Beverage Tuesday

"Diet" Cocktails

We all want to be able to have a cocktail or two and maintain our figures, but what to drink and not sacrifice the flavor.
You can of course have low cal drinks at home with diet juices & other diet mixers, you can also substitute Splenda for the sugar in a few drinks, but at a bar what do you order?

• How about the Skinny Bitch, which is a Rum & Diet Coke?
• You can order any liquor with Diet Coke.
• The lower the proof, the lower the alcohol content. Most shots of basic alcohol {1 1/2 ozs.} will set you back about 100 calories.
• Bars don't usually have any other mixer that is diet. Tonic water is not a diet drink, nor is ginger ale.
• You can order your drink with Soda Water. Which is only bubbly water.
• A Wine Spritzer is just that, wine with soda water.
• There is always the light beer, but that can be boring.
• A glass of Champagne is pretty low in calories, too.
• There are conflicting reports online about the Sour Apple Martini, but most say it is fairly low in calories.
• The Mojito is somewhat low-cal, even better if you can slip in a sugar substitute.
• If you are at a bar that has infused liquors, give those a try on the rocks.
• Bloody Mary's are fairly low in calories, too, since they are made with tomatoes instead of fruit juice.
  

Next time I will give you some recipies to try at home.

Cheers,