Great Summer Drinks for Less Calories

This year, if you are trying to keep your bathing suit figure, but would like to make a cool drink for the hot summer days we have ahead - don't worry!

There are several drink ideas that are lower in calories and lower in fat than the normal mixed or frozen drinks that you would order out! Whether it is in your own backyard or at the lake, try these low fat mixed and frozen drink recipes to stay cool all summer long!

The best chocolate milkshake ever

Start by putting a little bit of crushed ice at the bottom of your pitcher.

Add 1 cup of nonfat frozen chocolate yogurt, 1 shot of Bailey's (Caramel flavored) Irish Cream and 1 shot of Kahlua.

Mix on high speed until creamy and serve.

*Note: You can make other flavors as well, like vanilla or strawberry. Using vanilla frozen yogurt and adding a little caramel syrup is also great!

Low-Cal Margaritas

4 cups of crushed ice

6 shots of On the Border no sugar added Margarita mix (can be found in Kroger's, or other grocery stores)

4 packets of Equal (or any other sugar substitute)

2 shots of tequila

1 shot of Razzmatazz

2 squirt of lime juice

Mix all together and serve! Makes 2 servings.

*Note: Instead of Razzmatazz, you can choose to add any flavor liquor (such as Pomegranate, Strawberry, etc).

Rum Drinks

Rum is great during the summer just mixed with several different types of beverages.

Try adding 1 shot of Rum to 12 ounces of any diet soda. The newest craze right now is mixing Rum with Diet Pepsi Jazz. There are different flavors of Diet Pepsi Jazz new on the market, and from experience, I can tell you they all three mix great with Rum!

Another Rum drink is what I call the Thursday Morning.

Mix together:

Ice (fill cup halfway full of ice)

1 shot of Rum

8 ounces diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice

2 ounces orange juice

1 ounce pineapple juice

Cran-Vodka

This summer, when making mixed drinks, try mixing 1 shot of Vodka with 10 ounces of Diet Ocean Spray cranberry juice. Ocean Spray now has out diet Cranberry as well as diet Cran-Grape. Both of them mix well with Vodka.

Energy DRINK

If you find yourself getting worn out by the summer heat, cool down and get energized with the following mixed drink:

All you need is 1 can of sugar free energy drink, such as Monster Lo-Carb, or Rockstar Sugar Free

Mix that can of energy drink with either Vodka or Jagermeister for a yummy energy drink!