Hungry Girl (66 page)

Authors: Lisa Lillien

BOOK: Hungry Girl

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Americans spend about $10 billion annually at coffee outlets, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Would You Rather . . .

Oops! You ordered a large blended coffee frappé and slurped it down while running errands. That frozen faux pas cost you about 550 calories and 20 grams of fat! To burn that off you'd have to:

Hand wash your car in the heat for nearly 3 hours
or

Grocery shop for 3 hours nonstop and then spend 45 minutes putting everything back 'cuz you forgot your wallet
or

Stand in line at the non-air-conditioned post office for about 6 hours!

Times based on estimates for a 150-pound woman.

chapter twelve
happy hour
cocktails
time to toss back some guilt-free sips.

Alcohol has lots of calories. That's not exactly a secret. The key to making guilt-free cocktails is figuring out what low-cal stuff to mix
with
that alcohol. That's where HG comes in! This chapter features some amazingly delicious drinks—and they each have no more than 175 calories (in fact, most have closer to 100). Keep in mind, any of these can be made without alcohol, and if you drink 'em that way (virgin style), you'll be saving close to 100 calories a drink. Cheers!

magical low-calorie margarita

PER SERVING (entire recipe): 115 calories, 0g fat, 55mg sodium, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 0.5g sugars, 0g protein

This recipe is so awesome, you'll be able to fool
everyone
into thinking they're drinking a super-high-calorie margarita. If you don't like your drinks super-sweet, feel free to use just half of the lemonade drink mix.

Ingredients

6 ounces diet lemon-lime soda

1½ ounces tequila

1 packet (two 5-calorie servings) sugar-free powdered lemonade drink mix

2 tablespoons lime juice

5 to 8 ice cubes
or
1 cup crushed ice

Optional: lime wedge (for garnish)

Directions

Stir all ingredients together, except for the ice.

For a frozen drink, place mixture in a blender with the ice and blend until smooth. Or simply pour mixture over ice and enjoy. If you like, serve with a lime wedge.