Healthy-ish Margarita Recipe

As the weather gets warmer, it’s time for what I call Margarita Season (also known as spring). Margaritas are a favorite during the warm months, perfect for almost any event—from relaxing nights with friends to big birthday parties and fun pool gatherings. Because I love this refreshing drink so much, I decided to create a healthier version. This way, I can enjoy my favorite cocktail more often without the sugar highs and lows that come with traditional margaritas.

Traditional margaritas are tasty but often full of sugars and sweeteners that can mess with a balanced diet. With my “Healthy-ish Margarita,” I’ve cut down a lot on the sugar. This version is better for a healthy lifestyle and helps avoid those sudden sugar crashes, letting you enjoy a delicious margarita any time you want. Plus, using natural ingredients like fresh citrus juices and organic tequila makes this healthier version burst with natural flavors, keeping the joy of Margarita Season alive and well.

Health Benefits of Healthier Margaritas

Choosing healthier versions of traditional margaritas is a great way to support a healthy diet while enjoying the things you love. But I want to emphasize that this margarita recipe is healthier than the traditional margarita. I would not claim that this recipe is healthy, considering the alcohol content. However, there are some nutritional benefits you can get from this recipe that you won’t get from a traditional margarita:

  • Reduced Calories: Traditional margarita recipes often use pre-made mixes full of sugar and calories. By using fresh fruit juices and natural sweeteners like date syrup or maple syrup, you can cut down on calories significantly. This is great for those watching their calorie intake or trying to keep a healthy weight.
  • No Artificial Ingredients: When you make margaritas at home with fresh ingredients, you avoid artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives that many commercial mixes contain. This can help you reduce your intake of unnecessary chemicals and improve your overall health.
  • Natural Sweeteners: Natural sweeteners like date syrup or maple syrup are better than high-fructose corn syrup because they have fewer unhealthy sugars and include some minerals. These sweeteners also have a lower glycemic index than refined sugar, which means they don’t cause your blood sugar levels to spike.

By making thoughtful choices about the ingredients in your margarita recipe, you not only get a drink that’s tasty and refreshing but also one that supports a healthier lifestyle. Cheers to enjoying your favorite cocktail, now healthier!

Healthy-ish Margarita Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1 oz fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 1.5 oz organic tequila

Optional Sweetener

  • 1 tablespoon date syrup (or maple syrup or coconut sugar)
  • 1 tablespoon warm water

Instructions

  1. If you are making a sweetener, use a small bowl or cup to mix the date syrup with warm water until well combined. This step is optional depending on your taste preference.
  2. Fill a shaker with ice.
  3. Add the lime juice, orange juice, and tequila.
  4. Shake well to combine.
  5. Strain the mixture into a margarita glass for a fancy presentation or a solo cup if you’re keeping it casual.

If you prefer a fruitier drink, blend the lime juice, orange juice, and tequila with your favorite fresh fruit instead of shaking it.
Enjoy your fresh and fruity margarita, perfect for a relaxing day or a party night!

You can even make it a party with a margarita machine:

https://www.loanables.com/items/2948

Margarita Machine Rentals

For a margarita machine, you use:
  • 1 Liter Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
  • 1 Liter Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
  • 2 Liters Tequila
  • 1 Liter Simple Syrup (only if you want sweet)
 

And, if you don’t want to work this hard, you can just use the mix that comes with the margarita machine rental. Let’s face it: “being healthy” is probably not at the top of your concerns when drinking margaritas anyway. 

Where To Rent Margarita Machines Near Me

If you’re looking to serve margaritas at your next event, Reventals has got you covered! We’ll find a vendor so you don’t have to. Here are the cities we serve:

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Candace Leak
Candace is a 3x Start-up Founder and Certified Event Rental Professional (CERP). She geeks out on brainstorming bold ideas and then actually brings some of them to life. She is currently the CEO of Reventals, where her mission is to reduce overconsumption by making it as easy to rent as it is to buy.

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Information Collected and Received

Vendeze may collect or receive information about each person who registers with the Vendeze website and/or applications including, but not limited to, user name, password, first and last name, email address, street address, gender, occupation, and interests. Vendeze also collects information on the pages you access and other information you may volunteer, such as survey information. Vendeze may also collect user location information, as further described in the “Global Positioning System” paragraph below.

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Except as described in this section, we will not disclose your personal information to any third party without notifying you of our intent to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent your information from being shared.

From time to time, we may partner with companies based on the interests of our users. These partner companies will never see your email address or any other information that could identify you or be used to contact you directly.

Any exceptions to this policy of sharing your name, address or email address with a partner company will be done only with your permission.

Vendeze reserves the right to disclose information when required by law.

We occasionally use other companies to perform services necessary to our operations. In the course of providing these services, those companies may have access to your personal information. By contractual agreement, those companies must treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, we will not be liable for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by these companies.

Vendeze may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with Vendeze’ server and to administer Vendeze’ web site. Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and your online profile and to gather broad demographic information.

The Vendeze site registration form requires users to give Vendeze contact information (such as your name and email address) and demographic information (such as your zip code, age, or income level). Vendeze uses your contact information from the registration form to send you information about Vendeze and promotional material from some of Vendeze’ partners. Your contact information may also be used to contact you when necessary. Vendeze may use demographic and/or profile data to tailor the your experience on the Vendeze website and/or applications, show you content that Vendeze thinks you may be interested in, and display content according to your preferences. The demographic and profile data will be shared with third parties ONLY on an aggregate basis. Furthermore, Vendeze shall have the right to retain records of all data pertaining to use of the website and applications including, but not limited to, usage, activity logs, and click-throughs. Vendeze may disclose such data to third parties provided it is grouped with other Vendeze users’ data and is presented in an aggregate form.

We may also disclose, on an anonymous basis, statements made by our users.

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