She promotes a more healthy lifestyle, not just dieting. It's really a great, more healthy, alternative to a regular margarita.īethenny has always also promoted only have 1 or 2 drinks when you are out and drinking lots of water in between. splash Grand Marnier or bols triple sec 2 ounces clear premium tequila, Bethenny prefers Patron Silver (count 1, 2 while you pour, no need for measuring) Her original recipe for SkinnyGirl Margarita's (before producing a product that she could sell for everyone to enjoy) was: I've always liked Bethenny Frankel and really enjoy her SkinnyGirl products. If you like your drinks super sweet, you are out of luck.įor the teenagers who read this site, Snack Girl advocates waiting until the legal drinking age to indulge in alcoholic beverages. It will taste better and save you some dough. I would add some fresh lime juice to make them really pop.īut, you can make something very similar by just pouring tequila over ice and adding fresh lime juice and a drop of agave nectar. My take is that these are a good for people who are trying to cut calories and love margaritas. Of course you would! We could all suck on agave plants instead of a tequila bottle. is as close to nature as possible, while still being a shelf stable product.” TIME Magazine If I could put an agave plant and some limes on a shelf I would. How did Bethany respond to Whole Foods’ removal of her product? It doesn’t meet Whole Foods’ quality standard. Which sounds good except that Whole Foods pulled it off their shelves because it includes “sodium benzoate” as a preservative. The bottle says:Īll natural, lightly sweetened with agave nectar, and made with premium Blue Agave clear tequila. Now for the down side (other than the price) - there isn’t an ingredient list included on the bottle or the website. What she left out is all the sugar, so if you like your margarita really sweet you are not going to like this concoction. Four ounces is a glass of wine - so for four ounces you are drinking 94 calories - which IS skinny for a margarita. The alcohol in this drinks is 12.7% which is comparable to wine. There are 37.5 calorie in 1.5 ounces of this drink. It has a good balance between lime and tequila and I don’t have to mix anything. In a shocking moment, I said to my husband, “I would actually drink this.” What? Well, it isn’t sweet. So, I tasted the margarita, and I pronounce it very drinkable. I could continue but I bet the Bethany Frankel fans are going to start flaming me. She probably wouldn’t ride in anything later than a 2011 BMW. Ummmm, yeah, so now I have another reason to hate it because I have nothing in common with Bethany Frankel.įor example, I own a 1984 Honda Accord that I actually like to drive. Skinnygirl drinks are the creation of Bethany Frankel who was made famous by her appearance on “The Real Housewives of New York” on Bravo. You see, I have had a margarita experience involving turquoise water and white sand that will be one of the apexes of my short life. Where have I been? I plunked down my $14 (ouch) and purchased the best seller of the lot the “Skinnygirl Margarita”. He replied, “We sell A LOT of Skinnygirl here. “Do you sell something called Skinny Girl?”
I was feeling quite sheepish when I asked. But, I didn’t know what she was talking about until I asked the young man who sells kegs to college students about Skinnygirl. Looking to join the fun, but keep with the smaller waist line. One of my readers recently sent me to my local alcoholic beverage establishment with a request.ĭo you think you could do one on drinks for the 4th of July? I have seen the Skinny Girl ads & think hmmm, but would I be better off with a Mike's hard Cranberry Light.