Healthy Cocktails To Make At Home

You’ve started eating healthy and you cut down on sugar in your coffee, swap snacks for fresh fruit, go light on the salt… well, you get the picture. It’s going great with the exception of not knowing how to drink ‘healthy’ because ghosting alcohol is not for you. But the point is, maybe you don’t have to. There are healthy variations to cocktails and we’ve left no stone unturned to find you the top 7 healthy cocktails to make at home.

But Wait… What’s A Healthy Cocktail?

A healthy cocktail is nothing but a cocktail low in calories. The power to reduce the calories is in your hands and mostly lies in:

• Ditching the sugar syrup or sweetener in your cocktail.
• Swapping packaged bottled mixers for freshly squeezed fruits.
• Picking vodka as your spirit because it’s the alcohol with the lowest calories. Not a vodka fan? Then your next best alcohol options are gin, tequila, and red wine.

That’s pretty much it, because who are we kidding? Drinking alcohol does come with calories. So apart from consuming your drinks moderately, there’s not much to do other than try out these fabulous cocktail variations!

Also read: 7 Easy Vodka Cocktail Recipes That You Have To Try

Top 7 Healthy Cocktails To Make At Home

1. Orange Crush Cocktail
2. Red Wine Spritzer
3. Pomegranate Martini
4. Apple Spiced Mimosa
5. Cool Basil Cucumber Gin Cocktail
6. Paloma Cocktail
7. Watermelon Tequila Cocktail

1. Orange Crush Cocktail

Now, this is the drink you’ll be downing when the hot summer sun is crushing your soul! It’s a refreshing popular summer cocktail rich in vitamin C. The shades of sunrise in the drink make it a pool party favorite too. Here is how you can make the orangeinal signature cocktail!

Ingredients

• Freshly squeezed orange juice from 2 oranges
• 1 ½ ounce of orange vodka
• 3 ounces of lemon soda or Sprite
• Orange wheel for garnish

How To Make An Orange Crush Cocktail

1. Take a highball glass filled with crushed ice.
2. Then comes your fresh orange juice followed by orange vodka. Give this a good stir.
3. Top it off with a splash of lemon soda or Sprite.
4. Garnish it with an orange wheel, and there you have it!

Also Read: 5 Types Of Cocktail Glasses You Need In Your Bar

2. Red Wine Spritzer

If your idea of a perfect weekend is to plop down with a bottle of wine and head to relaxation town, then swipe right on this cocktail. You will be glad to have discovered this bubbly drink that does all that it can to keep you fine and dandy. The 4 ingredients you need to conjure this masterpiece are:

Ingredients

• Your favorite bottle of red wine
• Club soda
• Mint leaves
• Fresh raspberries

How To Make A Red Wine Spritzer

1. Take a full-bodied red wine glass and add a couple of ice cubes to it.
2. Fill ¾ of the glass with red wine.
3. Then fill ¼ of the glass with club soda.
4. Add raspberries and mint leaves to the glass and give it a quick stir. If you don’t have fresh raspberries, use apple slices.

Also Read: The Best Foods To Pair With Red Wine

3. Pomegranate Martini

A glass of Pomegranate Martini is the perfect cocktail to lift your mood. You must try it out to amp up your night and dance to upbeat tunes like no one’s watching. This variation of a Martini has pomegranate and you’ll certainly crave it a lot, but be mindful as it has a fair bit of vodka in it too! Here’s all that you’ll need to master this Martini recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice
• 2 ounces of vodka
• Juice from an orange slice
• ½ ounce fresh lime juice

How To Make A Pomegranate Martini

Take a shaker filled with ice.

Add all the ingredients i.e. pomegranate juice, vodka, a tinge of orange juice, and fresh lime juice to the shaker.

Give it a good shake and then pour yourself a generous glass of Pomegranate Martini!

4. Apple Spiced Mimosa

The Apple Spiced Mimosa is the perfect cocktail for the bougie in you. This festive spice-flavored cocktail requires you to pop open a bottle of champagne! That’s why you might want to try it on days that call for a celebration and not casual gatherings. Save the recipe for when you’ve been made in charge of making the drinks at a Christmas, Halloween, or Thanksgiving party!

Ingredients

• 2 champagne flutes 
• 1 bottle of champagne 
• 1 ¼ cup of apple juice
• ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 1 ¼ teaspoon of coconut palm sugar for the glass rim
• Saucer

How To Make An Apple Spiced Mimosa

1. Add the apple juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a bowl, and combine by stirring.
2. On a saucer, mix 1 ¼ teaspoon of coconut palm sugar with ½ a teaspoon of cinnamon. This is to rim the glass.
3. Now hold the champagne flute by its stem, and carefully dip the glass rim into the bowl mixture. Rotate the same champagne flute in the saucer to rim the glass.
4. Post rimming the glass, fill half of it with the mixture you made in step 1.
5. Then fill the other half with champagne.
6. For garnish, you can cut a couple of apple wedges and dip them in the sugar + cinnamon mixture made in step 2 if you feel like it.

