Super light and summery Basil Cucumber Gin Cooler cocktail – made with muddled cucumbers, basil, lemon juice, gin and a splash of seltzer.
Basil-Cucumber Gin Cooler
With the holiday weekend coming, if you’re looking for a signature cocktail that looks like it jumped right off a spa cuisine menu for under 140 calories, this is it! More low calorie alcoholic drinks I enjoy are my Boozy Watermelon Lime Granita, Iced Green Tea Mojito, and Citrus Margarita Spritzer.
This cocktail recipe is from a great new book I just got, 150-Calorie Cocktails; All Natural Drinks and Snacks. Filled with lots of great cocktails I plan on trying this summer as well as tips on how to make a low calorie cocktail. Some tips include choosing a lower-proof liquor, skipping store bought syrups and prepared mixes, choosing seltzer over tonic water (did you know tonic water was 90 calories per cup!) and something I often do, adding seltzer to wine to make a spritzer.
More skinny cocktails:
Basil-Cucumber Gin Cooler
Ingredients
- 2- inch piece of cucumber, peeled and chopped
- 1 tsp grated lemon zest
- 2 fresh basil leaves
- 1 tsp agave nectar
- 1 1/2 oz gin
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ice cubes
- splash of seltzer
- 1 thin slice lemon, for garnish
- 1 thin slice cucumber, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the chopped cucumber, lemon zest, basil and agave.
- Add the gin, lemon juice and ice cubes and stir 10 seconds.
- Strain the mixture into a rocks glass filled with ice cubes and top with seltzer.
- Garnish with lemon and cucumber and serve.
