Lisa Lillien - Hungry Girl - Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

rd of recipe): 97 calories, 0g fat, 5mg sodium, 0g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars, 0g protein

Ingredients
4ВЅ ounces vodka
ВЅ packet (one 5-calorie serving) sugar-free powdered cherry drink mix 3 ounces diet cherry lemon-lime soda or diet black cherry soda 8 to 10 ice cubes

Directions
Dissolve the drink mix into 6 ounces of cold water. Stir thoroughly.

Combine mixture with vodka and ice, put it in a shaker (or some other glass with a lid), cover tightly, and shake well.

Strain drink evenly into 3 martini glasses. Top each glass with an ounce of the soda.

MAKES 3 SERVINGS

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The term «toast,» meaning a wish for good health, originated in ancient Rome, where an actual piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine.

kickin' cranberry cosmo
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 100 calories, 0g fat, 32mg sodium, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 1g sugars, 0g protein

Ingredients
5 ounces Diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Spray juice drink 1ВЅ ounces vodka
1 teaspoon lime juice
5 to 8 ice cubes
Optional: splash of diet lemon-lime soda, lime wedge (for garnish)

Directions
Combine vodka, cranberry juice drink, and lime juice. Stir thoroughly.

Combine mixture with ice, put it in a shaker (or some other glass with a lid), cover tightly, and shake well.

Strain drink into a large martini glass.

If you like, top with a splash of soda and garnish with a lime wedge. Enjoy!

MAKES 1 SERVING

mojito madness
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 104 calories, 0g fat, 19mg sodium, 2g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 0g sugars, 0g protein

Mojitos ROCK! This recipe is sooo simple and sooo good.

Ingredients
6 ounces diet lemon-lime soda
12 mint leaves
Вј lime, cut into slices
1ВЅ ounces rum 5 to 8 ice cubes
Optional: additional mint leaves and lime wedges (for garnish)

Directions
Muddle (aka pulverize) the mint and lime in a glass.

Add the soda and rum, stir well.

Add ice and enjoy! Feel free to garnish with mint and lime.

MAKES 1 SERVING

wicked good white russian
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 140 calories, 0.5g fat, 42mg sodium, 8g carbs, 0g fiber, 4g sugars, 1g protein

Ingredients
1ВЅ ounces vodka
1ВЅ ounces light vanilla soymilk
2 teaspoons sugar-free calorie-free vanilla syrup
2 teaspoons Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer 1 teaspoon instant coffee
4 to 6 ice cubes

Directions
Dissolve creamer and coffee in Вј cup of warm water.

Add soymilk and syrup. Stir well.

Add vodka and ice. Stir and enjoy.

MAKES 1 SERVING

slammin' slimmed-down strawberry daiquiri
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 121 calories, 0g fat, 10mg sodium, 4g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 2g sugars, 0g protein

Drink mix blends like strawberry kiwi, strawberry banana, and tangerine strawberry make the most awesome strawberry daiquiris EVER! And even though strawberry is the most famous and popular flavor for daiquiris, why stop there? There are so many great flavors of sugar-free drink mixes, your options are almost limitless. . Have fun!

Ingredients
1ВЅ ounces rum
1 packet (two 5-calorie servings) sugar-free powdered drink mix (any strawberry blend) 3 frozen strawberries
1 tablespoon lime juice
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice

Directions
Dissolve drink mix into 4 ounces of water. Stir thoroughly.

In a blender, combine drink mixture with all other ingredients. Blend to desired consistency.

Pour, add a straw, and slurp that baby up!

MAKES 1 SERVING

TOP ATE Shockingly High-Cal Alcoholic Drinks
See what the bartender is really serving up. .
1. PiГ±a Colada
—Think twice about downing this 650-calorie drink while wearing a bathing suit. Yikes!
2. White Russian
—This creamy drink has 425 fatty calories.
3. Mudslide
—This 850-calorie so-called chocolate «dream» actually gives us nightmares.
4. Champagne Cocktail
—Why spend 250 calories on this when a glass of champagne has just 100?
5. Frozen Margarita
—A 740-calorie glass of lime-flavored slush?! Ay caramba!
6. Daiquiri
—This one clocks in at 675 calories. Um, no thanks.
7. Mai Tai
—350 calories. . a total waste, and way too sweet.
8. Long Island Iced Tea
—The average LIT packs in 780 calories. OMG!