Looking for a refreshing way to kick off summer without knocking you off track of your goals? We have you covered! Summer for most of us means relaxing vacations and sips by the pool. If you’re being mindful of your food and drink this summer, there are plenty of low calorie drinks out there that can keep you cool in the summer heat.
You can have your booze and drink it, too! So, what can we do to watch the waistline and still enjoy summer drinks? To answer that, here are a couple recipes that we like, all under 200 calories per serving:
Mocktails
Watermelon Mint Mocktail
This fun summer mocktail has 34 calories per serving.
Ingredients
- 2 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- Ice
- 3/4 cup watermelon juice (see Tip)
- ½ cup club soda
- Small slice watermelon for garnish
Directions
- Mash mint leaves in the bottom of a large cocktail glass or pint glass with a muddler or small wooden spoon. Fill the glass one-third full of ice; add watermelon juice. Top with club soda and garnish with a watermelon slice and more mint leaves, if desired.
SOURCE: http://eatingwell.com
Blueberry Lavender Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon dried culinary lavender
- 2 – 3 tbsp honey, depending on desired sweetness
- 2 tbsp frozen blueberries
- Juice of 3 large or 4–5 small lemons
- 16 oz water (preferably filtered)
Instructions
- Boil the water and then stir in the dried lavender. Let steep for about 10 minutes, then strain out lavender using fine mesh strainer.
- Let it cool until it’s just warm to touch, and then stir in honey until honey dissolves.
- Add lemon juice.
- To serve, lightly muddle 1 tbsp blueberries in the bottom of each glass before topping with ice and lemonade. Garnish with a sprig of lavender to serve. Makes 2 glass (16 oz) of lemonade.
SOURCE: http://lizmoody.com
Sparkling Grapefruit Mocktail
One of these refreshing summer drinks has 55 calories per serving.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce strong green tea, optional
- 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce maple syrup
- Sparkling water
Instructions
- Brew green tea, and allow it to cool to room temperature, or store it in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- Combine one ounce of green tea, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and maple syrup in the bottom of an 8-ounce (or larger) glass. Taste and add more maple syrup if the drink needs it.
- Add ice cubes, and then top with sparkling water. Serve with lime slices or grapefruit slices as a garnish. Enjoy!
SOURCE: inspiredtaste.net
Cocktails
Easy Rosé Spritzer
One of these low calorie summer drinks are ready in under 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 5 medium-sized ice cubes
- Rosé wine
- Club soda
- Slice of lemon
Instructions
- Place ice in glass.
- Fill the glass half full with Rosé, then top up with the club soda.
- Garnish with the slice of lemon.
- Enjoy immediately; preferably on a patio somewhere.
SOURCE: http://saltandlavendar.com
Peach Mojito
This mojito has 175 calories per serving.
Ingredients
- 1 small, ripe peach, skin removed and sliced
- Small handful fresh mint leaves
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 ½ ounces white rum
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Club soda
Instructions
- In a mixing glass, thoroughly muddle peach slices, mint, lime juice and sugar.
- Stir the rum into the muddled mixture.
- Fill a collins glass with ice and pour your mixture into the glass. Top it off with club soda.
- Mix by pouring the drink back into your mixing glass, then back into your drinking glass again.
- Cheers!
SOURCE: http://cookieandkate.com
White Sangria Sparkler
Ingredients
- 1 750mL bottle white wine
- 2 peaches, sliced
- 2 kiwis, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 cup raspberries
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 750mL bottle sparkling white wine
- 8 sprigs mint
Instructions
- In a large pitcher, whisk together white wine, peaches, kiwis, raspberries and sugar.
- Let chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Serve over ice with sparkling white wine, garnished with mint, if desired.
- Cheers!
SOURCE: http://damndelicious.net
Healthy Scratch Margaritas
No low calorie summer drinks list is complete without a margarita! Each serving is 143 calories
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup orange juice- fresh squeezed
- 2 tablespoons lime juice- fresh squeezed
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice- fresh squeezed
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3-4 ounce tequila
- 1-2 teaspoons date syrup*
Instructions
- Fresh squeeze the juices, or to save time, use high quality store bought 100% juices.
- Add juices, water, tequila and date syrup to a shaker, and shake well.
- Use a citrus wedge to wet the edge of the glasses, and rim them in a course salt. Fill the glasses with ice.
- Pour the margaritas over the ice, and serve.
- If you’d like to blend these, don’t add the 2 tablespoons of water. Blended margaritas are the best when you use chilled tequila so the ice doesn’t melt too much making a watered down margarita.
Enjoy the summer season!
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