I enjoy a good Martini. The great news for me is the drink has no carbs but does have approximately 156 calories per serving. A couple warnings, if you are in phase one of the South Beach Diet you are really not supposed to have any alcohol.

When I was in phase one of the diet, I cheated once and had a martini at our Valentine’s Day dinner. The drink did not slow my weight loss down one bit. So it’s up to you but I had to warn you.

My Tasty Martini Recipe:

Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz Tanqueray Gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth (Martini & Rossi)
Ice

Prepare the Martini Glass:
Pour the vermouth into a chilled Martin glass and swish around to coat the glass.
Pour out the vermouth. You just want a coating on the glass.

Mix the Gin:
Fill Shaker with cracked ice.
Pour Gin into shaker
Shake 10 times
Strain Gin into the chilled vermouth coated glass.
Garnish with a martini olive

Enjoy!

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