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Simple, check.  Refreshing, check. Won’t stain those white summer pants?  Check.

INGREDIENTS

1 oz vodka of choice

Top with Diet Sierra Mist or Sprite Zero

Garnish with lime

Calories per cocktail:  65

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Alcohol soaked watermelon- genius!  Keep the kiddos away from this thirst quencher.

INGREDIENTS

5 cups diced watermelon, divided

6 ounces gin, divided

8 tablespoons lime juice, divided

1 1/3 cups ginger ale, divided

Lime wedges, for garnish

PREPARATION

1. Freeze 1 cup watermelon for garnish. Puree the remaining 4 cups watermelon. Strain; divide the juice among 4 ice-filled glasses.
2. Top each with 1 1/2 ounces gin, 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/3 cup ginger ale. Garnish with the frozen watermelon and lime wedges. Non-alcoholic variation: Omit the gin.

4 servings

Calories per gin fizz: 153 calories

Source: eatingwell.com

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INGREDIENTS

Coarse salt, (optional)

4 ounces tequila, divided

2 ounces orange-flavored liqueur, such as Cointreau, divided

3 cups grapefruit juice, divided

4 grapefruit slices, for garnish

PREPARATION

Wet the rims of 4 glasses and coat with coarse salt (if desired); fill the glasses with ice. Pour 1 ounce tequila and 1/2 ounce liqueur into each. Top each with 3/4 cup grapefruit juice and stir. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

4 servings

Calories per chihuahua:  188

Source:  eatingwell.com

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Enjoy this low-calorie martini infused with a dose of vitamins and antioxidants!

2 basil leaves 
1 ounce grapefruit juice 
1 ounce Da Vinci’s Sugar Free Sweetener Syrup
1 3/4 ounces gin 
  Splash of sparkling wine

In a shaker, muddle basil and syrup. Add syrup and gin and shake hard with ice for 20 seconds.  Strain ingredients into a martini glass and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Calories: 161

Source: fitnessmagazine.com

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