{"id":435,"date":"2008-05-04T12:39:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/low-carb-and-weight-watchers-margaritas\/"},"modified":"2008-06-19T14:06:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T19:06:05","slug":"low-carb-and-weight-watchers-margaritas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/low-carb-and-weight-watchers-margaritas\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-Carb and Weight Watchers Margaritas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Cinco de Mayo without crashing your diet. No fiesta is complete without an icy cold margarita, and these two recipes will give everyone a reason to say cheers! You can serve this low-carb or Weight Watchers margarita alongside any of our delicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/categories\/Mexican-Dishes\/\" title=\"mexican food recipes\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican recipes<\/a> with a healthier spin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/Low-Carb-Margarita\/\" title=\"margarita\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/low-carb-margarita.jpg\" title=\"low carb margarita recipe\" alt=\"low carb margarita recipe\" align=\"right\" height=\"367\" width=\"248\" \/><strong>Low-Carb Margarita<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis classic margarita has less than 3.1 grams of carbs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodycopy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 jigger (1.5 oz) tequila<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbs. (1 oz) lime juice &#8211; fresh or bottled<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp. orange extract<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbs. artificial sweetener (i.e. a liquid, carb-free brand)<\/li>\n<li>Ice &#8211; small handful<\/li>\n<li>Margarita salt or kosher salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wet the rim of the glass and dip into a small plate of salt.<\/li>\n<li>Combine all ingredients<\/li>\n<li>You can either serve it over ice, strained into the glass, or blended in a blender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/Weight-Watchers-Raspberry-Margarita\/\" title=\"weight watchers margarita\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/raspberry-margarita.jpg\" title=\"weight watchers margarita\" alt=\"weight watchers margarita\" align=\"right\" height=\"367\" width=\"248\" \/>Weight Watchers Raspberry Margarita <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A refreshing twist on this Mexican cocktail has only 4 Weight Watchers Points.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodycopy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup sorbet, margarita- or lime-flavored<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup seltzer, lemon-lime<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cups raspberries<\/li>\n<li>Shot of tequila<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a blender, combine all the ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Puree until smooth<\/li>\n<li>Pour into a tall, chilled glass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Cinco de Mayo without crashing your diet. No fiesta is complete without an icy cold margarita, and these two recipes will give everyone a reason to say cheers! You can serve this low-carb or Weight Watchers margarita alongside any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/low-carb-and-weight-watchers-margaritas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[136,2551,29,38,17],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-alcohol","tag-beverages","tag-nutrition","tag-product-reviews","tag-weight-watchers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}