Next Sunday, my husband and I will celebrate our first anniversary. As cliche as it sounds, I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. It feels like just yesterday that I was thinking about invitation designs, dress fittings, and seating arrangements. And yet, I also feel like we've gone through quite a bit of change in a short amount of time. We've adapted to living with one another. My husband started a new job. I acquired a new last name. And just recently, we inherited/adopted a pet.
To celebrate our upcoming anniversary, I decided to make a number of desserts related to our wedding and/or honeymoon. The first is this Skinny Shirley Temple Float. My husband has fond childhood memories of Shirley Temples. Apparently, he once drank sixteen (yes, sixteen!) of them at a friend's birthday party. The man can clearly appreciate a good Shirley Temple, folks. He likes them so much that, at our wedding reception, we served Shirley Temples as our signature beverage, alongside the alcoholic options.
This Skinny Shirley Temple Float is a creamy concoction filled with fizzy soda, cherry Italian ice, and just a splash of grenadine. Garnish it with a maraschino cherry -- of course -- and a dollop of whipped cream. By my calculations, this entire float is less than 125 calories. Not bad, right?
Skinny Shirley Temple Float
1 tsp. grenadine or maraschino cherry syrup (17 calories)
12 oz. diet ginger ale or lemon-lime soda (5 calories)
1/2 cup of no-sugar-added cherry Italian ice (60 calories)
4 Tbsp. whipped cream (30 calories)
1 maraschino cherry (10 calories)
Pour grenadine and soda into a tall glass and stir well. Carefully add Italian ice. Garnish with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Enjoy immediately!
Yield: 1 float
Thanks for reading, friends! Stay tuned for more wedding-related desserts later this week.
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