Summer is here which means amazing weather! Some of my favored things to do in the summertime consist of going to the coastline, swimming, barbeques with pals, and obviously … day drinking! Summer cocktails are delicious however the majority of are nutritional marshes and also packed with calories. Changing a few active ingredients with lower calorie alcohol or including fruit is all you should do to keep points light. Attempt one of my healthy mixed drink recipes listed below and see for yourself!

Cosmopolitan

Get your Carrie Bradshaw on with this healthy and balanced recipe.

2 ounces of vodka

2 ounces club soda

splash of cranberry juice

Juice from 2 lime wedges plus 1 lime wedge to garnish

Combine all of the ingredients except the garnish in a shaker loaded with ice. Stir and also pour into a chilled martini glass.

Melon Kiwi-Tini

This beverage is full of Vitamins C as well as E.

1/ 2 ripe honeydew melon, flesh only

2 kiwis, peeled

1 oz lime juice

1 oz agave nectar (even more to taste)

4 oz sake

Dice fruit. Puree all components in blender or food processor on high rate until completely smooth. Include agave nectar as needed, throw in huge handful of ice, as well as blend again until smooth. Split in between 2 big liqueur glass and garnish with mint or slim slice of peeled off kiwi.

Basil Gimlet

Replacing the gin with soju (an alcohol generally distilled from rice) in this recipe will certainly conserve you about ONE HUNDRED calories as well as the combo of basil as well as lime offers the mixed drink a wonderful light, clean taste.

4-5 large basil leaves

1/ 2 ounce agave nectar or basic syrup

3/4 ounce fresh lime juice

2 1/2 ounces shochu

ice

In an alcoholic drink shaker, muddle the basil entrusts to the sugar of your choice. Fill shaker three-quarters of the way with ice cubes. Include the alcohol and lime juice and also shake well. Stress right into a chilled liqueur glass as well as garnish with the staying basil leaf.

Margarita

You cannot have a list of summertime cocktails and also not include the margarita!

Ice

1 1/2 ounces of One Hundred Percent agave blanco tequila

1 ounce fresh lime juice

1/2 ounce Cointreau

Squirt of Agave syrup

Fill rocks glass with ice, include tequila, lime juice, agave and also Cointreau. Mix ingredients with each other until chilled.

Bloody Mary Martini

This martini is packed with Vitamin C to begin your summer Sunday brunch off right.