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Drinks on Us: Low-Calorie Cocktails
Mimosa Lite
Brunchtime cocktails don't have to break the calorie bank, says Andrea Giancoli, RD, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. At a recent Sunday gathering, she mixed up a less-indulgent mimosa without tossing out any of this bubbly beverage's taste. Her secret: low-calorie fruit juices, such as Minute Maid Light, which contain half the calories of regular juice.
2 ounces Minute Maid Light Orange Tangerine Juice
4 ounces champagne
Juice of 1/2 medium-size orange, or 1 to 2 ounces
Add several ice cubes to a tall glass. Squeeze the juice of the orange into the glass. Pour in orange tangerine juice, followed by champagne. Stir. Garnish with fresh orange rinds, curled.
Calories: 120
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A Swiss friend told me this recipie 8 yrs ago; popular drink in Swissland, at work. But health food? To anyone being duped by the marketing machine of "low cal" products: the more "cal-free", the more energy-empty your system will feel, thereby making you comsume more servings instead of 1. You'll get less cals per se. But you'll also gain more in sugar and other contents. That's how "low cal", "fat free" diets make you fat.
1/1/2011 02:19:07 PM Report AbuseThese are great! So many cocktails these days are all sugary and syrupy and so high in calories. I found some low cal tequila cocktails here. I like the pink lemonade one - http://cocktailenthusiast.com/2010/06/25/low-calorie-cocktails/
7/10/2010 01:06:33 AM Report Abuse