresh cucumber
Fill a glass with ice, add gin, top with tonic water, (you can also use diet or slimline tonic water) add a few slices of fresh cucumber and stir.
Grapefruit Margarita
1.5 oz of tequila
Fresh grapefruit juice (around 2 oz)
Fresh lime juice (around 0.5 oz)
Club soda
Salt (optional)
Rim glass with salt (optional), fill the glass with ice, add tequila, fresh grapefruit juice, and lime juice, top up with club soda and stir.
Raspberry Lemonade Cocktail
1 shot of vodka (around 1.5 oz)
Fresh lemon juice (around 2 oz)
Fresh raspberries (around 10)
Club soda
Sweetener (optional)
Instructions: Muddle fresh raspberries in a cocktail shaker, add ice, vodka, and lemon juice, shake well. Strain the mixture into a glass filled with ice, top up with club soda, and sweeten with a low-calorie sweetener if desired.