The weekend is here and everyone gets another opportunity to undo all their hard work in one night of irresponsible drinking. The sad thing with vodka cocktails is that most of the good ones, Black Russians, Caipiroskas and Cosmopolitans are all around the 200 calorie mark. The classic Bloody Mary comes in at a moderate 118 calories. But if you're trying to keep the calories under control, you will have to sacrifice fancy for efficient. The idea here is to be clever and...
It's Halloween and that means it's Halloween Punch Recipe time. Halloween 2009 featured a punch invention called Putrid Eyeball Halloween Punch. A deliciously morbid drink but perhaps a little undead on the calories i.e. something that would've required you to actively save some calories in order to enjoy it. So the idea for Halloween 2010 was to look for what the web had to offer for Halloween punch recipes that weren't so ghoulish on the calories. So I searched for...
Not worried about calories in vodka cocktails? How about this - one Long Island Iced Tea has more calories in it than a Big Mac burger from McDonald’s. A White Russian has more calories in it than a box of french fries. A Cosmopolitan has more calories in it than a fried egg roll. So if you watch your weight all week, only to give in to five Long Island Iced Teas (2,725 calories) over the weekend - take a...
Now if I were really to have been helpful, I would have posted this before Halloween or at least a few hours before Halloween evening. In my defence, the decision to make a punch for Halloween evening despite there not being a party was a last minute one and @ilivehealthy did let our tweeps know (hint hint). Now the thing with Halloween punch recipes online is that it really seems like an exercise in throwing stuff in together than normally...
A couple of days ago, when I saw about a dozen oranges in the fridge’s fruit shelf, I thought to myself: “Let’s juice them and have fresh orange juice for breakfast.” It was a noble thought. Too noble. It was shot down by two people. Instantly. So we opened The Bartender’s Guide and looked for interesting whiskey cocktails with oranges. Turns out orange juice is a universal mixer that does justice to just about any liquor. So here we have...
The best and worst thing about making vodka cocktails at home is you realise how much bars tend to gyp you. We tried these two cocktails on Friday night… one’s something new and one’s a classic… in more waysh than one Moneypenny… simple and delicious. Vodkatini – Vodka Martini Yes, the classic… never goes old so long as it’s shaken not stirred. Ingredients Vodka – 2 ounces Dry Vermouth – 1 ounce Ice – 2 handfuls Olives – 3-6 depends on your taste....
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