January has come and gone, and most likely, so have your New Year’s Resolutions. Striving for a healthier lifestyle is all well and good, but all too often healthy lifestyle means sacrificing social life. And social lives tend to be good for ones general happiness, as does comfort food and liquid courage. Oh, the conundrum! To be healthy and happy, how can you have it all? Well, you can find a happy medium. These beverages still contain alcohol, but some healthy stuff as well, and they’re all under 150 calories. Who knew beets and cucumbers could make great cocktails? We even threw in a couple of healthy salad recipes to go with those (kind of) healthy drinks.
Green Dream
Calories: 133
Courtesy of Nico Szymanski of the THE LCL: Bar & Kitchen, NYC
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Crop Organic Cucumber vodka
1.5 oz. Liquiteria All Greens juice blend
1.5 oz. Organic apple cider
.25 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
Directions: Shake. Rocks glass with ice. Cucumber fan garnish
Seeing Red
Calories: 153
Courtesy of Nico Szymanski of the THE LCL: Bar & Kitchen, NYC
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Michter’s Rye whiskey
1.5 oz. Liquiteria Beets me juice blend
.5 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
Directions: Shake. Highball glass with ice. Candied ginger garnish
Rhythm and Beets
Calories: 141 calories
Courtesy of Tequila Herradura
