Low Syn Classic Cocktails (All 5 syns or under)

Cocktail season is well underway (woohoo!) There is just one issue with this. Cocktails usually equate to an absolute ton of sugar. If you make them yourself its another story! So why not rally up your mates, whack on a barbeque and rustle up some of these babies!

The recipes below are a twist on the classics.  Using some clever swaps along the way, we capture the essence of our favourites without breaking the syn bank.

Mojito - 5 syns

Ingredients:

• 35ML Rum
• tsp Sweetener
• Fresh mint leaves
• Lime wedges
• Soda Water
• Ice (preferably crushed)

Method:

1. Muddle the mint leaves, lime wedges and sweetener in a glass
2. Pour in the rum and soda water.
3. Stir with a spoon
4. Add a sprig of mint and a lime wedge.

Cape Cod - 3 syns

Ingredients:

• Vodka (25ml=3 syns)
• 100mls light cranberry juice (0.5 syns)
• 2 Lime Wedges
   

Method:

1. Squeeze a wedge of lime into the glass of crushed ice.
2. Swill the ice around the glass a bit to distribute the lime juice
3. Pour in the vodka and cranberry juice.
4. Add a lime wedge to serve.

Caiprinha - 5 syns

Ingredients:

• 50ml Cachaca (Brazilian white rum) 5 syns
• 1 teaspoon or sachet of sweetener
• 2 qtrs of Lime
• rushed ice
• fun little flags (optional)

Method: 

Muddle lime and Sweetener in the glass. Add Cachaca and ice. Stir and serve.

Tequila sunrise - 4.5 syns

Ingredients:

• 35ml Tequila (4 syns)
• 20ml of no added sugar orange squash, undiluted
• 125ml ocean spray blueberry juice drink (0.5 syns)
• Orange Slice to Garnish (optional)
• Ice cubes

Method:

1. Pour Tequila and blueberry juice into a glass.
2. Add the ice cubes
3. Pour orange squash on top of the ice
4. Garnish with orange slice
5. Stir before drinking.

Espresso Martini - 5 syns

Ingredients

• 25ml vodka (3 syns)
• 2 drops of vanilla essence
• 1 shot of chilled espresso coffee
• 1  level tablespoon of single cream (1.5 syns)
• Splash of milk (0.5 syns)
• Garnish: Whole coffee beans

Method

Note: You need a cocktail shaker and espresso maker/french press for this one but its worth it! 
Pour vodka, vanilla essence, espresso, cream and milk into the shaker and shake very well. (This gives it the lovely foamy head!). Garnish with 3 whole coffee beans.

Well there you are, five spins on the classics. I'd love to hear how you get on making these! Let me know in the comments, or if you have other suggestions!
 

Slimming World 1/2 Syn Raspberry Roulade

Nothing better than having a pal over for tea and presenting a fabulous cake for you both to enjoy. Luckily this doesn't have to be a forgotten pre-Slimming World memory any more! This gorgeous Raspberry Roulade is the perfect tray bake replacement. Since the fruit is added after cooking, the overall recipe adds up to a mere 0.5 syns! Find the recipe and method below.

Ingredients:

• 250g tub of any Quark
• 4 Eggs
• 1 Tsp baking powder
• 2-3 drops of vanilla essence.
• 3 Tbsps of sweetener
• A tray of raspberries (also works well with strawberries or any other syn free fruit)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
2. Separate the eggs into yolks into one bowl, and the yolks into another.
3. Whisk together a half tub of quark with the yolks, baking powder, sweetener and vanilla essence.
4. Whisk egg whites until they form soft peaks.
5. Slowly add the whisked egg whites into the yolk mixture.
6. Line a rectangular oven tray with baking paper and spray with plenty of frylight
7. Carefully pour the mixture so that it lines the tray evenly.
8. Cook for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 4-5 minutes.
9. Peel baking paper from the cake and allow to cool fully. While this is cooling, mix the remainder of the quark with another drop of vanilla essence.
10. Evenly spread the quark and fruit over the cooled cake.
11. Gently roll up the cake into a roulade. Cut into slices as generous as you would like! 

How did this work out for you? Comment below!