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tatianna68
tatianna68 Posts: 90 Member
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I know many have cut cocktails out of their life due to the high calorie count, but here are a few recipes to go along with some Alice has posted that may let you put them back once in awhile :drinker:

Pina Colada Cooler

1 1/2 ounces coconut-flavored rum
3 ounces pineapple juice
4 ounces sparkling water
1 tablespoon of Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut Lite (found in the drink mixers section of many supermarkets)


Pour ingredients over ice and stir.

Calories: 165

Blueberry Lemon Breeze

10 blueberries
3/4 ounce light agave nectar, such as Wholesome Sweeteners, available at Whole Foods or other natural foods stores
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
Splash of champagne (about 1 ounce)

In a shaker, muddle* together blueberries and agave. Add the gin and lemon juice, then shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain contents of shaker into a martini glass and then top with champagne. Garnish with 3 blueberries on a cocktail stick.

Calories: 205

Mojito Makeover

2 ounces light rum
1 ounce Splenda syrup, Da Vinci's Sugar Free Sweetener Syrup
1 ounce lime juice
7 mint leaves
Splash of club soda

In a shaker, muddle mint leaves and a lime wedge. Add ice and other ingredients and shake. Pour into tall glass and top with soda.

Calories: 140

These are just a few for more go to
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/drinks/wine/low-calorie-cocktails/?page=1

Cheers
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  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
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    Blimey! I just put my favourite cocktail in the recipe thingie, and it's 220 calories!!!! Good job I don't have cocktails very often! Anyway here it is - people who are good at that sort of thing can probably tweak it to reduce the calories!

    Woman Warrior:

    Vodka 3oz
    Curacao 1oz
    Fresh Lime Juice 1oz

    serve over ice
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
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    ooooh look what I found!

    http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2008/12/5-best-low-calorie-cocktails#slide=1

    http://cocktails.lovetoknow.com/Low_Calorie_Cocktails
  • katejkelley
    katejkelley Posts: 841 Member
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  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,472 Member
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    oh yummy, thanks,, today we are doing daiquiris and pina coladas.
  • mrsjones2point0
    mrsjones2point0 Posts: 332 Member
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    The best thing I have found to help contribute to maintain drinking habit is the Walmart brand Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade. . . zero calorie, sugar, everything, just mix with vodka.

    I love it!
  • tatianna68
    tatianna68 Posts: 90 Member
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    Just found a mango club soda and mixed in 1 ounce of melon liquor for only 72 calories.....:drinker:
  • Alisontheice
    Alisontheice Posts: 9,624 Member
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    BEST.THREAD.EVER!!!! :)

    Can't wait to try a few
  • AEB_WV
    AEB_WV Posts: 323 Member
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    Sounds like I need to go off the wagon soon! : )
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,472 Member
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    I certainly feel like some today, ha
  • deb_137
    deb_137 Posts: 38 Member
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    Now this is my kind of thread! I don't need help with healthy recipes to eat....its the LIQUID that keeps me sane some days :bigsmile:
  • daisygeep
    daisygeep Posts: 49
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    Do you have one of those soda stream machines? GET ONE! They have a diet grapefruit soda - zero calories. I mix with a shot of gin 72 calories over ice with a salted rim. Viola a 72 calorie salted dog!!!
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,411 Member
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    whiskey and water, no added calories!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    Absolute, club soda, and a splash of lemon.
  • chogue55
    chogue55 Posts: 21
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    Great tips. Thanks much for sharing!
  • FattieBabs
    FattieBabs Posts: 542 Member
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    Bloody Mary's for me. Tomato juice is relatively low in cals and Vodka not too bad!
  • NicoleCooney92
    NicoleCooney92 Posts: 43 Member
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    Not as good as a cosmo but at only 100 cals for a "single" or 175 cals for a "double", it will do.

    1 or 2 oz of vodka (I use Schmirnoff)
    3 oz of diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
    1/2 cup of club soda
    twist of lime
  • kardeebee
    kardeebee Posts: 16 Member
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    Anyone know of a lower calorie white wine?
  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,440 Member
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    my favorite is a gin salty dog

    1/2 can of texsun unsweetened grapefruit juice and a shot of gin in a salt rimmed glass.

    only 87 calories
  • mochamommy
    mochamommy Posts: 187 Member
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    I love beer. It's my weakness. And my calorie demon.
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
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    My two favorite cocktails (which I don't have that much as I can't usually afford the empty calories in alcohol) are my diet version of "7 and 7" -- Seagram's 7 whisky and diet 7-Up (with ice in the summer); and my diet version of a gin and tonic -- Blue Saphire gin with diet tonic water. Normally I will have 2-3 glasses of good wine a week, but sometimes a cocktail is just the thing! It's my splurge.

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