Low-Calorie Libations for Diet-Conscious Revelers
You're pregnant or nursing , taking antibiotics or have a compromised immune system, are a designated driver or simply don't want to drink alcoholic beverages during the holiday season.
Yet you want to join in the fun and celebrate with a beverage (or three) that's appropriately tasty and festive.
What do you do? What do you do?
A sophisticated drink called DRY Soda comes to the rescue with a complete line-up of six savory sodas that pair perfectly with the foods we associate with Thanksgiving, such as roasted turkey, stuffing, creamed oysters, pumpkin pie.
“DRY Soda is made of only four all-natural ingredients, is less sweet, and makes a great alternative to alcohol beverages during the holidays,” Sharelle Klaus, founder and CEO of DRY, told me.
Klaus launched her Seattle-based company in 2005 with four flavors--Lemongrass, Lavender, Kumquat, and Rhubarb--and has since come out with three others--Juniper Berry, Vanilla Bean, and Blood Orange.
Klaus’s suggestions for pairing holiday foods with DRY Soda?
*For turkey and cranberry, try Rhubarb DRY. Enhance the flavor by using rhubarb in the cranberry-sauce recipe.
*If duck is your bird of choice, sip Kumquat DRY, and use kumquat in the duck marinade.
*Prefer red meat? Pair your prime rib with Juniper Berry DRY.
*To satisfy that sweet tooth, enjoy Vanilla Bean DRY with pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and sweet potatoes.
Another favorite of mine is either regular or diet tonic water. Serve over rocks with a slice of lemon, lime, or--my preference--Meyer lemon for a refreshing, non-alcoholic sipper that pairs well with food.
For a special treat, mix half diet tonic water and Blonde Lillet (a French aperitif made with a secret and intriguing-tasting combination of herbs). Serve over ice with a twist or wedge of citrus.
The wine spritzer--equal parts white or red wine and sparkling water over ice--is a classy and classic way to cut calories.
Cranberry juice cut with sparkling water and decorated with a slice of lime is both refreshing, healthy, and color-appropriate for the holiday season (red and green!).
Dessert drinks commonly associated with the holidays pose particular threats to the diet-conscious reveler.
Trim the calories in a Black Russian by substituting low-fat milk for the half-and-half. Use diet ginger ale in place of regular in your highball. Have Diet Coke in place of regular Coke in your Rum & Coke.
By saving a few calories in your holiday cocktail, you can hit the buffet table with a little more leeway and a lot less guilt!
dreambox sky on November 29, 2010 at 08:47 PM
But you want to join in the fun and celebrate with a glass or three that are tasty and festive appropriate.
adelaide photographers on December 01, 2010 at 09:40 PM
The cocktails are prepared with alcohol may vary in calories. According to Web MD, is a shot of 80 proof vodka, whiskey or rum 40% by volume is only about 64 calories, but with increasing alcohol calorie counter is also increasing.
dermalogica shop on December 02, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Cranberry juice cut with water and decorated with a Danish slice of lime is both refreshing, healthy, and the appropriate colour for the holiday season.
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acting auditions on September 27, 2011 at 04:50 PM
I think diets are more about lifestyle rather then the food you eat. You can eat really bad and be really fit, yet you and eat really good and be very unfit. Its all about lifestyle.