Paloma

 

This is THE cocktail that you will want to drink

THIS Cinco De Mayo!!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

What better way to celebrate such a wonderful day than with an ice cold Paloma!

Until a few months ago I had never heard of a Paloma.

<Gasp, I know>

But I hadn't!

I was asked to create a Paloma recipe for the magazine I write for, so I googled it and started creating a recipe to my likings.

Um......DELICIOUS!

This is my husband and mines new favorite cocktail!  When we're up at the lake house we seem to drink it ALL the time!

Speaking of the lake.....where we are in California we need rain to fill up our lakes.  

Like REALLY BAD!

We drive by another lake on our way up to our lake house and there are now islands and land where there used to be a LOT of feet of water.  

It's so sad.  This summer will not be a bit boating summer for sure unless we get A TON of rain.

Which I don't see happening.  Which is a bummer.  So extra pool time is how we will be spending our summer time up at the lake this year.  Fingers crossed that this winter brings all of the rain that we need!

OK, back to the cocktail!

In celebration of Cinco De Mayo, I decided to share my recipe with you all so that you too can enjoy the deliciousness that is, The Paloma!

This is such a simple cocktail to make.  First add your tequila.

Next add the grapefruit juice.

Add in the lime juice (I used frozen lime juice made from a neighbors lime tree, yum).

Onto the simple syrup.

And finally the grapefruit soda.

Give it a good stir to mix everything together well and enjoy!

Onto the recipe!!

Yield: 1

Paloma

This delicious cocktail is so satisfying as it mixes tequila with the refreshing taste of grapefruit juice and other ingredients to bring you a cocktail that you'll definitely want seconds of.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces clear tequila
• 2 ounces grapefruit juice
• 1 ounce grapefruit soda
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup

Instructions

1. Fill a cocktail glass with ice.

1. Pour in all of the ingredients above.

1. Stir cocktail well to mix all ingredients.

Created using The Recipes Generator

There you have it.  The Paloma.  I hope you enjoy this cocktail as much as my husband and I do!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

Top 5 Cocktails for your extra tequila

Top 5 Cocktails

for your extra tequila

We had another crazy busy weekend.  

Our oldest had a soccer tournament which ended up being three games, one of which we had to miss so that he could play in his baseball game on Saturday night.  

I tell you with all of these busy weeks and weekends, this year is flying by already.  

Now that Cinco De Mayo is over (another example that the year is flying by), what are you going to do with the extra tequila you were not able to use yesterday?

I will tell you what you can do with the extra tequila!  

I have put together five tequila cocktails for you to choose from and make.  

One of these cocktails was on my list of margaritas that I had linked to in my Classic Margarita post and the other four are non-margarita cocktails.

1. Chavela is a great beer & tequila cocktail that is sure to please.

2. Moon-a-rita......yum, just thinking about it makes me want to pull out my blender and mix up a mango margarita and stick a beer in it!

3. Grapefruit Margarita is a nice change from your Classic Margarita and the other common flavors you find in restaurants.

4. Tequila Sunrise is a refreshingly enjoyable cocktail that is made with tequila, orange juice and a bit of grenadine for that awesome effect.

5. Long Island Iced Tea is a surprisingly delicious cocktail.  It's mixed with just about every main alcohol in your bar so be careful and enjoy.

There you have it!  5 delicious cocktails that you can make with the extra tequila you have left over from Cinco De Mayo!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Mexi-tini

Mexi-tini

2 shots out of 5

I knew this was going to happen.  

May is officially here, which means that this year is officially one third over with.  Yes, I said it, one third over with.  

What else does it mean?  

Well it means that Cinco De Mayo is right around the corner as well!  In my world it also means that our oldest child will officially (yes I've used the word officially 3 times now) no longer be a middle school student.  

Oh Em Gee!!  

I can not believe that in a mere few weeks we will (fighting against my fingers not to use the word officially) have ourselves a high school student!

I gave tonight's cocktail 2 shots out of 5.  

I wasn't sure what to think when I found this cocktail recipe on about.com, I mean 2 ounces of alcohol with a half an ounce of juice?  

Yikes.  

My rating was what I thought it might be, but not for the reason I had thought.  I thought these two alcohols together would make me cringe and make horrible faces.  

I was wrong.  

Mixing these two together kind of removes the flavor aspect of this cocktail.  It is the weirdest thing.  

This cocktail had a dull flavor and leaves not the best taste in my mouth.  

If you are up for trying this cocktail for Cinco De Mayo, I hope you like it a lot more then I do.  

If you are not up for trying it, you can always choose one of my many margaritas that I have posted on my Classic Margarita post.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Mexi-tini:

• 1 oz orange vodka
• 1 oz tequila
• 1/2 oz orange juice

In a cocktail shaker, add crushed ice and all of the ingredients above.  Let sit for 5 seconds and then shake and strain your cocktail into your martini glass.

Happy Cinco De Mayo en dos dias!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Classic Margarita

National Margarita Day ~~ February 22nd

Classic Margarita

5 shots out of 5

I'm baaack!  

That was sure a nice five days off.  

I think after a year STRAIGHT of making cocktails every night that I deserve a vacation.  

If you didn't know, tomorrow is National Margarita Day!  

Like we need an excuse to have a margarita, right?  Not an excuse, just a reminder how wonderful margarita's really are.


I gave today's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

I am EN-JOYING this cocktail right now.  

If you don't already know, I am not a big tequila person......at all.  

I searched and searched online and found a handful of classic margarita recipes and (after consulting with my husband) decided on this one that I found on Food & Wine.  

This cocktail is a perfect blend of alcohol and sweetness to where those who do not like super sweet cocktails will like it, as well as those (like me) who don't care too much for tequila!  

I have a list of (including today's margarita) 10 different cocktails for you to choose from below that you can make tomorrow for NMD.  

Depending on how brave you are, you are welcome to try more then one too!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Classic Margarita:

• 1 1/2 oz silver tequila
• 3/4 oz cointraeu
• 3/4 oz lime juice
• 1/4 oz simple syrup

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and dump everything into your margarita glass.  Lift your glass up and salute to NMD!

Here are photos of my other 9 margaritas I've made, with links beneath each one that will bring you right to their page!

Desert Margarita

French Margarita

Grapefruit Margarita

Kinky Margarita

Mango Margarita

Peach Margarita

Moon-A-Rita

Pink Cotton Rita

Pomegranate Margarita

There you have it, 10 different margaritas to choose from for National Margarita Day!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady