Actually Not Bad Virgin Mary

Ingredients:

1 cup low sodium V8

¼  lime

1 tablespoon spicy seasoning mix (I use Penzy’s Southwest Seasoning)

two or three dashes Tabasco

1 small stick celery

Rub the lime wedge around the rim of an old fashioned glass.  Pour the seasoning into a shallow dish.  It will be more than you need, but you can save what you don’t use for another time.  Dip the rim of the glass into the mix to coat.  Squeeze the quarter lime into the glass and pour in V8 allowing room for ice.  Add Tabasco to taste. 

Stir and fill the glass with ice. Garnish with the celery stick. 

The spiciness of this drink makes up for the lack of salt. It also makes you sip it more slowly as you would a cocktail.  The lime juice adds a little zing the V8 lacks.  The celery gives the feeling that you’re having something special

Of course if you want to add a little vodka when no one’s looking, that’s between you and your conscience. 

Makes 1 drink.