10 Tasty Low Calorie Drink Recipes for Cinco De Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner so get ready to party Mexican-style! I always enjoy the tasty food and drinks on this festive holiday, but margaritas and other drink cocktails are known to be a dieters worst enemy and the last thing you want is to add more calories to your waistline. According to Forbes.com:
- The higher the proof, the greater the calories.
- A piña colada contains more calories than a Big Mac.
- A mixed drink like orange juice has 56 calories per serving and Coca-Cola has 105 calories per eight fluid ounces
- The average serving of one ounce of 80-proof alcohol contains about 90 calories.
If you want to stay slim on Cinco de Mayo-without giving up the margaritas, then stick with a low-cal option. Below are 10 low calorie drink recipes that you can make at home.
1. The Cadilliac Rio Margarita
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Sauza® Blue Silver Tequila
- 1 part JDK & Sons™ O3 Premium Orange Liqueur
- 1 part lime juice
- ½ part agave nectar
Read full directions on Shape.com
2. Cascade Ice Skinny Daiquiri
Try a delicious Skinny Daiquiri.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup of ice
- 1 1/2 cups of frozen strawberries
- 8 oz Cascade Ice Zero-Calorie Wild Berry Sparkling Water
- Your choice of rum
Read full directions on The Dallas Socials
3. “Faux” jito
Ingredients
- 3-4 mint leaves
- 1 lime wedge
- 1 oz. white rum diet lemon-lime soda (such as Sprite Zero, Diet Sierra Mist or Diet 7-Up)
- ice
- sugar (just for the rim of the glass!)
Read full directions on Recipe 4 Living
4. Classic Margarita (Lite Version)
Ingredients
- 2 Limes
- 1 1/2 Ounce Tequila
- 8 Ounce Cascade Ice Margarita Mixer
Read full directions on Fox News
5. Voli Cinco de Mayo Low-Cal Latin Lover
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Voli Orange Vanilla
- 2 oz Lemonade
- .5 oz Agave Nectar
- .5 oz Pineapple Juice
- Glass: Rocks
- Garnish: Orange Twist (or a little umbrella for a tropical flair!)
Read full directions on Celebzter
6. Low Calorie Margarita
Ingredients
- one (two-serving) sugar-free packet of lemonade powdered drink mix
- 6 oz. diet lemon-lime soda
- 1.5 oz. tequila
- 1 oz. lime juice
- crushed ice
- lime wedges
Read full directions on Her Campus
7. Skinny Emerald Margarita
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Herradura silver tequila
- 1 ounce aloe juice
- 1 ounce cucumber puree
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- 1/2 ounce agave nectar
Read full directions on She Knows
8. Tequila Sunrise Pops
Ingredients
- 1 orange, peeled and cut into thin slices
- 1/4 cup tequila
- 3 cups fresh orange juice
- Stemmed maraschino cherries (1 per pop)
- 1/4 cup grenadine
Read full directions on The Nest
9. Watermelon Martinis
Ingredients
- 5 cups of watermelon cubes (rind and seeds removed)
- 3/4 cup of lemon vodka
- 6 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons Cointreau or triple sec
- 3 tablespoons of sugar
Read full directions on Recipe.com
10. Sangria Sparkler
Ingredients
- 750-milliliter bottle dry red wine
- 1 cup light orange juice
- 1/4 cup brandy or cognac
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 medium oranges, sliced
- 2 cups club soda, chilled
- Crushed ice and/or orange peel curls (optional)
Read full directions on FitnessMagazine.com
Which low calorie drink would you like to try on Cinco de Mayo?
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