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| Margaritas from my trip to San Diego - it was happy hour. |
It is quickly becoming the time of year when a delicious margarita is just the answer to a long, sometimes stressful, very often exhausting day spent with tiny children.
Here are two of my favorite margarita recipes - one with tequila and one without! Both incorporate carbonated beverages (beer or lemon-lime soda), which give both drinks a lovely slight effervescence. Fresh limes are a must and I should clearly state that I do not believe in blended margaritas. Blech - no point to all that slushiness!
Beer-ritas -
Ok, so the name needs work, but these are my favorite margaritas ever (homemade, anyway).
You need:
- (1) can frozen limeade (light if you prefer less calories)
- (1) can of light beer
- (12 oz.) water
- (10 - 12 oz.) tequila (I use a "Silver" tequila)
- (2 - 4) Fresh limes
- Salt
Thaw the limeade, pour in pitcher and mix with beer, water, and tequila. Cut limes in half. I've used anywhere from 2 - 4 limes, depending on their size and how much you like lime. (I love lime.) Squeeze limes into pitcher, reserve a lime or two and throw the rest in the pitcher. Makes it waaayyyyy prettier.
Take your reserved limes and rub the lime juice on the edge of the glass you are serving the margarita in. I grind sea salt onto a small plate and then invert the glass onto the salt. The lime juice makes the salt stick nicely to the rim of the glass.
Add ice to your glass and pour margarita into the glass.
Garnish with a lime.
Virgin Margaritas -
You need:
- (1) can frozen limeade (light if you prefer less calories)
- (1) can of lemon-lime soda
- (12 oz.) water
- (1/2 oz.) orange juice
- Fresh limes
- Salt
Thaw the limeade, pour in pitcher and mix with soda, water, and orange juice. Cut limes in half. I've used anywhere from 2 - 4 limes, depending on their size and how much you like lime. (I love lime.) Squeeze limes into pitcher, reserve a lime or two and throw the rest in the pitcher. Makes it waaayyyyy prettier.
Take your reserved limes and rub the lime juice on the edge of the glass you are serving the margarita in. I grind sea salt onto a small plate and then invert the glass onto the salt. The lime juice makes the salt stick nicely to the rim of the glass.
Add ice to your glass and pour margarita into the glass.
Garnish with a lime.
Voila! Heaven on a sunny afternoon!
Cheers -
Mama H
