Healthy Margarita Recipe

Say Cheers to Cinco de Mayo With Our 144-Calorie Margarita

May 3, 2013

Before you celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a margarita at your local bar or restaurant, make this low-calorie recipe at home. Not only will it taste better, but you'll also save on calories: a lot of restaurant and bar margaritas are made with mixers that contain corn syrup and ingredients you can't pronounce. This recipe, which purists will love, has only 144 calories and uses natural, simple ingredients — not a bad way to spend happy hour!

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From Michele Foley, POPSUGAR Fitness

Classic Margarita

Ingredients

Ice
1 1/2 ounces 100-percent agave blanco tequila (I used Espolón or Herradura)
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce Cointreau

Directions

The margarita has been riffed on several times over, but, being a purist, I'm a fan of the classic recipe. And while "classic recipe" may be debatable, the popular 3-2-1 formula (three parts tequila, two parts lime juice, and one part Cointreau) is the one I always go back to. Salt is optional.

If you find this recipe to be too tart for your tastes, the tiniest amount of agave syrup should do the trick.

Fill cocktail shaker with ice; add tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau. Shake ingredients together until chilled, strain into rocks glass filled with ice, and enjoy!

Makes 1 drink.