Cucumber Collins Cocktail

If you're looking for a special drink to add to your St. Patrick's Day Celebration, the H3 True Bar has the perfect cocktail. The Cucumber Collins is a fresh and refreshing, low calorie cocktail. Skip the additives and extra sugar and just savor great flavor with our Cucumber Collins cocktail recipe!



Ingredients:

1 ounce Hendricks’s Gin

1 ounce Fresh squeezed lemon

1 Tbsp Cucumber (about 1 ½ inch slice)

½ ounce Simple syrup

2 ounces Soda water

1 each Sprig of mint

Method:

• Score lemon across the top before juicing


• Drop juice and lemon into pint glass


• Add simple syrup,


• Add the gin


• Shake over ice with cocktail shaker


• Pour contents into serving glass, add more ice and top with club soda


• Garnish with mint sprig. 

NUTRITION:

Serving size: 4.5 ounces

Calories: 100

Protein: 0g

Fat: 0g

Carbohydrate: 8g

Fiber: 0g

Sugar: 7g

Sodium: 15mg

Healthy Cocktail: Blackberry Burst Spritzer

The H3 Healthy Kitchen has the perfect, refreshing summer drink for you: the Blackberry Burst Spritzer. The blackberries give the cocktail a natural sweetness, so you can enjoy our spritzer without hurting your healthy diet because there's no added sugar. You can even add a touch of coconut flavor using a little Coconut Tequila instead of Silver Tequila, just follow our recipe on Shape.com from Cinco de Mayo.



Ingredients:

½ each Lime, sliced
8 each Mint leaves, fresh, torn
¼ cup Blackberries
8 ounces Sparkling water
1 ounce Silver tequila

Method:

1. Muddle the limes, mint, and blackberries in the tequila.
2. Add sparkling water, ice, and mix.
3. Enjoy your skinny cocktail!

Nutrition:

Serves: 1

Calories: 80

Fat: 0 grams

H3 Skinny White Russian

by Anthony Triceri

A White Russian is a classic American cocktail made famous in the 1940’s when vodka was largely distributed from Russia.  Classically, white Russians are served with equal parts vodka, Kahlua (coffee liquor) and heavy cream; but, here's some Healthy Kitchen tips to save yourself almost 90 calories. Just swap in skim milk for the heavy cream then cut the Kahlua amount in half and replace with brewed coffee. Shake, serve and enjoy!



 

Ingredients:

1 ounce Vanilla Vodka

½ ounce Kahlua Coffee Liquor

½ ounce Brewed Coffee

1 ounce Skim Milk

Method:

• Combine all ingredients in a glass shaker filled with ice.


• Shake vigorously!


• Strain and serve over fresh ice in a high ball glass.


• Garnish with a few coffee beans.


• Enjoy!

Bartender's Note:

• Adding 2 teaspoons of heavy cream will give texture and froth to this beverage for an additional 10 calories.


• A Black Russian is the same tasty beverage excluding the dairy.  Serve on the rocks.  Shaking is not necessary.

Nutrition:

Serves: 1

Calories: 110

Fat: 1.5 grams

Skinny Cinnamon Appletini

by Anthony Triceri

It's the holiday season, you're eating mindfully and sticking to your exercise regimen but you're in the mood to unwind with a nice, light cocktail with a touch of spice. The H3 Healthy Kitchen Skinny Cinnamon Appletini is the perfect low-calorie drink to treat yourself but still hold True* to your new, healthy lifestyle.



Ingredients:

1.5 ounce Apple Soaked Vodka (see: Bartender's Note)

½ tablespoon Calvados (apple brandy)

½ teaspoon Brown Sugar Simple Syrup

1.5 ounce Apple Cider

(Bartender's Note: To make the apple soaked vodka, dice 3 large apples and soak in vodka overnight)  

Simple Syrup:

¼ cup Brown Sugar

½ cup  Water

1 each Vanilla Bean

1 each Cinnamon Stick

Method:

• To make the simple syrup: Combine brown sugar, water, vanilla bean, and cinnamon stick in a small sauce pot.


• Heat sauce pot at a medium temperature, slowly bring to a simmer, and cook until sugar dissolves for about 5-7 minutes


• Allow syrup to cool then strain


• To assemble the cocktail: Combine vodka, calvados, simple syrup, and cider in a glass shaker filled with ice.


• Shake vigorously!


• Strain and serve in a chilled martini glass.


• Garnish with a sliced apple skewered cinnamon stick.

Servings: 1

Calories: 140

Fat: 0 grams



Enjoy!

Healthy Recipe: H3 Skinny Margarita

In the Healthy Kitchen here at Hilton Head Health, we believe you can enjoy wine and spirits and without hindering your weight loss goals and wellness aspirations. During our weight loss program and wellness program we show our Guests that the secret is to indulge healthfully and in moderation, of course. For starters, create this Skinny Margarita for any upcoming party or event. Just throw away those processed sugary sweet and sour mixes, grab some simple and fresh ingredients and make the best skinny margarita you have ever tasted!



Ingredients:

1 ounce Tequila, silver

2 tablespoons Lime juice, fresh

½ teaspoon Salt (optional)

½ tablespoon Agave nectar

Method:

• Combine tequila, lime juice and agave in a glass shaker filled with ice.


• Rim one quarter of a margarita glass with salt by using a fresh lime wedge and dip the glass in salt.


• Shake the skinny margarita mix vigorously!


• Strain and serve over fresh ice into your salted glass, serve with a wedge of lime.


• Enjoy!

Nutrition:

Serves: 1

Serving Size: 1 glass

Calories: 100

Fat: 0 grams

We hope that you enjoy this skinny margarita cocktail recipe! What's your favorite cocktail?