3 Skinny Summer Cocktail Recipes. Here are 3 great skinny summer cocktail recipes that you could use for your evening soirees. We all like to indulge in a good cocktail during the summer months. Yet we do not like the guilt that comes after drinking a huge amount of liquid calories. We should be able to have a cocktail and not feel like we have to hit the gym as soon as the sun rises. Thanks to our more health conscious mixologists, we can indulge in flavor without the overindulgence of calories. Here are 3 skinny summer cocktail recipes:
Organic Sangria:
2 oz. cucumber-infused vodka, such as organic Crop Harvest Earth vodka
3 mint leaves
¾ oz. simple syrup
3 oz. white wine, such as Bonterra Viognier organic wine
4 oz. fresh pineapple juice
½ c. mix of red apple and cucumber, diced
Muddle vodka, mint and simple syrup in the bottom of a small pitcher. Fill pitcher with ice. Add wine and pineapple juice; mix. Add apples and cucumbers and serve.
Cherry Chiller:
2 basil leaves, sliced into thin strips
3 pitted Bing cherries, plus 2 for garnish
1/2 oz. gin
1/2 oz. simple syrup
1/2 oz. lime juice
3 oz. Sparkling rose wine, such as Moët & Chandon Rose Imperial
Combine basil, cherries, lime juice, gin and simple syrup in a shaker; muddle. Top with ice and shake vigorously. Pour contents into a highball glass and top off with rose wine.
Coconut Cocktail:
1/2 lime, cut into wedges
2 tsp. superfine sugar
1 1/2 oz. Leblon Cachaça
Vita Coco coconut water
Muddle first 3 ingredients in a highball glass. Fill to the top with coconut water. Garnish with a lime wheel.
