Low-Calorie Cocktails
Is your after work beverage making you put on pounds? Try these two recipes and you can cut out a fourth of the calories!
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ice cold martiniFrom your weekly happy hours to those fruity summer cocktails, your go-to drinks are packed with empty calories. Here's how to slim down your favorites.
High-Calorie Cocktail: Mango Martini, 180 Calories
Our Healthy Alternative: Skinny Mini Mango Martini, 110 Calories
You Save: 70 Calories
Skinny Mini Mango Martini Recipe:
Makes 1 serving
Ingredients:
4 ounces of Fruit20 Essentials Peach Mango (or try Strawberry Kiwi or Citrus)
1 1/2 ounces vodka
Splash of pineapple juice
Splash of lime juice
Splash of orange juice
Muddled cucumber
Directions:
1. Shake ingredients together vigorously
2. Pour over ice into a rocks glass
High-Calorie Cocktail: Vodka Cranberry, 170 Calories
Our Healthy Alternative: Low-Calorie Vodka Cranberry, 100 Calories
You Save: 70 Calories
Low-Calorie Vodka Cranberry Recipe:
Makes 1 serving
Ingredients:
4 ounces of Elations Cranberry Apple
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1 slice of lime
Directions:
1. Shake ingredients together vigorously
2. Pour over ice into a rocks glass
3. Add lime to top off cocktail
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