a couple of relatively low carb alcoholic drinks

writes:

Anybody else with *relatively* low carb drink recipes?

I stick with vodka on the rocks if I'm out drinking. Zero carbs, so
no messing around with counting grams or worrying about whether I can
afford to have one more. Who wants to keep track of numbers when
you're drinking? (Not that I've been even tipsy in a long time, but
you never know....)

Is there any such thing as a low-carb amaretto? I used to love
amaretto sours, and I'm sure you can get diet sour mix, but I'd guess
the liqueur is pretty sugary in itself.



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wrote:

Anybody else with *relatively* low carb drink recipes?

For the Yuletide I've been known to make egg nog with
half-n-half/light-cream, egg, vanilla extract and either
brandy or rum. Heavy enough that watering it down
does work.

Every so often I'll have some of the zero carb beer
substitute that comes in concentrated form. Just add
water to reconsistute. I like bourbon for this rather
than scotch. Around once a week I'd rather spend my
carbs on a really nice beer than settle for whiskey.

On 30 Jan 2007 09:36:55 -0800, wrote:

Ok, ok, I know alcoholic drinks are never really low carb, but......I
enjoy a good drink once in a while, but most mixed drinks are just
loaded to the hilt with massive amounts of carbs.

Vodka and diet tonic. Zero carbs. And not all that many calories, as
well.

Jo Anne

Jo Anne wrote in message ...
On 30 Jan 2007 09:36:55 -0800, wrote:

Ok, ok, I know alcoholic drinks are never really low carb, but......I
enjoy a good drink once in a while, but most mixed drinks are just
loaded to the hilt with massive amounts of carbs.

Vodka and diet tonic. Zero carbs. And not all that many calories, as
well.

Jo Anne

Rum and Diet Coke, Vodka and Diet Orange. I like Diet Pepsi Lime and rum
once in a great while.


Cheri

Jo Anne wrote:
On 30 Jan 2007 09:36:55 -0800, wrote:


Ok, ok, I know alcoholic drinks are never really low carb, but......I
enjoy a good drink once in a while, but most mixed drinks are just
loaded to the hilt with massive amounts of carbs.


Vodka and diet tonic. Zero carbs. And not all that many calories, as
well.

This might actually be gross, but I really like it. In the summer I like
to mix the cheap Burnett's Mango vodka with diet tonic water. It's
almost like soda pop.

brigid

On Jan 30, 11:36 am, wrote:
Ok, ok, I know alcoholic drinks are never really low carb, but......I
enjoy a good drink once in a while, but most mixed drinks are just
loaded to the hilt with massive amounts of carbs.

I've found a couple of drinks that are pretty darned good and
*relatively* low in carbs. Low enough to enjoy a good blowout once in
a while. Here they a

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Daquiri

Lots of ice
2 oz White Rum
1 oz Daquiri mix
Top up with Diet 7up or Diet Sprite

Daquiri Mix
3 parts lime juice, fresh squeezed of course
1 part simple sugar syrup

Simple Sugar Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Bring to boil to disolve sugar then cool

(As you can see there is only 1/4 ounce of sugar syrup in one Daquiri)

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Bulldog Highball

ice
2 oz Gin
juice of 1/2 orange, approx. 2 oz, fresh squeezed of course
Top up with diet Ginger Ale or Canada Dry Ginger Ale (about 1/3 the
carbs as most other ginger ales)

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Anybody else with *relatively* low carb drink recipes?

TC

I guess I should have mentioned that I prefer to minimize the amount
of sugar and non-caloric sweetners as much as possible.

Diet colas contain some pretty nasty chemicals that I try to avoid as
much as possible. In fact I would rather use small amounts of sugar
than anything that contains aspartame.

TC

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Scotch, straight up or with a bit of water. Sadly, this still has too
many
calories for me.

--
Bob in CT- Hide quoted text -

'Fraid I am not a big fan of Scotch, regardless of how it is served or
how long it sat in a barrel or how much its been filtered in peat.

TC


You don't know what you're missing!

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Bob in CT