Name: Grapefruit Vodka Martinis
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Four ounces grapefruit vodka; Four ounces grapefruit juice; Two ounces lime juice, fresh; Ice for shaking; Grapefruit wheels for garnish

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Grapefruit Martinis are one of my most favorite drinks and they should be yours too!

grapefruit vodka martini on a white tile counter with a half of grapefruit. — Grapefruit Vodka Martinis are the perfect pink, tart drink.

Why You'll Love This Drink

These pink cocktails are tart yet sweet and contain just enough vodka to take the edge off your day. Or your life.

Grapefruit always makes me think of luxury and I adore a vodka grapefruit martini.

Lazy mornings, fancy hotels with plush bathrobes, strong, hot coffee served in a silver carafe.

You get the picture.

Add vodka and you have a winning combo.

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Grapefruit Rosemary Cocktails are one of my favorite brunch drinks.

Ingredients and Tools

You'll need four things:

Grapefruit juice (fresh-squeezed or bottled)
Vodka (Grapefruit, citron or plain)
Lime Juice (fresh)
Ice
Cocktail shaker or a mason jar with a tight fitting lid

I'm partial to Absolut Grapefruit but use whatever you have.

If you have plain vodka, use that up first before you buy a citrus vodka.

Speaking of shopping for liquor, and you small town residents will probably relate to this.

Why is it that whenever you're putting a bottle of vodka in your grocery cart some upstanding member of the community is strolling by at that exact same time and you get a quirked eyebrow?

Ingredients:

Four ounces Absolut grapefruit vodka
Two ounces fresh-squeezed lime juice
Four ounces grapefruit juice
Ice
Salt (optional for rimming glasses)

Directions:

Pour juices and vodka in cocktail shaker or mason jar with ice.
Shake until shaker or jar is ice cold. Then shake for another minute or two.
Pour into martini glasses.
Enjoy.

Vodka Calories

If you're going to have a cocktail that tastes good but still allows you to fit into your jeans, you can't go wrong with a Grapefruit Martini. Note-my math says one drink has 170 calories.

An ounce of vodka has 65 calories, even a flavored vodka like Absolut Grapefruit (my absolute favorite!)

So two ounces of vodka for the martini (130) plus 11 calories for each ounce of grapefruit juice (22) and 8 calories for one ounce of lime juice equals 160 calories.

You're also getting 41 percent of your daily requirement of Vitamin C.

How many calories are in vodka?

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What Foods to Pair with Grapefruit Vodka Martinis?

any fish or seafood, I'm thinking grilled swordfish or shark would be great or make ahead salmon escabeche
Mexican or Southwestern dishes
Rosemary chicken salad
Cheese and crackers
Spicy Shrimp Nachos would be good too.

Yield: 1

Grapefruit Vodka Martinis

Grapefruit Vodka Martinis are juicy and fresh cocktails thanks to two types of juice and plenty of ice.

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

Four ounces grapefruit vodka
Four ounces grapefruit juice
Two ounces lime juice, fresh
Ice for shaking
Grapefruit wheels for garnish

Instructions

Pour vodka and juices into a cocktail shaker or mason jar packed with ice.
Shake for a few minutes or until shaker is ice cold.
Pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with salt or sugar or plain.

Notes

You can use plain vodka or a grapefruit vodka like Absolut Grapefruit for this mixed drink.

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Nutrition Information

Yield 2 Serving Size 1 Servings
Amount Per Serving Calories 130Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 2mgCarbohydrates 10gFiber 0gSugar 1gProtein 1g