Hungry Girl's Party in a Pitcher Sangria

Submitted by threeovens

"Hungry Girl takes common recipes and lightens them up, as far as fat and calories go. This was published in "Redbook" magazine."

 

• Ready In: 5hrs
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 7 cocktails
• Serves: 7

ingredients

• 1 cup strawberry, sliced
• 1 orange, peeled and chopped
• 1 small apple, chopped
• 1⁄2 banana, peeled and sliced (slightly under-ripe)
• 1⁄2 cup canned pineapple chunk, drained
• 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (try pinot noir)
• 1 cup reduced-calorie cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 1⁄2 cups diet lemon-lime soda

directions

1. Stir fruit, wine, and cranberry juice into a large glass pitcher; cover and refrigerate 5 hours or overnight.
2. Just before serving, stir in diet soda.
3. Pour over ice, dividing the fruit equally among the serving glasses.

Reviews

[sjkotylak]

I didn't love the banana or strawberries in this. It just made the taste a little off for me. Thanks though - fun to try! Made for PAC Spring '13

 

[Esqueletica23]

I made this for a party and for home and I used grapes (cut in half) instead of the banana and cabernet wine. I let it sit in fridge for about 10 hours and it takes great. The grapes add more flavor becasue they have sugar.

 

[SAHS7930]

This was okay, but not great. The wine went pretty flat and everyone thought it should have had more flavor. Maybe orange juice, more soda, and/or some sugar and another kind of alcohol.

 

[Shamrockluver]

This is amazing, I didn't have pineapple on hand so I just mixed everything else up and let it sit overnight. I was so good. I had a little left over and so the next night I finished it off which was 2 days after I made it and it was better than before. I think the longer it sits the better. Although the fruit was a little mushy on day 2 so I strained it out before drinking it and you could taste the fruit flavor really well. I will definately be making this again.