Love your abs but also love your alcohol? Not the greatest combo, but ours is a generation that’s known to care less. So for the boozehounds out there who'd like to feel a little less guilty about having given into their
alcohol cravings, here are a few
cocktails that are low on
calories .
Old Fashioned
Calories: 154
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 dashes bitters
60ml bourbon
1/2 teaspoon water
1 twist of lemon peel
Ice cubes
In a whiskey glass, add sugar and bitters. Pour bourbon and stir. Add water, ice cubes and garnish with a lemon peel twist.
Gin and Tonic
Calories: 135
60ml gin
60ml tonic
120ml club soda
1 lime wedge
Ice cubes
Add ice cubes to a glass and pour the gin, tonic and club soda simultaneously. Stir and garnish with the lime wedge.
Vodka Soda
Calories: 98
30ml vodka
120ml soda water
1/2 lime
3-4 mint leaves
Ice cubes
Mix the lime and mint leaves in a bowl. Add all the ingredients to a shaker and shake well.
Light Sangria
Calories: 82
1 bottle dry white wine
240ml lemon vodka
2 cups peach iced tea
500gms frozen blueberries
500gms frozen strawberries
Mix all the ingredients together and serve with ice.
Low-calorie Mojito
Calories: 52
60ml rum
2-3 lime wedges
Agave nectar
Soda water
Mint leaves
Ice cubes
Mix the ingredients together in a rocks glass. Top it with ice and pour soda water.
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Written by Shreya Contractor on Apr 06, 2017