4 Keto-Friendly Cocktail Recipes That Are Low-Carb (and Delish)
Going low-carb is half the battle when eating keto, but the real challenge is usually giving up sugar-laden cocktails. However, we've discovered some options that come in low-carb, low-cal forms, like avocado margs, a botantical spritz with zero sugar, a diet Moscow Mule, and everyone's favorite juice of the moment — celery — but with gin. Check out these guilt-free winners below, then get ready to cheers to living your best life.
Avo-Keto Margarita
(Makes 3 cocktails)
Net Carbs: 2.1 grams
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces Don Julio Reposado Tequila
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1 avocado, skin and pit removed
- pinch of salt
- ice
- cilantro, for garnish
- chili lime salt, to garnish
- lime wheel, to garnish
Directions:
- Combine tequila, fresh lime juice, avocado, and salt into a blender with 2 1/2 cups of crushed ice; blend until texture is smooth.
- Pour contents into a rocks glass rimmed with chili lime salt over fresh ice.
- Garnish with cilantro and a lime wheel.
Gin and Greens
(Makes 1 cocktail)
Net Carbs: 1.2 grams
Ingredients:
- 1/2 ounce The Botanist Gin
- 1 1/2 ounces fresh celery juice
- 1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
- ice
- 3 ounces soda water
- celery stalk, to garnish
Directions:
- Add gin and juices into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake until chilled.
- Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
- Top with soda water, and garnish with celery stalk.
Botanical Spritz
(Makes 1 cocktail)
Net Carbs: 0 grams
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 ounces Ketel One Botanical Cucumber & Mint (can also substitute other flavors Grapefruit & Rose or Peach & Orange Blossom)
- 3 ounces Fever Tree Club Soda
- ice
- cucumber slices, to garnish
- mint sprigs, to garnish
Directions:
- Fill a wine glass with fresh ice and add Ketel One Botanical.
- Top with club soda.
- Stir, then add cucumber slices and mint sprigs to garnish.
Andean Mule
(Makes 1 cocktail)
Net Carbs: 0 grams
Ingredients:
- ice
- 1 1/2 ounces FAIR Quinoa Vodka
- 5 ounces Gosling's Diet Ginger Beer
- lime wedge, to garnish
- rosemary sprig, to garnish
Directions:
- Fill a rocks glass with fresh ice and add vodka.
- Top with diet ginger beer.
- Stir, then add lime wedge and rosemary sprig to garnish.
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(Photos via Don Julio, The Botanist Gin, Ketel One, and FAIR Quinoa Vodka)
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