Best Low Carb Mixed Drinks for Low Carb Diets

When you're on a low carb diet, finding good things to eat and drink can be a challenge. Especially when it comes to drinks.I was a low carb dieter for a while so I know what you're going through here.You have to be very careful when it comes to mixers. Most straight alcohols like Rum,Gin,Whiskey, Vodka and Tequila have 0 carbs.Where the carbs come in is in the mixers. Fruit juice and soda will make your carb count soar. So when going out, remember that alcohol is no carb, and just add either a diet soda or club soda as a mixer. That means that you can have the old standby Jack and Diet Coke, Captain Morgan and Diet Coke, Bacardi and Diet Coke, Vodka and Club Soda, or any other alcohol mixed with Club Soda or Diet Tonic Water. These are the basic of any well-stocked bar.

The list above pretty much constitutes no carb mixed drinks because there are no carbs in the alcohol or in the diet soda, making them the perfect low carb mixed drinks.If you happen to like wine you're in luck because it is also a low carb alcohol. Just make sure it is a fairly dry Red or White Wine because the sweeter ones contain more sugar. So if you're a sipper 1 or 2 glasses won't hurt your diet.

Of course you have a little more choice if you're having a party or get together with friends, then you can also use Sugar Free Sodas (any flavor), Low Carb sugar-free drinks like some of the Fuze Flavors, Sugar Free Kool-Aid, and flavored Sugar Free Ice Teas. You can mix Tequila with Diet Orange soda for a Low Carb Margarita, or substitute Lemon Lime Sugar Free Kool-Aid with a few drops of orange flavoring mixed in.

If your planning a party and want to serve low carb drinks for yourself or friends, here are a few of the best low carb mixed drinks. These are low to no carb drinks.

5 of the best low carb mixed drinks:

Gin and Tonic or Vodka Tonic

5oz Diet Tonic Water
2oz Gin or Vodka
1 lime peel

Mix together in shaker with ice strain and pour over ice into a cocktail glass, garnish with lime peel.

Low Carb Mojitos

2oz rum
3 Tbsp of lime juice
2 tsp Splenda
3-4 fresh leaves
Club soda

Crush the mint leaves with the back of a spoon inside the glass, add the splenda, the lime juice and rum. Add a few ice cubes and top off with club soda.

Orange Root Beer Cooler

1oz rum
1oz diet root beer
1oz diet orange soda

Pour all in ingredients in a glass and pop in a few ice cubes.

Pina Colada

1/2 cup ice
1 teaspoon pineapple extract
1 ounce DaVinci Gourmet Natural Coconut Syrup
1 ounce white rum

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed.

Super Jello Shots

1 package or sugar free jello any flavor
2 Cups boiling water
2 Cups alcohol your choice

Put the alcohol in the freezer to get cold while making the jello. Make the jello with the boiling water but substitute the alcohol for the water.You can combine any flavored jello to any kind of alcohol to create different flavors, like orange jello and tequila, cherry jello and rum, or any combination you like. Set up in small mini muffin pans and put in fridge to cool.

Here is an alcohol reference chart for future use:

Alcohol Carb Chart

Armagnac - 0g
Beer (12oz) - 12.5g
Bourbon - 0g
Brandy - 0g
Cognac - 0g
Gin - 0g
Rum - 0g
Scotch - 0g
Tequila - 0g
Vermouth, Dry - 1.4g
Vermouth, Sweet - 4.5g
Vodka - 0g
Whiskey - 0g
Wine, Red (4oz) - 2.0g
Wine, White (4oz) - 0.9g

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