Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice Margarita

Ingredients

2 cups triple sec  

2 cups of silver tequila  

1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice

1 tablespoon superfine sugar  

2 limes, cut into wedges  

Salt for rimming the glasses

ice


ENJOY

Cranberry Margarita

Ingredients:

3/4 cup tequila

1/2 cup Grand Marnier

1 1/4 cup cranberry juice

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 cup fresh frozen cranberries

3/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice

ice

  

Directions:

Put all ingredients into shaker, shake and serve.

Coconut Margarita

Ingredients:

2 cups ice
3/4 cup coconut cream
4 1/2 fluid ounces tequila
1 1/2 fluid ounces triple sec
1 1/2 ounces lime juice
1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
2 teaspoons salt  

Shake over ice and serve in a large margarita glass.

ENJOY

Sangria Margarita

 Ingredients

8 oz tequila
12 oz margarita mix
2 oz Rose's® lime juice
3 oz triple sec
3 - 5 oz sangria

ENJOY!

Margarita Popsicles

 What you'll need: 4 Popsicle molds

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water

3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons of lemon juice

3/4 cup of lime juice

2 tablespoons of orange juice

2 tablespoons tequila

2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Mix ingredients together and pour in molds. Freeze for 4-5 hours. Sprinkle the pops with salt before serving

ENJOY!

Peach Margarita

Ingredients

2 parts silver tequila

1 lime, juiced

1 1/2 parts peach schnapps

1/4 cup White Peach Puree

chopped peaches for garnish

Ice

salt + sugar for the rim

 

Margarita Wednesday

Okay, ladies. Have you seen the new Crystal Light Mocktails? That's right. Crystal Light has Mocktails and they have them in three delicious flavors: Appletini, Margarita, and Mojito. Yah! I can finally have a drink on the job. And like other Crystal Light drinks, these are full of flavor and low in calories. If you haven't tried them, move fast! They're a limited-edition, and will only be sold until Labor Day, September 5, 2011. I've stocked up on them this summer. Mojito is my favorite. 

What low-cal beverages do you like?

Have you tried Crystal Light's Mocktails?

Lemonade Margarita

Ingredients:

1/4 cup tequila

2 tablespoons orange liqueur

2 tablespoons frozen lemonade concentrate

3/4 cup ice

2 tablespoons carbonated lemon-lime beverage

sliced lemon, for garnish

Orange Margarita

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of ice

1 1/2 oz tequila

1/2 oz Triple Sec or orange liqueur

dash of lime juice

scoop of orange sherbert

orange slice and lime wedge for garnish

Skinny Girl Margarita



Skinny Girl Margarita Mix
100 calories per 4-oz. serving

Okay, I'll be honest, even though margaritas are delicious, they're a lot of calories. This week, I thought it would be helpful to introduce you (if you didn't already know) to Bethenny Frankel's, of The Real Housewives of New York, Skinny Girl Margarita.
This mix is a godsend to those of us who love margaritas but love our waist line more.

Ingredients:

2 oz. tequila

Fresh squeezed lime juice from 1 to 2 limes

Splash of orange-flavored liquor (Grand Marnier, Cointreau, or Triple Sec)

Serve over ice with a rim of salt (optional)

Enjoy

Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes

Cake:
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarita mix
2 T lime juice
1 tsp lime zest
5 T strawberry preserves

1/3 cup tequila

3 eggs
1/2 cup milk


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.


Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add margarita mix, lime juice, lime zest, strawberry preserves and tequila and mix on low speed to incorporate. (Mix may appear slightly curdled at this point but don't worry, it will come back together with the flour.) Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 the milk, and repeat mixing after each addition until just incorporated, ending with the flour mixture.


Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake liners and bake approximately 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool approximately 10 minutes and remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.


Glaze:
1/2 cup margarita mix
2 T tequila
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Red food coloring


Add powdered sugar to a small bowl, whisk in margarita mix and tequila to make a thick liquid glaze. Add a few drops of red food coloring to desired color. Poke 4-5 holes in each cooled cupcake with a wooden skewer. Spoon glaze over cupcakes, about a tablespoon at a time, giving the glaze a chance to absorb before adding more. You don't want to saturate the cupcakes so you may have some extra glaze left over.


Frosting:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
4-6 cups powdered sugar
3 T margarita mix
2 T strawberry preserves
Red food coloring

Raspberry Margarita

Ingredients

4  cups  frozen unsweetened raspberries, slightly thawed

1 1/2  cups  freshly squeezed lime juice

3/4  cup  sugar, plus more to coat rims

1  cup  tequila

1  cup  triple sec

5  cups  crushed ice cubes

1  lime wedge

Hibiscus Margarita

Ingredients

2 shots of chilled Agua de Jamaica (recipe below)

1 shot Tequila Tezón Blanco

1 shot of simple syrup

Juice from 1/2 a lime

Lime wedge for garnish

Pour the Agua de Jamaica, tequila, simple syrup and lime juice into a chilled cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into a chilled margarita glass.

Garnish with a lime wedge.

Hibiscus

2 cups (2 oz) Jamaica flowers

3/4 cup granulated sugar (more if you like it really sweet)

6 cups water

Directions

Bring the water to a boil.

Add the flowers and sugar and stir continuously while the mixture boils for one minute.

Pour into a noncorrosive bowl and steep for 2 hours. *Note- this flower will stain so do not use a bowl that will stain.

Strain the mixture through a sieve, pressing on the flower solids to extract as much liquid as possible.

Taste for strength and sweetness. If it is too potent, add water. If it is too tart, add sugar.

Cover and refrigerate until time to serve.

Enjoy

Pink Lemonade Margarita

                                                     Ingredients:

              1 tub CRYSTAL LIGHT Pink Lemonade Flavor Low Calorie Soft Drink Mix
                                            1-1/2 cups cold water
                                         1/2 cup cold orange juice
                                                  2 Tbsp. tequila

                                                1 Tbsp. lime juice

                                                5 cups crushed ice

                                                                   

Pineapple Tea Margarita

Ingredients

1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz sweet and sour mix

pineapple juice

Mockarita

Ingredients:

2 oz Sour mix
2 oz Fresh Lemon or Lime juice
3 oz Carbonated lemon-lime soda

Dip rim of glass in lemon juice then in salt

Sex And The City Margarita

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounce Rosangel Tequila

1/2 ounce orange liqueur
1 tablespoon agave nectar
Juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon each cranberry and orange juice splash of ginger ale
1 1/2 cups of ice

Pineapple Margarita

Ingredients:

2 cups lime juice

2 cups tequila

2 cups triple sec

2½ cups fresh pineapple juice
fresh pineapple slices for garnish