Happy National Tequila Day!
On July 24, a day better known as National Tequila Day, Americans can raise a glass in honor of tequila, the blue-agave-derived alcoholic beverage.
National Tequila Day is not a Federal Holiday yet, but bars and restaurants are offering deals like $2 shots and $2 margaritas. Contrived marketing scheme or not, today’s holiday comes with a range of tequila-infused deals and promotions in bars and restaurants around the country—so, yeah, there’s good reason to celebrate. And, with our low-calorie cocktail recipes the only guilt you’ll have is if you miss work the next day! Order them at the local restaurant, or try them at home.
Nationally, the On the Border restaurant chain is selling $2 house margaritas and $2 shots of Lunazul Reposado Tequila all day at participating locations. Other national chains with National Tequila Day specials include Abuelo’s, where hand-crafted margaritas are $5.95 all day, and Chevy’s, where deals like $2 house margaritas.
This most popular tequila drink ever, the margarita, can kill you with calories – sometimes 500 calories or more! But Good News: you can still celebrate without racking up all of those annoying calories. We dug up a few tequila drinks that won’t break the calorie barrier. A one ounce shot will set you back just 69 calories, so it’s the mix you need to watch.
Enjoy!
Low Calorie Margarita Recipes:
Blood Orange Margarita
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces Tequila Avión
3/4 ounce Cointreau Orange Liqueur
1 ounce blood orange juice
1/2 part fresh sour mix
1 orange twist, for garnish
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, add first four ingredients with ice. Shake and strain (best served over fresh ice). Garnish with orange twist.
214 calories
From WhiteOnRiceCouple.com.
Elevated Margarita
Very simple, and easy to make.
Ingredients:
2 ounces Avión Silver or Reposado
1 part fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce agave nectar
1 lime wheel, for garnish
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients in shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Fine-strain over fresh ice. Garnish with lime wheel.
170 calories
From Shape.com.
Slim and Sparkling Lemon-Lime Margarita
Add zero-calorie flavored sparkling water for a fun bubbly bevvy.
Ingredients:
3 ounces Sparkling ICE Lemon Lime
1 1/2 ounces tequila
Fresh squeezed orange juice
Fresh squeezed lime juice
1 lime slice, for garnish
Directions:
Shake first four ingredients and pour into a chilled rocks glass rimmed with salt. Garnish with lime slice.
100 calories
From Shape.com.
Agave Margarita
Fabulous and simple.
Ingredients:
1 lime wedge
Kosher salt
Ice
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce light agave nectar
Directions:
Moisten half of the outer rim of a glass with the lime wedge (that way, you get salty on one side, but it doesn’t overpower the drink!) and twist the edge into a saucer full of kosher salt. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well and strain into the glass. Bottoms up
40 Calories
From yummly.com
Skinny Margarita
Ingredients:
1 ounce añejo tequila
1 ounce Cointreau
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 pinch pink Himalayan salt
Polar® Ginger Lemonade Seltzer
Directions:
Pour first four ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until condensation forms. Pour into an elegant glass and top with seltzer.
185 calories
From Shape.com.
Other Great Tequila Drinks
Mexican Bikini
Ladies, want to fit into that little bikini for your getaway to Acapulco? Just remember to sip this thirst quencher in moderation. Think of it as spiked-up fizzy lemonade. Mexican Bikini features diet soda and agave nectar, which has fewer calories than simple syrup.
Ingredients:
½ oz. Tequila
½ oz. Vodka (flavored vodka like citron works well, or pepper vodka)
1 tsp. Agave nectar
Directions:
Add all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for 10 seconds. Strain cocktail into a chilled martini glass.
130 Calories.
From Nochelatina.com.
Sweet & Low Local
Ingredients:
2 oz. Camarena Silver Tequila
½ of a lemon, quartered
8 mint leaves
1 tbsp. sugar-free sweetener
3 oz. soda water
Garnish: lemon wedge
Directions:
Muddle lemon, mint, and sweetener in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
150 calories.
From cosmopolitan.com
Caliente Viejo
The margarita and the old fashioned meet to make this spicy Mexican-inspired beverage.
Ingredients:
2 ounces Avión Añejo
3/4 ounce hot pepper-infused agave nectar
3 dashes orange bitters
1 orange twist, for garnish
Directions:
Add Avión Añejo and agave to a mixing glass filled with ice. Top with orange bitters and gently stir. (You don’t want to break up the spirit or add any chipped ice to it.) Strain into a glass filled with ice. Finish off with orange twist.
185 Calories
From Shape.com
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