Yes, I admit it – my name is Lys and I watch Bravo’s Real House­wives.  What can I say – it’s a guilty plea­sure for many.  I, per­son­ally, enjoyed the NY sea­son and I am look­ing for­ward to all points Jer­sey (but hello – why not Real House­wives of Philadel­phia – Bravo, take note! We’ve got Main Line, Man­ayunk, Rit­ten­house, etc.) How­ever, I digress.

One of the char­ac­ters that was enjoy­able this sea­son was Bethenny Frankel, the nat­ural foods chef and owner of Bethen­ny­Bakes and Skin­ny­girl Cock­tails. We’ll have a review of her book Nat­u­rally Thinin the next week or so (with give­away so stay tuned) but, since it IS Cinco de Mayo, one needs a mar­garita to cel­e­brate prop­erly, no?

I, for one, will be try­ing the Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita. No more pre-blended mixes for me. This one looks super sim­ple and, quite frankly, to have a mar­garita that is not pack­ing on a wal­lop­ing 740 calo­ries a serv­ing, is even bet­ter in my book.

Check out the recipe below for the stan­dard Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita as she is often drink­ing on the show…

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Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita, On The Rocks

Recipe cour­tesy of Bethenny Frankel and SkinnyGirlCocktails.com

 Ingre­di­ents:

• 2 oz of Clear Pre­mium Tequila (count 1, 2 while you pour, no need for measuring)
• Tiny splash of Orange Liquor
• Juice of four Fresh Lime Wedges

Com­bine all ingre­di­ents over a glass of ice and gar­nish with a lime wedge

Makes one serving