Favorite Margarita Recipe
/In honor of Cinco de Mayo tomorrow I wanted to share my favorite {skinny} margarita recipe with you! Margaritas always make me dream about vacation… a warm summer day, on a beach, with an ice cold marg in hand!
I believe in moderation and definitely love a good cocktail!
Personally, I love a super clean cocktail…not the high sugar concoctions you get at most bars. The typical margarita is loaded with sugar {think “sour mix”} and calories. A small margarita can have over 400 calories in it?!? Crazy!
This super clean recipe and much lower in sugar and calories than any that you would order out. I substitute the typical agave (which has a pretty similar chemical makeup and reaction in body as high fructose corn syrup) with coconut sugar. Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index than other sugars (including agave) and won’t spike your blood sugar levels. It also contains inulin fiber, which has many gut health benefits.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz of tequila {personally I love Camarena}
1.5 oz of fresh organic lime juice
1 oz of organic orange juice (or 1/2 of a fresh orange)
1/2 tsp of organic coconut sugar
Kosher salt
Ice
Directions:
Rim your glass with a thin layer of salt (see directions below).
For one cocktails pour all ingredients into a shaker glass over ice.
Shake very well, for approximately 30 seconds.
Add ice to your rimmed glass, and pour margarita into glass.
* if you want to make 2 cocktails - double the recipe
How to get the perfect salt rim:
Pour some kosher salt onto a plate.
Take a wedge of lime and rub it along the edge of your glass.
Then take your glass upside down and move it through the kosher salt on the plate.