If you haven't noticed (um maybe by the total of 13 blog posts I've written this month), I've been busy, busy, BUSY! Between weddings, new house stuff, football games and engagement parties...I haven't had much time to do anything, especially recipes. And you know what, I'm okay with that. Sometimes taking a break to enjoy life and spend time with friends is more important than keeping up with blog posts.
Gasp, I know.
Now that life will finally be slowing down a bit I'll find the time to get back in the kitchen, but it sure has been a fun-filled month with tons of laughs and seriously good beverages. Speaking of drinks, I happen to have a cocktail for you.
A fall-inspired cocktail at that.
The secret to this martini? Sake. It's less than 20 calories per ounce when compared to vodka or rum and when mixed together with other ingredients, you really can't taste the difference one bit! I've been making most of my martinis this way and they come out simply perfect. I also used fat-free half and half as opposed to cream and the pumpkin spice syrup just brings it all together. Hope you love this as much as I did and for a martini under 200 calories, I think it's certainly worth a try!!
The secret to this martini? Sake. It's less than 20 calories per ounce when compared to vodka or rum and when mixed together with other ingredients, you really can't taste the difference one bit! I've been making most of my martinis this way and they come out simply perfect. I also used fat-free half and half as opposed to cream and the pumpkin spice syrup just brings it all together. Hope you love this as much as I did and for a martini under 200 calories, I think it's certainly worth a try!!
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Servings: 2
Serving Size: 1 martini
Calories: 143
Fat: 0 g
Carbs: 8.5 g
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 1 g
Points+: 3 pts
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Here are your ingredients:
2 oz. TY KU sake
2 oz. vanilla vodka
1/4 cup fat free half and half
1 Tbsp Torani pumpkin spice syrup
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway up with ice cubes. Add sake, vanilla vodka, half and half and pumpkin spice syrup. Shake well. Dip the rims of two martini glasses into cinnamon/sugar mixture and strain the cocktail into the glasses. Cheers!
Click here for a printable version of this recipe
2 oz. TY KU sake
2 oz. vanilla vodka
1/4 cup fat free half and half
1 Tbsp Torani pumpkin spice syrup
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway up with ice cubes. Add sake, vanilla vodka, half and half and pumpkin spice syrup. Shake well. Dip the rims of two martini glasses into cinnamon/sugar mixture and strain the cocktail into the glasses. Cheers!
Click here for a printable version of this recipe
Make these tonight before passing out candy to all the kids,
I bet you can't have just one!
Happy Halloween!!
15 lovely comments:
Yummy! Sounds delicious!
I have a coworker who loves martinis - she'll love this 2 point treat for sure!
Uh...YUM!
Glad to hear you're out there enjoying life. I can't wait to see more house pics as things come along.
LOVE IT! I can totally make this because we have an endless supply of Sake in every bar, restaurant and shop out here! (;
Beautiful photos too, Kell.
Oh yes. I need this right now. and I know it's only 10:30.
looks yummy! i can't wait until i'm done with nursing so I can enjoy these delicious looking drinks :D
Wait, Sake has less calories than rum or vodka?? Does it have the same alcohol content? This could be a game changer, haha.
looks yummy and gorgeous. I have been meaning to try out some Fall drinks.
I just did a blogpost about fall table decor ... really easy
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This does look yummy! But have you ever looked at the ingredients in fat free half and half? I did and I have not touched it since. I think drinking a little organic half and half is so much better for us than this concoction of chemicals!
The ingredients list: skim milk, CORN SYRUP, cream (this is accompanied by a footnote reassuring the consumer that the cream adds "a trivial amount of fat" -- I assume because the product contains a trivial amount of cream) and "less than 0.5 percent of the following: Carrageenan, Sodium Citrate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Mono and Diglycerides, Vitamin A Palmitate, Color Added" YUCK!
yummy!!! You take the best pics!
this is exactly the kind of drink you need when you have so many things going on in your life :) what a genius idea
OMG! I had no idea sake was so low in calories!!! That's amazing. I *adore* drinking martinis, but sometimes the calorie count does get up there. I live in the boondocks so I'm sure sake will be hard to come by around these parts, but I am *totally* going to grab a bottle of three when we go home for the holidays!
Trying these tomorrow for our football party. I'm sure all the girls will love them especially since they're so low cal! Thanks for posting. Go BAMA!
All of a sudden I have become incredibly thirsty. This is some serious yumminess!!!
Yum!!! beautiful photo!
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