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Ingredients:

• 2 thick slices fresh watermelon
• 6 ounces light rum
• ¼ cup simple syrup
• 3 limes, juiced
• 15 fresh mint leaves, coarsely torn by hand

Instructions:

1. Cut the watermelon into cubes and place in a food processor. Purée until smooth. 
2. Use a mortar and pestle to mash the mint leaves and put them in a pitcher.
3. Add the puréed watermelon, rum, syrup, and lime juice. 
4. Serve over ice and garnish with extra mint leaves.

The post Don’t Say Goodbye to Summer Without Making a Watermelon Mojito appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Ingredients:

To prepare the mojito cake you will need 1/4 cup rum, 2 teaspoons lime zest, 18 1/4 oz white cake mix, 3 egg whites, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup carbonated water, 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves. For the glaze, you need to get 1/2 cup rum, 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup water, and 1 cup sugar. Last, but not least, the garnish includes fresh mint leaves, 1 cup whipping cream, 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar.

Instructions:

Get a pan with a size of 13×9 and set the oven to 350 F degrees. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake. Beat them with a mixer on low speed for half a minute. Then, set the speed to medium and continue for 2 more minutes. When the batter is done, put it in the baking pan. Leave it in the oven for half an hour. Set it aside and wait for the cake to cool for 15 minutes. Heat oven to 350.

While the cake is baking, you can prepare the glaze. In a pan mix the ingredients and wait for them to boil. Mix constantly. Once the boiling starts, you should reduce the heat to medium, let it cook for 2 minutes, and you’re done.

Grab a fork and poke the cake, then cover it with the glaze. Let it cool down for at least an hour. Top it with the ingredients from the garnish.

The post This Mojito Cake is the Best Dessert Ever appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Long Island Iced Tea

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There are about three shots of alcohol in this drink, which is bad enough, but then sour mix and Coca-Cola is added in too. With all that in mind, there is no use having a drink that is as calorie heavy as a meal.

White Russian

The Big Lebowski was called ‘big’ for a reason. Oftentimes bars will make this drink with heavy cream or at least whole milk, which is really fattening and calorie dense.

Cosmopolitan

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYm2SxHQag/?tagged=cosmopolitan

A cosmo is actually one of the drinks that is lower in calories! Because it uses only lime juice and some cranberry juice, chances are the calories will stay fairly low across the board.

Mojito

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYc8UfBwM3/?tagged=mojito

Mojitos are also low in calories because they use fresh lime juice and club soda, which have no calories. Although they can be a bit sugary, calorically you are still in the clear.

The post Find Out Which Drinks Are Super High In Calories And Which Are Not appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Danielle Esposti Food Blogger (@oursaltykitchen)

Ingredients:

• 2 thick slices fresh watermelon
• 6 ounces light rum
• ¼ cup simple syrup
• 3 limes, juiced
• 15 fresh mint leaves, coarsely torn by hand

Instructions:

1. Cut the watermelon into cubes and place in a food processor. Purée until smooth. 
2. Use a mortar and pestle to mash the mint leaves and put them in a pitcher.
3. Add the puréed watermelon, rum, syrup, and lime juice. 
4. Serve over ice and garnish with extra mint leaves.

The post Don’t Say Goodbye to Summer Without Making a Watermelon Mojito appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Ingredients:

To prepare the mojito cake you will need 1/4 cup rum, 2 teaspoons lime zest, 18 1/4 oz white cake mix, 3 egg whites, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup carbonated water, 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves. For the glaze, you need to get 1/2 cup rum, 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup water, and 1 cup sugar. Last, but not least, the garnish includes fresh mint leaves, 1 cup whipping cream, 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar.

Instructions:

Get a pan with a size of 13×9 and set the oven to 350 F degrees. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake. Beat them with a mixer on low speed for half a minute. Then, set the speed to medium and continue for 2 more minutes. When the batter is done, put it in the baking pan. Leave it in the oven for half an hour. Set it aside and wait for the cake to cool for 15 minutes. Heat oven to 350.

While the cake is baking, you can prepare the glaze. In a pan mix the ingredients and wait for them to boil. Mix constantly. Once the boiling starts, you should reduce the heat to medium, let it cook for 2 minutes, and you’re done.

Grab a fork and poke the cake, then cover it with the glaze. Let it cool down for at least an hour. Top it with the ingredients from the garnish.

The post This Mojito Cake is the Best Dessert Ever appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Long Island Iced Tea

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjW8qe8A8m0/?tagged=longislandicedtea

There are about three shots of alcohol in this drink, which is bad enough, but then sour mix and Coca-Cola is added in too. With all that in mind, there is no use having a drink that is as calorie heavy as a meal.

White Russian

The Big Lebowski was called ‘big’ for a reason. Oftentimes bars will make this drink with heavy cream or at least whole milk, which is really fattening and calorie dense.

Cosmopolitan

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYm2SxHQag/?tagged=cosmopolitan

A cosmo is actually one of the drinks that is lower in calories! Because it uses only lime juice and some cranberry juice, chances are the calories will stay fairly low across the board.

Mojito

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYc8UfBwM3/?tagged=mojito

Mojitos are also low in calories because they use fresh lime juice and club soda, which have no calories. Although they can be a bit sugary, calorically you are still in the clear.

The post Find Out Which Drinks Are Super High In Calories And Which Are Not appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.