“Healthier” Festive Season Cocktails

FESTIVE DRINKS CAN PACK ON THENCALORIES - HERE WE SAMPLE A FEW LOWCAL COCKTAILS TO MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY EXTRA SPECIAL

Pimm’s No.1 & Lemonade

Calories per serving: 116

Ingredients

1 Shot/25ml Vodka, 37.5% Volume 18.5ml Cointreau Liqueur 1 Lime, juiced 25ml Cranberry Juice 1 Tbsp Orange Peel

Making a Cosmopolitan

Place the vodka, orange liqueur and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake it hard to mix the ingredients then strain into Martini glass. A bonus ingredient (that makes this cocktail extra classy) is to use a potato peeler to peel an orange. Now twist the orange peel over the edge of the glass.

Light on calories, this refreshing cocktail is awsome on a hot South African Summer’s day... Garnish with fresh strawberries and a touch of greenery - delightful!

Calories per serving: 113

Ingredients

1 Serving/50ml Pimms, 25% Volume 30g Oranges 100ml Lemonade 1 Slice Cucumber 1 Strawberry 2 Mint Leaves

How to prepare a Pimm’s

Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Pour Pimm’s No.1 and lemonade into the glass.

Garnish with orange, cucumber, strawberry and mint.

Festive season COCKTAILS

Festive season COCKTAILS

A refreshing gin sour, the Tom Collins is an excellent choice any time of day, day of the year, and any occasion. It is one of the best and easiest everyday cocktails.

Calories per serving: 138

Ingredients

2 Shots/50ml Gin, 37.5% Volume ½ Lemon, juice 10g Sugar Syrup 1 Slice Lemon 30ml Soda Water

Mixing a Tom Collins

Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Pour Gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into the glass. Stir until well combined. Top up with soda water. Garnish with a wedge of lemon

The Perfect Screwdriver Cocktail Recipe

A screwdriver is orange juice and vodka, but mixed well it becomes a refreshing (albeit) cocktail.

The key to making good Screwdriver is quality ingredients. Use a premium vodka and pure orange juice, it makes a real difference. Screwdrivers are incredibly popular. Its a great backup for those guests who don’t drink your other cocktails.

Calories per serving of Screwdriver: 122

Ingredients

1 Pub Shot/35ml Vodka 150ml Orange Juice, Freshly Squeezed

Making the perfect a Screwdriver

Take a glass and add ice cubes Add the measure of vodka Top up with the orange juice Mix and enjoy .

The drink of Rio de Janeiro ... get in toa Brazilian mood, salsa & rumba, put a carnival atmosphere into your festivities

Calories per serving of Caipirinha Cocktail: 141

Ingredients

2 Servings/50ml White Rum 1 Tsp Caster Sugar 1 Lime

Making a Caipirinha

Cut lime wedges. Add the lime wedges and sugar to a glass. Press down on the lime wedges and sugar in a highball glass using a muddler to extract juices and flavour. Fill the glass with ice. Pour the rum into the glass. Stir thoroughly.

The Mojito Cocktail

Mojito is a great cocktail to start. It’s easy to mix. Currently, a very popular choice. The skill, for an excellent Mojito is in mixing of the ingredients. Very refreshing on hot summers day by the pool or at the beach.

Calories per serving of Mojito Cocktail: 155

Ingredients

2 Mint Leaves 2 Slices Lime2 Slices Lemon 1 Tsp Caster Sugar 1 Pub Shot/35ml Bacardi, 37.5% Volume 130ml Sprite

Mixing up the best Mojito

Place the mint leaves, lime slices, lemon slices and sugar in the bottom of a glass and crush with a muddler. Fill a lowball glass tumbler with ice cubes and put a shot in the glass. Now fill the glass with diet Sprite, diet lemonade, or lime juice and soda and stir.