My has the same beautiful color as regular but only 3 carbs for a full 8 ounces. It’s sparkling and refreshing, just right for a summer evening, an end of summer party, and lazy afternoons on the porch swing. This is for just one serving but you can easily multiply it to make a pitcher.
Low Carb Red Sangria Recipe
For this recipe you’ll need: red wine, citron vodka, berry 0 carb water enhancer, club soda, ice, and a slice of lime for garnish.
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I so love in the summertime. Probably because it reminds me of the hot summer days and pitchers of icy Kool-Aid when I was a kid. It’s sort of the same when you think about it right?
I don’t know about you, but I wish summer was as magical for me now as it was when I was younger. Remember waking up on the first day of vacation with the whole summer stretching out in front of you? Remember that feeling that the days were never going to end? I had tons of free time to do everything on my list. This included riding bikes with my friends to wading into the ankle deep, icy water of the creek and catching crawdads. As long as I was in the house before the streetlights came on, I was free to play and romp outside.
Now a days, it seems like morning just turns into evening with no day in between! Where does time go?
As I write this, my kids’ summer vacation is coming to an end. They’ve had a busy summer this year with youth camp, visiting their father out of state, and two of them going on missions trips (one to San Antonio and one to Kenya, Africa). We didn’t get a family vacation this year because of the craziness of it all and I missed that a lot. My three youngest are the only ones left in school now, a senior, a freshman, and a 7th grader. I will miss them when they go back, too. The house is quiet. Too quiet.
All of this is to say that and summer go together like peanut butter and jelly as far as I’m concerned. Sadly, is full of carbs. First of all, it’s the in has carbs. , , they are all so tasty, but those carbs add up quick as do the glasses per sitting. Ha ! There’s not a lot of carbs () but your average glass of for example has about 3.8 carbs for every 5 ounces you .
I don’t know about you but I can put down a lot of talking with friends on a Saturday afternoon. It goes down so smoothly. Next, there’s usually in , and often as well. All of that adds up to roughly 18 to 20 carbs for an 8 ounce glass of . You pretty much might as well dump in cherry Kool-Aid. As good as that sounds, that is way too many carbs.
So, this summer I have been mostly staying very low carb. 5 days of weights and 4 days of cardio… well… maybe I can afford more than 15 or 20 grams per day. Anyway, staying low carb meant drinking cocktails once in awhile instead of regular more often. Let’s face it, you might be able to get away with a glass of several times a week but when it’s a gin and tonic, maybe not so much?
More than a couple and people will start looking at you with funny. Even the dogs. Okay, maybe that’s just my dogs and people I hang with.
So, to make my I decided to try my secret for great ; free water enhancers and some flavored to mimic the super fruity of my favorite . I added to give it some sparkle AND to make it go farther. If you are using a very ( I love the of a Spanish Rioja) you might want to use -free Sprite or .
Yes, regular has lots of filled ingredients. Those are sliced/chopped pieces of , , , even . While you can put a slice of as a garnish, there is enough carbs in this from the alone.
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I love my set because it looks so pretty in the pitcher! These Schott Zwiesel glasses are made of strong crystal which stand up to the abuse of summer outdoor living. This set of 6 can be tossed into the dishwasher for easy clean up. Don’t you just love that? The Hiware pitcher is big and has a stainless steel strainer at the top to keep all the goodies in the pitcher. These 0 carb berry water enhancers give this “” it’s fruity without all the .
Here’s that low carb red sangria recipe. Cheers!
Low Carb Red Sangria Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces red wine
- 1 ounce Absolut Citron vodka
- 1/4 teaspoon berry flavor 0 carb water enhancer
- 4 ounces of club soda
- ice
Instructions
- Add the red wine, vodka, and water enhancer to a glass.
- Stir to blend.
- Fill glass with ice.
- Add club soda.
- Garnish with a lime slice if desired.
What type of red wine?
Excited to try this! What kind of red wine do you recommend using?
I made the red version for myself and my husband, and we loved it!. Believe it or not, red wine gives my daughter a stuffy nose, so I just made one for her substituting white wine, ruby red grapefruit vodka, and mango water enhancer. Came out great!
Watch out for the ruby red vodka – it can have a lot of carbs.
WHAT ARE A FEW BRANDS OF SUGAR FREE WATER ENHANCER? THANKS!
There are links to water enhancers down by the recipe but MIO and DaSani are the ones I use most often. 🙂
President Choice brand are really good! (Canada) I like all of them which is rare…