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When Life Gives You Lemons…

written by Gail Sotelo June 16, 2015

…Make margaritas.

Chad and I have had a couple of weeks worthy of a telenovela. Think fathers in hospitals (yes, plural), and a flood inside our high-rise, complete with the plumber from hell.

We finally reached the end point of all these shenanigans last night, and being the introverts that we are, Chad and I decided to celebrate with a TV dinner at home and some drinks.

I wasn’t in the mood for wine, so I had (gasp!) water, promising myself to make a cocktail after.

After seeing (and getting inspired by) Practical Magic earlier in the day (and taking a mental inventory of our pantry and bar), I decided to make some frozen margaritas.

We had tons of lemons in the ref, and I really wanted to make something out of the proverbial life’s lemons.

I used:

MARGARITA

Excuse the presentation… We decided it was worthy of a blog post after we’ve had a couple of sips. Eheh…

  • 8 ice cubes
  • 4 sachets of stevia (I don’t like sugar), diluted in the juice of…
  • 2 lemons
  • A dash of (bottled) lime juice (we didn’t have fresh ones last night)
  • ½ cup of tequila (gold)

I put all ingredients in a blender, blended, and serve in a margarita glass (optional: rim the glass with salt, if you don’t feel as lazy as I did last night).

It turned out pretty well. Purists would prefer using simple sugar, and I’m all for that.

What do you do when life gives you lemons? Cheers!

When Life Gives You Lemons… was last modified: August 18th, 2017 by Gail Sotelo

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