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How To Make a Skinny Margarita

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You Will Need

  • A lime
  • 1.5 oz premium silver tequila
  • 6.0 oz no-calorie lemon-lime soda
  • 0.5 tsp diet powdered lemonade mix
  • A shot glass
  • A cocktail shaker
  • A cocktail glass
  • Ice
  • A small plate (optional)
  • Sea salt (optional)
  1. Step 1

    Cut lime into wedges

    Cut the lime into wedges. Reserve one for garnish, and squeeze the juice from the rest into a shot glass until it’s almost full, or you have about an ounce.

  2. Tip

    Always use a fresh lime -- ready-made lime juice is chock-full of sugar.

  3. Step 2

    Pour the tequila and soda

    Pour an ounce and a half of premium silver tequila and six ounces of no-calorie lemon-lime soda into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

  4. Tip

    Lighter-colored liquors tend to be less caloric than dark ones.

  5. Step 3

    Add lime juice and mix

    Add the lime juice and half a teaspoon of diet powdered lemonade mix. Stir.

  6. Step 4

    Rim glass with salt

    If you like your margarita rimmed with salt, pour sea salt onto a small plate, rub a lime wedge along the edge of the glass, and dip the glass into the salt.

  7. Step 5

    Strain into glass

    Strain the contents of the shaker into an ice-filled glass.

  8. Step 6

    Garnish with lime

    Garnish with a lime wedge. Bottoms up!

  9. Fact

    Singer Jimmy Buffett capitalized on his hit song “Margaritaville” by opening a chain of cafes by the same name.

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