Who doesn’t love dessert? Here’s one you can whip up in less than 5 minutes, and it’ll save you hundreds of calories than devouring the actual cake it’s named for!
Drink Skinny Pineapple Upside Down Cake
1.5 oz whipped vodka
3 oz Drink Skinny Pineapple Mango Margarita Mix
crushed ice
1 pineapple wedge & 1 maraschino cherry
1)Pour crushed ice into a cocktail glass 2)Add vodka & Drink Skinny & stir gently 3)Add pineapple wedge & maraschino cherry for a garnish & enjoy!
120 Calories
Have you heard? It’s National Vodka Day! No? That’s okay. I actually didn’t remember what day it was until I woke up this morning and saw it all over Twitter (and I call myself “Chief Cocktail Shaker” around here…the nerve.) Anyway, National Vodka Day is the perfect opportunity to introduce a recipe we’ve been working on over here. It’s our twist on the Gimlet, using Ruby Red vodka and our original flavor of Drink Skinny.
Ruby Red is one of our favorite flavored vodkas, so we’re always trying to find another drink to use it in! This grapefruit gimlet is simple, colorful, and SUPER tasty. It’s even worth a try if you think you’re not a grapefruit fan–it’ll surprise you. And have I mentioned it’s only 115 calories? Winning!
Drink Skinny Grapefruit Gimlet*
1.5 oz Ruby Red vodka
3 oz Drink Skinny Margarita Mix
ice
2-3 grapefruit wedges
1) Pour vodka, Drink Skinny, & ice into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. 2) Pour into a martini glass, leaving the ice behind. 3) squeeze in the juice of 1-2 grapefruit wedges, and use the other as a garnish.
*115 calories
I’m usually not one for recipes requiring more than a minimal amount of effort (save work for the work day, is the way I look at it.) But the few extra minutes spent on this cocktail recipe will be worth it. I promise. We used frozen organic raspberries, made our own puree, and even strained the seeds (if you knew us, this would amaze and astound you) and it really made for a delicious treat.
Drink Skinny Raspberry Margarita
1.5 oz silver tequila (we recommend Camarena)
2 oz Drink Skinny (original ) Margarita Mix
1 small bag frozen raspberries
1 lime
ice
1) Puree raspberries in a blender & strain them to remove seeds. 2) Measure out 2 oz (1/4 cup) of strained raspberry puree & pour it back into the blender (store the rest of the puree in the fridge for up to 5 days.) 3) Add Drink Skinny, tequila, & ice and blend until consistency is smooth. 4) Pour mixture into a margarita glass. 5) Slice the lime & add the juice from 1/4 of the lime to the cocktail, and garnish w/another 1/4 of the lime.
*Makes 1 130 calorie margarita
Although I wouldn’t exactly say cooking is one of my favorite things to do, I’ve always spent a fair amount of time browsing various food blogs and recipe websites. Ever since we’ve adopted a 90% plant-based diet at our house, I’ve become especially obsessed with gathering all the vegetarian recipes I can get my hands on.
On another kind of unrelated note, people often ask me what kind of food we like to serve our margaritas and other cocktail recipes with. Last night while I was trying out a new recipe, and making sangria to go with it, I thought it might be fun to have a weekly blog post dedicated to sharing a great vegetarian recipe I’d discovered, and pair it w/one of our Drink Skinny recipes…hence the “Meatless Monday/Drink Skinny Pairing” title. This first one is light, SUPER easy to make, and is a great one to take along to a potluck–enjoy!
Southwest Quinoa & Bean Salad:*
1 1/2 cups cooked Quinoa
1 can black, kidney, or pinto beans
1 cup frozen corn kernals, thawed
1 med red bell pepper, diced
1/2 med ripe avacado, diced
1/8-1/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1) Combine quinoa, beans, corn, & bell pepper in a bowl 2) Toss avacado w/lemon juice, then add to quinoa mixture w/remaining ingredients 3) Serve at once, or cover & refrigerate untill needed
*Pair this w/our original Drink Skinny margarita: 1 shot silver tequila, 4 oz Drink Skinny (original) Margarita Mix; serve in a salt rimmed glass over ice
We have some BIG news! O Steaks & Seafood in Concord, NH is now serving Drink Skinny Margarita Mix! And we have our customers to thank!
