Category: Cocktails

Frozen Mango Margarita

Tina6 Comments

I’m still celebrating Cinco de Mayo with this margarita!  (My husband is still celebrating Quatro de Mayo by pretending that the fourth Star Wars movie is almost out.) Let’s be real, I don’t need a reason to enjoy a margarita.  It’s just an ordinary Wednesday so I’m living it up with this cocktail.  If you really need an excuse, then this would be awesome for a Mother’s Day brunch this weekend. I’ve been having a blast trying a variety of flavored margaritas.  The Pineapple Margarita is my favorite so far and the Paloma (which is like a grapefruit margarita) is super delicious and refreshing.  My husband …

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Paloma

Tina6 Comments

Paloma…  Isn’t that a fun word to say?  Or maybe it’s just me. I’m not a big drinker and by that I mean I average one drink a week, if that.  When I do have the occasional drink, it’s usually a gin and tonic.  Being my favorite, it made sense that it was the first cocktail recipe that I shared with you back in September 2014.  It took me 1 and 1/2 years to post anything having to do with alcohol and I’m not exactly sure why it took me that long. Today’s cocktail marks my 7th recipe so it would appear that I’m …

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Gin And Tonic With Raspberries

Tina20 Comments

My go-to alcoholic beverage is a gin and tonic, but it didn’t always used to be that way.  In fact, I used to hate the stuff.  A lot.  Like, it was just nasty to me.  Anytime my husband ordered the drink I’d take a sip.  After all, it’s his favorite and there had to be some reason for that.  After the first few times, I discovered I hated it just a little less each time I’d try it until miraculously one day I fell in love with it.  Now it’s my favorite drink. Let’s talk gin.  I used to think it didn’t …

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