NPR: Skinnier Summer Cocktails

nickyrobinson

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/19/153001621/sacrifice-calories-not-taste-with-skinnier-summer-cocktails


Red Lobster's Traditional Lobsterita packs 890 calories. Romano's Macaroni Grill's Margarita Prima has 440 calories. You might just skip the dinner, based on those calorie counts, she suggests.

Each of these restaurant chains serves a variety of drinks, ranging in calories, but from the names of them, it's hard to know which may be the healthier choice — like T.G.I. Friday's Berri Acai Sour (170 calories).

Included recipes (calories: 150-160):

Marg & Melon

1 shot (1.5 ounce) tequila
1/2 oz Cointreau
1 oz lime juice (about 1 lime)
watermelon water (4 or 5 muddled pieces of watermelon)
Citrus salt rim


Berry Beauty

1.5 oz tequila
1/2 oz cointreau
1 oz lime juice
Topped with berry tea
Lime wheel garnish