Last week, at my graduation dinner, I had a margarita. No surprises there, I love margaritas. But this menu was the first menu that actually had the... um... nutritional information about their drinks.
I was horrified. It had about as many calories as my meal, and a crapton more sugar and sodium than I thought. (I'm talking 80% of your daily recommended intake.)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to eating junk food, but I figure my body can only process so much junk, and I'd rather save its capacity to do that for a big bag of salt and vinegar chips.
So, I'm going to learn how to make craft cocktails. According to Robert Sharp (aka The Barman), "the process of making craft cocktails is a lot like that of the artisan food movement, focusing on flavor, high quality ingredients and taking your time in order to do those ingredients justice."
Sounds good to me.
I found this recipe for grapefruit champagne by Lauryn Evarts, and made a few changes. Lauryn adds vodka to her recipe and doesn't include any sparkling water, but I wanted something that tasted like a refreshing citrus soda with just a little kick. Here's what I did:
- Squeeze 1 grapefruit, 1/2 lemon, 1/2 lime. Mix.
- Add 1/2 cup grapefruit Perrier
- Top it off with champagne
Simple, clean ingredients and no added sugar! Star-shaped ice-cubes optional but highly recommended :)
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