Also Read: 8 Best Champagne Cocktails For A Cocktail Party

5. Cool Basil Cucumber Gin Cocktail

This is another solid choice of cocktail for anyone on a diet or just eating clean. Think of this cocktail as a spa in a glass! It’s light, cool, and refreshing to have on a slow weekday afternoon. You don’t have to fetch a lot of ingredients for this cocktail, you just need –

Ingredients

• A cucumber that’s roughly 2 inches in size, sliced and peeled
• 2 fresh basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon of agave nectar (or honey)
• 1 ounce of lime juice
• 1 ½ ounce of gin
• Club soda
• Lemon wheel for garnish

How To Make A Cool Basil Cucumber Gin Cocktail

1. In a cocktail shaker, place the cucumber slices, mint leaves, agave nectar, and freshly squeezed lime juice.
2. Muddle these ingredients.
3. In a rocks glass add your ice cubes and gin.
4. Strain the muddled mixture into this glass and top it with club soda.
5. Garnish with a lemon slice and enjoy!

Also Read: Top 8 Gin Brands In India

6. Paloma Cocktail

The Paloma is an easy-to-make super cool cocktail to try. It has a distinct fizzy grapefruit flavor to it. But the star ingredient that you’ve got to get your hands on for the cocktail is grapefruit (locally known as chakotara in India). Once you’ve got that, your work is half done! If you don’t find it, resort to bottled grapefruit juice for the recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of your favorite blanco tequila
• 2 ounces of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
• Club soda
• Tablespoon of lime juice
• Agave nectar (or honey)
• Salt

How To Make The Paloma Cocktail

1. Rim your cocktail glass with salt.
2. Add your grapefruit juice, lime juice, and tequila to the glass.
3. For some sweetness, you can now add a splash of agave nectar (skip if you feel like you could do without it).
4. Fill the glass with ice, top it with club soda, and go ahead, take a sip!

7. Watermelon Tequila Cocktail

Although last on our list, this is hands down the most delicious and easy-to-make cocktail! You simply can’t go wrong trying out this recipe, it’s possible you could nail it blindfolded. Okay not really, but you get the point – it’s very simple so give it a shot!

Ingredients

• 1 cup of fresh watermelon pieces
• ½ lime juice
• Fresh mint
• 1 ounce of tequila
• ½ cup of Rosé champagne (or any other sparking wine of your choice)

How To Make A Watermelon Tequila Cocktail

1. Muddle your watermelon pieces in a shaker and then strain the juice.
2. Squeeze half a lime into the juice and add a couple of fresh mint leaves.
3. Then goes in your tequila, followed by ½ cup of the bubbly Rosé champagne.
4. Give it a shake and serve with a couple of ice cubes.

Also Read: 7 Best Tequila Cocktails You Don’t Want To Miss

Summing Up

There you go! You now have 7 healthy cocktails to make at home. Even if you’re bar hopping, don’t be shy to ask the bartender to conjure up a healthy version of a cocktail so your journey to eating healthy is not messed with. Go ahead and enjoy the charm of these cocktails without worrying too much about the calories!

FAQs

What Are The Healthiest Cocktails To Drink?

To be completely honest, none of the cocktails out there are “healthy” but you can make your cocktail healthy by getting rid of sugar syrup in it or packaged fruit mixers.

What Is The Best Cocktail On A Diet?

Hit the bar for vodka soda when on a diet – it can easily be your go-to because it’s low in calories and sugar.

What Alcohol Can You Drink When Losing Weight?

Grabbing a bottle of light beer or a glass of red wine is keeping it safe when you’re trying to lose weight.

What Is The Healthiest Drink To Mix With Vodka?

Soda water is the simplest healthy choice to add to your vodka so make sure you’re stocked up on it.

What Liquor Is Hardest On Your Liver?

Absinthe and cocktails made of more than 4 shots of pure liquor can be hard on your liver.

What Alcohol Is Least Harmful?

Red wine is considered to be the least harmful alcohol to get drunk on because it contains antioxidants. But you’ve got to be mindful of having it in moderation.

What Alcohol Has Most Sugar?

The Piña Colada is believed to be packed with sugar, think of it like a bakery in a glass. Saying “no” to a glass of it can be super tough.