

It’s fun to add a lime wedge to your glass but totally optional. Shop products from small business brands sold in Amazon’s store.
LOW CALORIE MARGARITA FREE
99 (13.99/Count) FREE delivery Thu, Jul 27 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon. Some people add Tajin to this to make it spicy– it’s a traditional ingredient paired with tequila and lime in Mexican tequila cocktails. 32 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,029. Some people rim the glass with lime juice and salt like a traditional margarita, but I don’t like the taste of salt with grapefruit personally. You can use club soda and fresh grapefruit juice with tequila. You can definitely use that, and it might make it an even lower-calorie margarita.Īlso- you can double, triple, or quadruple this recipe to make a pitcher of low-calorie cocktails for entertaining. Some stores (like Walmart) have grapefruit sparkling water that’s zero calories. If you don’t have fresh lime juice, just use the lime juice in the bottle.
LOW CALORIE MARGARITA PLUS
Plus using sparkling juice makes it a bit fizzy- and I love love love fizzy drinks! It’s become my favorite drink- and with Cinco de Mayo coming up I thought it was the perfect time to share it with you!įor this recipe I use a “blanco” tequila- I think it lends itself better to the bland with the grapefruit juice. I asked her how she did it- and she told me she replaced her nightly glass of wine with this skinny Paloma. However, I’ve recently been working to cut back on calories, and a friend stopped by who had lost a lot of weight. Either way, the traditional recipe combines simple syrup, grapefruit and tequila for a refreshing cocktail on a hot day.

Grapefruits aren’t as popular in Costa Rica as they are in the US, so it makes sense that I had to travel to Mexico for one of the perfect low-calorie tequila drinks.Īs far as I can tell, the Paloma name of the cocktail has more to do with the person who invented it (either a man whose last name was Paloma, or more likely a woman whose first name was Paloma) or the place it was invited (a small town in Mexico called Paloma). So when I found out about a quick and easy margarita variation called a Paloma (it means “dove” in Spanish) I was excited. When I was pregnant I used to binge-eat grapefruits- so weird. I just love citrus, and grapefruit has always been a flavor I love. I just love a good margarita- and when it’s getting warm outside I also find myself craving grapefruit. There are definitely better-for-you mixers out there with less sugar, but we think this low-cal alternative delivers the best of both worlds.Subscribe About This Skinny Paloma Recipe Its citrus-forward flavor really lets the tequila shine. Ficks sweetens its mix with both sugar and sugar substitutes: Think real lime juice, agave syrup, cane sugar, lemon juice and stevia extract. At only 35 calories per three-ounce serving, one cocktail made with 1½ ounces of tequila clocks in at about 135 calories. Case in point: Ficks Premium Margarita Mix. Luckily, there are some mixes out there that taste on point despite their lower calorie and sugar content.
LOW CALORIE MARGARITA FULL
