friyay happy hour: watermelon margarita

wow. last week at this time, i was CONVINCED that i had just come through one of the harder weeks in my catering and baking career thus far. and then i went and followed it up with another week of insanity.

this is good. it means everything is growing. growth is uncomfortable. but man oh man, i could use a break from the uncomfortable.

and a nice, stiff drink.

decent watermelon are starting to hit the produce stores, and i LOVE watermelon. last year, i started blending up slightly mealy melons and straining them to make watermelon juice. it has quickly become one of my favorite cocktail mixers.

a regular old margarita gets a whole new look and taste with the small additional of watermelon juice. now, if only i could find an ingredient to add to my life to spruce it up in the same manner!

watermelon margarita

serves: 1 cocktail

prep time: 2 minutes

active time: 1 minute

total time: 3 minutes

ingredients: 2 oz tequila. 3 oz watermelon juice. .5 oz triple sec. .5 oz fresh lime juice. lime wheel for garnish. shaker. 1 cup of ice.

in the shaker, combine the ice, tequila, watermelon and lemon juices and the triple sec.

shake well to combine.

garnish your glass with a lime wheel.

pour the contents foe shaker into the glass.

serve and enjoy.

xo, a