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| Memorial Day is fast approachingWhat better way to embrace the unofficial start of summer than with a kick-off party? Lets go with a Mexican theme! Margaritas are a great way to start any party. Whether you are blending or just shaking them with ice, you can throw together your mixture of tequila, other liquors and juices in a pitcher and just shake or blend away as needed. Get creative with your margaritas too! I’m all about using natural ingredients in my cocktails. With the seasons bounty of fresh fruits and veggies, why not make drinks with them too? My favorite margarita is watermelon. All you have to do is blend up chunks of watermelon, strain out the pulp and seeds, or if you have a juicer, that’s even better. Then take the juice and mix it with tequila and triple sec. Bare in mind, the better quality the tequila, the better the drink will be. It’s often forgotten about, because you just want to buy the cheapest one on the shelf, but it really makes a difference. My other favorite flavors are blackberry and cucumber-jalapeno. For the blackberry, you just muddle some fresh blackberries before you add the liquids in the pitcher. As for the cucumber-jalapeno, its a little more work. You can either try to find jalapeno-infused tequila or infuse tequila yourself, which you can do by de-seeding and chopping a few fresh jalapenos and adding them to a bottle of tequila that you’ll leave for about a week. The cucumbers you can juice or just use as a garnish. Now, for the food… Margaritas go well with any kind of barbecue food, but they are complimented best by Mexican food. Why not utilize your barbecue by making fajitas? Skirt steak and chicken are always staples for fajitas. I would recommend getting one of those grill plates with the smaller holes for the veggies, like peppers and onions, they are also good if you are doing fish on the grill. To top your fajitas, you can put out bowls of pico de gallo, and guacamole, which I’ve recently come to realize it’s the cilantro that makes a huge difference. Put out corn and flour tortillas, especially for those gluten-free friends. This Memorial Day, break out the grill, and have a kick-off fiesta! |
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