Amante Picante Margarita - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 large seedless English cucumber, thinly sliced, plus 8 slices for garnish
- 1/2 medium jalapeño, very thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, plus more for garnish
- 18 ounces silver tequila
- 8 ounces fresh lime juice
- 6 ounces light agave nectar
- 1/2 teaspoon celery bitters (optional)
- 1 lime wedge
- 1/4 cup kosher salt mixed with 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
Instructions
- In a pitcher, muddle the 1/2 sliced cucumber with the jalapeño and 1/4 cup of cilantro. Add the tequila, lime juice, agave and bitters and stir well. Refrigerate until chilled, 1 hour.
- Moisten the rim of 8 rocks glasses with the lime wedge and coat with the lime salt. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Working in batches and adding fresh ice, shake the cocktail and strain into the glasses. Garnish with cucumber and cilantro.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Agave.
Agave, a sweetener derived from the core of the agave plant, is frequently highlighted in nutritional discussions due to its notably low glycemic index (GI) rating. With a GI score of just 17, it stands out from many other natural sweeteners and sugars that often have higher GI values. For those unfamiliar with the term, the glycemic index is a measure that ranks foods based on how significantly they raise blood glucose (sugar) levels after consumption. Foods with a lower GI value are absorbed m...
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