Diet Drinks

Ever think to yourself,

"I drink because I'm fat and I'm fat because I drink?"  

Probably not, but you should.

Most cocktails have CRAZY calories.

These don't!

GIN & TONIC

Refreshment for the calorie-conscious!

• 1 ½ oz gin
• 5 oz diet tonic water
• slice of fresh lime
• glass of ice

 Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into glass of ice, garnish with lime.

MOJITO

Super cool when it's hot out!

• 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 packet Splenda
• 4-5 fresh mint leaves
• 1 ½ oz light rum
• 2 oz club soda
• glass of ice cubes 

Pour lime juice into glass. Add mint and Splenda, stir until dissolved. Add rum and ice cubes, followed by club soda. Garnish with a fresh spring of mint.

MOSCOW MULE

Sounds dirty AND exotic.

• 1 ½ oz vodka
• 5 oz diet ginger ale
• juice of 1 fresh lime
• handful ice cubes 

Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker and mix well. Strain out ice, pouring into chilled glasses.

BELLINI

Surprisingly, this is a drink, not a variety of noodle.

• 3/4 small flute champagne
• 1/4 flute peach puree 

Spoon peach puree into bottom of champagne flute. Fill to top with champagne.

TOM COLLINS

Whoever he was, he could mix a damn fine drink.

• 1.5 oz (3tbsp) gin (or vodka)
• 1 oz (2tbsp) lemon juice
• 2 tbsp Splenda or Equal
• Club soda
• Lemon slice for garnish 

Mix gin, lemon juice, and sweetener in a glass. Add club soda to taste, and then add ice cubes. Garnish with lemon slices.

COSMO

It might be pink, but this is no sissy drink.

• 1.5 oz or (3 tbsp) Citron vodka or regular vodka)
• 1 oz (2 tbsp) diet cranberry juice
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 2 to 3 drops orange extract
• 2 to 4 tbsp Splenda or Equal 

Put the ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-full of ice. Shake well. Taste for sweetness. Add sweetener to taste. Strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a small lime wedge or curl of lime peel.

CAIPIRINHA

Even harder to pronounce after drinking it.

• 1 packet Splenda
• 1 Tbsp water
• 1 fresh lime
• 1.5 oz (3tbsp) white rum
• glass of ice cubes 

Let lime sit to room temperature. Cut into quarters, and put in cocktail shaker, along with Splenda and water. Mash lime with the back of a wooden spoon and mix until dissolved into mush. Add rum and ice cubes, shake well. Pour into glass.