Slimming Summer Cocktails: Delicious Low-Calorie Recipes

Enjoy the best slimming summer cocktails without worrying too much about calories. Check out a few summer fruit cocktail recipes, with alcohol optional, that will cool you down without putting a dent in your calorie restrictions for the bikini season.

Banana Berry Cocktail

Recommended by Sports Illustrated, this is one of the most delicious slimming summer cocktails. For 2 servings you'll need:
1 cup frozen berries
1/2 banana
1 teaspoon agave nectar
4 ounces water

Put all the ingredients in a blender to get a smooth texture for one of the best slimming summer fruit cocktails. If you want to add some alcohol, substitute 2 ounces of water with 2 ounces of Malibu rum, for a total of around 150 calories per serving.

Cucumber Lemonade

If you're looking for summer cocktails for weight loss, you'll love this simple and refreshing recipe. Ingredients needed for 4 servings include:
3 large cucumbers
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
3 tablespoons agave nectar
1/2 cup water

Start by making the cucumber juice: peel, chop and puree the 3 cucumbers in a blender. Use a fine-mesh strainer to get the juice and add the other ingredients. For extra kick, add 1/2 cup Skyy citrus vodka and all you get is 120 calories, just right for summer slimming cocktails.

Spicy Grapefruit Cocktail

If you want a stronger slimming summer cocktail, try this cool recipe:
3/4 ounces grapefruit juice
1 1/2 ounces Absolut Ruby Red
1/2 ounces Triple Sec
2 slices of jalapeno
10 leaves of cilantro

Muddle, strain and add a splash of lime juice before serving this delicious twist that earns its place amongst the best slimming summer fruit cocktails.

Low Calorie Mojito

One of the best summer cocktails for weight loss is the mojito, as long as you do a couple of substitutions from the traditional recipe. For 1 serving, you'll need:
4 mint leaves
1 lime
1 tablespoon agave nectar
4 ounces club soda
2 ounces Bacardi rum
5-6 ice cubes

Muddle the mint and lime and add over the combination of club soda, rum and agave. Pour over glass filled with ice and your slimming summer cocktail should have between 100 and 150 calories.

Pomegranate and Gin Spritzer

Most summer cocktails for weight loss make you give up your favorite drinks, but if you like gin, you're lucky because you'll be drinking a lot less calories this summer. Ingredients include:
6 ounces low-sugar pomegranate juice
10 ounces low-sugar white cranberry juice
12 ounces gin

Shake in a martini mixer that's half filled with ice and strain it into glasses for one of the most delicious slimming summer fruit cocktails.

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Health and Fitness: Low-Calorie Cocktails

There’s nothing like a refreshing delightful cocktail on a hot day, especially when they are low-calorie, taste amazing and you still get to have a bikini body!

Sip on low-calorie cocktails to delight your senses without turning your drinks into a danger for your lovely curves this summer.

Sweet & Low Local

Ingredients: 2 oz. Camarena Silver Tequila, 1/2 lemon, quartered, 8 mint leaves, 1 tablespoon sugar-free sweetener, 3 oz. soda water. Garnish: lemon wedge.
Muddle lemon, mint, and sweetener in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Strawberry-Citrus Vodka Cocktail

Ingredients: 2 strawberries, 1 sprig of mint, 3/4 ounce light agave nectar, 1 3/4 ounces citrus vodka, 3/4 ounce lemon juice.
In a shaker, muddle together mint and strawberries, add the remaining ingredients. Shake vigorously with ice for 20 seconds. Pour entire contents of shaker into a tall glass including all of the mint and strawberry pulp.

Fruity White Sangria

Ingredients: 12-oz. can mango juice, 12-oz. can pineapple juice, 1 liter bottle of seltzer, 1 bottle white wine, fruit of your choice (pineapple or orange), ice.
Slice up the fruit. Pour all the ingredients into a serving pitcher and add ice. Stir and refrigerate so the flavors blend.

Frozen Fruit Twist

Ingredients: Diet lemon-lime oda, frozen strawberries, orange juice, ice.
Put ice in a glass with 2 frozen strawberries; add 1 or 2 tbsp. of orange juice, fill with diet lemon-lime soda.

Petite in Pink

Ingredients: 4 oz. VOGA Sparkling Wine, 2 oz. lemonade, 1/2 oz. lemon juice, splash of cranberry juice. Garnish: mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in cocktail glass filled with ice. Stir, and garnish with mint leaves.

Itsy Bitsy Bikini

Ingredients: 1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, 1 ? oz. SKYY Infusions Coconut Vodka, 1 oz. diet lemon-lime soda, 3 oz. light cranberry juice. Garnish: shredded coconut.
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously, strain into a glass filled with ice, and top with shredded coconut.

Running in Rio

Ingredients: 2 oz. Leblon Cachaca, ? oz. agave nectar, 2 cucumber slices, ? lime, cut into wedges, ? in. jalapeno pepper, Garnish: cucumber slice.
Muddle lime, cucumber, jalapeno, and agave in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and cachaca. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

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