This only looks fancy but I promise, it’s so easy to make AND, it’s packed with berries so it’s basically a health food. Cheers!
Skinny Strawberry Basil Margarita
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
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For salted rim: ½ tbsp kosher salt
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1 cup strawberries, fresh
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5 basil leaves
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1 tsp NuNaturals NuStevia Simple Syrup
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2 fl oz Tequila
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5 fl oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
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2 fl oz Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
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Optional Garnish: Fresh strawberry or lime wedge.
Directions:
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Put kosher salt in a small bowl (choose a bowl that will fit the rim of your glass
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To salt the rim of your glass, take a lime wedge and coat the rim. Dip in salt mixture and rotate glass until coated.
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Fill your glass with ice and set aside
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Remove the stems from your strawberries and place in a blender with fresh basil leaves and simple syrup. Pulse the blender until you have a liquid with small bits of strawberries.
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Add strawberry mixture to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Add tequila, lime juice and orange juice.
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Close shaker and shake for ~30 seconds. Strain into rimmed glass with ice.
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Garnish with a fresh strawberry and/or lime wedge
Nutrition Facts (per 1 Margarita, 1/2 recipe): 170 Calories, 0 g Fat, 10 g Carbohydrate, 1 g Fiber, 1 g Protein