Low Carb Margarita Mix
It's summertime and there are lots of parties and sometimes a nice frosty Margarita just seems like a great idea. From Hold the Toast comes this recipe for:
Low Carb Margarita Mix 1 1/2 cups lime juice (bottled is fine) 1/2 cup lemon juice (ditto) 1 1/2 cups Splenda 2 cups water 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon orange extract (I get very good orange extract from my health food store; if you're using the grocery store kind, use the larger quantity.) Just put everything through the blender for a minute, and pour into a clean liter/quart sized bottle. Refrigerate until use. To make a margarita, combine 2 ounces tequila with about 6-8 ounces margarita mix, and either put it through the blender with lots of ice, or simply serve it on the rocks. This whole recipe has about 54 grams of carb; it's about a quart (32 ounces), so figure about 10 grams for a 6 ounce serving of the mix. You can cut the carb content a bit by using liquid sucralose or Splenda tablets -- both of these products are lower carb than the Splenda table sweetener, because they lack the malto-dextrin used to bulk it up to the same volume as sugar. I made this mix using 72 Splenda tablets, and figure I saved a good 6-7 grams off the carb count of the whole batch, or a little over a gram per serving. |
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I wish I would have had this recipe this summer!!!!!:cool:
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