We are in the last quarter of the year which means that the holidays are just around the corner. We can’t wait! Well, with the holidays come celebrations, and with celebrations come drinks, cocktails at that, which are always welcome. Cocktails are not only easy and fun to make, but they are also pretty to look at and oh, so delicious! Of course, we cannot forget to mention that cocktails are bougie drinks given the expensive ingredients that go into making them which makes them the perfect choice of drink to serve your guests.
Now, cocktails have a reputation for being on the sugary side (hence high on calories) which can make them an unhealthy drink option and can therefore be frowned upon by those who prefer to lead a healthy lifestyle of consuming little or no sugar at all. I have good news! There are quite a number of cocktails with healthy ingredients of fruits or vegetables and very little sugar (holiday calories don’t count). Below are 10 such cocktails…
1. Bloody Mary
Calories: 170
1.5oz Vodka
3oz Fresh Tomato Juice
0.5oz Lemon Juice
Dashes of Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, Salt and pepper
2. Old Fashioned
Calories: 150
1.05oz Bourbon or Rye
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
2+ dashes of water
1 sugar cube
3. Cosmopolitan
Calories: 200
1.5oz Vodka
0.5oz Cointreau
0.5oz Fresh Lime Juice
1.5oz Fresh Cranberry juice
4. Mint Julep
Calories: 185
2oz Bourbon
1 tablespoon Powdered sugar
2 tablespoons water
4 mint leaves
5. Americano
Calories: 120
1oz Campari
10z Red Vermouth
Splash of soda water
6. Royal Treatment
Calories: 200
1.5oz Empress 1908 Gin
3oz white cranberry juice
Sparkling wine (to top)
Fresh fruit and mint leaves
7. Mai Tai
Calories: 215
0.5oz Lime juice, fresh squeezed
0.5oz Orgeat syrup
1 Ice
0.5oz Curacao, orange
1.5oz Rum, white
0.75oz Rum, dark
8. Mojito
Calories: 215
1.5oz White Rum
1oz Fresh Lime
2 tablespoons of sugar
6 mint leaves
Soda water
9. Tequila Sunrise
Calories: 200
1.5oz Tequila
3oz fresh orange juice
0.5oz Grenadine syrup
10. Blackberry Bramble
Calories: 220
2 cups Blackberries, fresh
1/2 cup Mint, fresh leaves
1/2 cup Agave nectar
1/3 cup Lime juice, fresh
10oz Club soda
1/4 cup Blackberry brandy
1/2 cup Gin