Low Calorie Margarita

A good margarita is certainly helping my evening.  After working late, and especially after getting my taxes done, I wanted needed a good drink.  Thankfully, Hungry Girl has a recipe for a great margarita that has only 115 calories!  I was excited to try it, and let me tell you, it is GOOD.  You honestly won't know the difference between this margarita and a restaurant's margarita, and you will not miss the hundreds of calories and grams of sugar you would otherwise be consuming.  Honestly, this recipe is surprisingly sweet for a margarita; you could just use one of the packets of lemonade mix and be fine.

This recipe is just for one serving.  You may want to make two or three at a time.  According to the cookbook, the entire recipe has 115 calories, 0g fat, 55mg sodium, 2g carbs, and less than 0.5g sugars.  You don't have to feel guilty! 

Low Calorie Margarita

3/4 cup (6oz) diet lemon-lime soda
3 Tbsp (1.5oz) tequila
2 packets (two 5-calorie servings) sugar-free powdered lemonade drink mix
2 Tbsp lime juice
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice

Stir all ingredients together except for the ice.  For a frozen drink, place mixture in a blender with the ice and blend until smooth.  Alternately, just pour mixture over ice and enjoy.

Pineapple Margaritas

These are good and strong! One or two will do the trick, and you'll be thanking your designated driver. They don't have an overwhelming tequila taste, but you can just taste that they're strong. They're not quite as sweet as I was expecting, but still very good. (And also--Geaux Tigers!) The original recipe is from Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa. I cut the lime juice down to one cup instead of two, as the recipe reviewers suggested.

Pineapple Margaritas

2 cups tequila
2 cups triple sec
2 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1 cup lime juice

Mix ingredients and serve over ice.