Freshly squeezed lime juice, celery, cilantro and vodka are muddled together with a simple syrup for this delicious skinny cocktail.
Celery Cilantro Cocktail
I cheated and combined one tablespoon of agave syrup with one tablespoon of water in place of simple syrup. Other skinny cocktails I love are Basil Cucumber Gin Coolers, Mango Bellini and Iced Green Tea Mojito to name a few.
Lots of you are requesting more cocktails so I will be adding a few each month. You my be thinking I lost my mind with this concoction, but I must say, I loved the combination of fresh ingredients in this drink, perfect now that the weather is getting warmer!
I took a food styling/photography class a few weeks ago at the Sweet Paul workshop, what a gift Paul has for making food styling look effortless! Since taking his class I’ve been following his blog and came across this cocktail which intrigued me. Today I finally got around to trying it and I loved it! I made some slight adaptions from Paul’s original recipe. Enjoy your weekend!
p.s – to make this a mocktail, leave out the vodka and add more seltzer for a total of 2 points plus.
More Healthy Cocktails:
- Citrus Margarita Spritzer
- Watermelon Martinis
- Skinnygirl Margarita
- Pomegranate Martini
- Classic Cuban Mojito
Celery Cilantro Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 oz Absolut Citron
- 3 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice
- 2 tbsp simple syrup, or 1 tbsp agave, 1 tbsp water
- 5 inch piece celery
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 tbsp seltzer
- ice
Instructions
- In a mixing glass or pitcher, combine celery and cilantro and muddle together with vodka, lime juice and simple syrup.
- Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a glass filled with ice and top with selzter.
- Garnish with celery greens and cilantro, maybe even a lime wedge!
