Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

[Enchantedraisin]

Cause I may be going out tonight.

The diet coke and rum idea gets boring after a while.

Lemme know if you have ideas.

[Bugaboo]

Re: Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

Vodka and Diet Squirt is pretty good. Or any diet drink that's lemon lime. That's one of my fave's anyway. I rarely go out to drink anymore...so I'm not sure what's available out there.

[CalvinFish]

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Or one glass of wine. A very dry fruity nice wine might be a pinot grigio.

[kpoll19]

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Oooh, I miss Vanilla Vodka with diet coke. Tastes just like a diet vanilla coke. Ummm.

[not2late]

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For the Alcohol Rung, your options are pretty much open as long as you don't have the cocktails that use sugar syrups---and there are quite a few of them that do. I don't even recommend the cocktails that use liquers like Kahlau, Triple Sec, amaretto, etc. because these liquers have a sugar syrup added to them to make them sweet.

I was neer a beer drinker. And I only like wine with food. So I used to drink cocktails. Here's a few that use only booze and booze (and water)

Manhattan
Vodka Lime
Martini
Gin and Tonic
Scotch and Soda
Gimlet
Rob Roy
Gibson
Highball

[higgies]

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I drink Vodka and club soda. Put a lemon in there and your good to go! Diet tonic is good too...hard to find though. At home, I use Sprite Zero, it's really good and club soda goes flat too quickly. I also like mich ultra, but that's got a few carbs.

[Enchantedraisin]

Re: Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

I really actually do want a little wine.. however my favorites ARE fruity wines... (raspberry... mmm).. and I believe those=LOTS OF CARBS!! I hate how the bottles don't have nutritional information labels. I have absolutely no idea how many carbs are in them.

I only have an IDEA from the atkins carb counter that 4 fl oz of medium white wine has 0.9 carbs... and 4 fl oz of red wine has 2.0 carbs. I don't like either of these types that much... but I guess white wine is a little better than red to me.

Blah... I'd really like to know how many carbs are in each type of wine!

[higgies]

Re: Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

Those fruity wines like Arbor Mist, etc do have more carbs...I just checked a bottle in the fridge, which I don't drink and it says 20g carbs, 13g sugars. Yikes!!

[not2late]

Re: Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

If you like fruity wines, then you can pick wines with fruit undertones like German reisling, cabernet sauvignon, dry muscat, zinfandel or chenin blanc.

Again, I really don't like wine on it's own. I like to have it with food because it's a double pleasure---the food compliments the wine and the wine complements the food.

[Hinen]

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Gwertztraminer is a nice white wine too. Also what about a spritzer? White wine and diet lemonade?? would be sweeter than soda and might hit the spot.
Maybe you can invent something tasty. Flavoured vodkas and schnapps might keep the carbs low and provide flavour??

[sadie147]

Re: Any good alcoholic drink ideas?

I really like diet coke (or vanilla diet coke) and vodka as well as vodka diet tonic (but like higgies said..hard to find. we have one grocery chain up here has it). vodka/soda is good too with lemon.


I saw a recipe recently for a Mojito, i've never had one but it sounds wonderful, and easy to low carb (i wonder if a bar made one if you could request w/o sugar, and add your own packs of splenda?)

3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tbsns sugar (subst. 2 packs of splenda)
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice, can also be done with lime.
1.5 ozs light rum
club soda

in a glass crush part of teh mine with a fork and coat the inside of the glassl. add the splenda and lemon/lime juice and stir thoroughly. Ad rum and mix..top off with chilled club soda. ad a lemon/lime slice and remaining mint and serv over ice.

[**Nikki**]

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I'm preparing myself for OWL now. Just to add to your intended question Enchantedraisin, I'll like to know what's good to mix with Cognac? TIA

[KennyR]

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I use vodka / lemon juice mixed with water and 2 splenda (shake and serve). This works for me...I'm a former Vodka and OJ drinker...but OJ is a no no.

[ZOESMOM]

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hey have you had your 21 b-day missy? if so the carbernet sauvingnon(hope that's spelled correctly) is a fruity flavored red wine. very nice

[BunnyD]

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If you like fruity tasting drinks, my sister made me one with 7up Plus Island Fruit flavor and Apple vodka, omg it was so good and smooooooth.