O is truly one of our favorite places for dinner and drinks. We’ve been going to the Laconia, NH location for years, so when owner/chef Scott Oullette opened a second location near many of our current stores, we HAD to get there to check it out!
Much like the Laconia location, O’s Concord location has a contemporary, city vibe and amazing food…we knew right away it was the perfect venue for a Drink Skinny suite of cocktails. Come to find out, YOU thought so too! Scott appoached us during the Concord Market Days event last week to tell us that people had been asking for Drink Skinny, and to ask if he could get it in the restaurant! Um, Of course!
A lot of customers email us, asking us to get Drink Skinny into their favorite stores. While we’re more than happy to know what stores might be a good fit for our mixes and contact them, the opinions store owners value most are those of their customers. We’re just a potential vendor trying to sell them something. If you want Drink Skinny (or any other product you love) on the shelves of your favorite store, the best thing you can do is ask for it! And in this case, that’s just what you did! Thank you, Concord!
Steve met Kristen from LaBelle Winery last Thursday at a tasting hosted by Shellie’s Neighborhood Butcher Shop in Derry, NH. We’re long time fans of LaBelle’s wines (blueberry is one of our favorites!) and Steve & Kristen enjoyed sampling each other’s products and chatting about our similar businesses.
At one point Kristen suggested mixing our pineapple mango margarita mix with Labelle’s Seyval Blanc and seltzer, and it was love at first taste! The combination of this light wine and the pineapple mango mix makes a smooth, refreshing cocktail that’s perfect for summer evenings.
Steve brought a couple of bottles of seyval blanc home, and we experimented a bit more by adjusting the ratios of wine, margarita mix, and seltzer, and adding some chopped fresh fruit to make a yummy white sangria. Mmmm. The rest is history.
Below is the recipe we use. If you’re not local to NH and Labelle’s Seyval Blanc is not available, (road trip!) try your own favorite white wine. Happy glass clinking!
White Wine Sangria (makes 4 servings)
1 cup Drink Skinny pineapple mango Margarita Mix
1 cup seltzer
2 cups Labelle’s Seyval Blanc wine (or white or your choice)
1 cup chopped fresh fruit–peaches, strawberries–whatever’s fresh!
ice
1) Mix all ingredients together in a pitcher 2) Stir gently & serve! (we like ours garnished w/a small pineapple wedge too)
I don’t know about your family, but since Mother Nature decided to get her act together and raise the temperature, we’ve been eating a lot of watermelon at our house. After spending half an hour giving my melon baller (and my forearms) a good work out, there’s always the question of what to do with all that watermelon juice. Well, as luck would have it, I’ve come up with a delicious solution: Drink Skinny Watermelon Margaritas! And FYI–my husband, who despises ALL varieties of melons, LOVES this drink, so don’t be afraid to try it if you’re not a watermelon fan!
Drink Skinny® Watermelon Margarita*
1.5 oz silver tequila
2 oz Drink Skinny (original) Margarita Mix
2 oz watermelon juice
ice, raw sugar, lime slice
1) Rim a margarita glass w/raw sugar & pour ice into glass. 2) Combine tequila, Drink Skinny Margarita Mix, & watermelon juice in cocktail shaker, and shake well. 3) Pour mixture over ice & garnish w/lime slice.
*About 125 calories
Dr. Oz pleasantly surpised cocktail lovers everywhere when he discussed the health benefits of consuming alcohol in moderation on the Oprah show a few years back. It turns out others in the medical community have his back on this one.
According to this article on Sharecare.com, enjoying 1-2 drinks per day–each being the equivalent of a 5 oz glass of wine or 1.5 oz of an 80 proof liquor (the standard shot in most mixed drinks) can actually be good for you. It can help prevent strokes, reduce the risk of heart disease, and has even been shown to increase levels HDL (“good” cholesterol) in the body. Don’t get too excited though. Drinking excessively cancels out ALL of the above benefits, and can lead to a host of other problems like high blood pressure, ulcers, and an increased risk of certain cancers.
So drink up (responsibly, of course)…here’s to better health with a cocktail in hand!
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