Pink*Denver: End of Summer Low Calorie Cocktail

It's amazing what you can find in your fridge as a mixer. I personally cannot drink anything straight unless it?s dark liquor. A few weeks ago I decided that vodka sounded good and headed to my local liquor store and purchased low calorie vodka. There are a wide range of lower calorie vodkas out now days and I can vary what I get by flavor and mood. This particular weekend I decided on Skinny Girl vodka. With a whopping 35 calories per shot I decided I needed to try it.

I bring my happy vodka home and realize that I don't have any mixers to go with it. I didn't get flavored vodka so I was definitely going to need a mixer. Luckily I had just bought the best watermelon from a little Ecuadorian food stand in the Highlands. Here is my recipe for the best end of summer, low calorie cocktail.

What you need:
1 tsp. honey
1/2 cup warm water
3/4 cup watermelon
2 (1.5oz ,typical shot) vodka
1 cup water or soda water
(Mint leaf for garnish)

?One of my co-workers actually harvests his own honey and I buy it from him at a very low price. It has to be the best honey I have ever had. I use about a teaspoon of it for this recipe and stir it in a 1/2 cup of warm water so that it breaks down easier. This is important... Your honey will not break down in cold water. You will just end up with cold chunks of honey.
Next you want at least 3/4 cups of watermelon. I cube the melon and put it into the warm water/honey mixture. From there you just stab the shit out of it until it?s mashed and mulled into the water. It does not need to be purred. I prefer the chunky watermelon to eat after you?re done drinking your cocktail. It actually soaks up a lot of the liquor.

After you have mashed the shit out of your watermelon you want to throw 1-2 shots of your vodka in there. Toss in three if it's Saturday, mostly because it's Saturday. I find a substantial taste difference if you do ice and then the vodka so make sure you follow this step carefully.

?You are now ready to throw in?a few cubes of ice and then top it off with water or soda water. I say about a cup depending on how strong you like it. Put a mint leaf in that bitch for garnish and you got yourself a summer cocktail.

Calorie Intake: 130ish calories.. But the watermelon and honey are good calories, so who cares..
Happiness level: Through the roof
Underwear: Fell off
Hunger level: Who knows, you?re drunk. It's way more fun to drink your calories then eat them.
Judgment level: None, your drunk without the calories... hate on that suckas!

(FYI, you can make up your own mixers by what you have in your fridge. You might be surprised by what you come up with. You can go a long way with cucumbers, lemon wedges, blueberries, and even pickle juice. Find your inter mixologist and see what happens)

Pink*Denver

Source: http://www.pinkdenver.net/2012/08/end-of-summer-low-calorie-cocktail.html

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