the spring gods are shining down on us. it’s supposed to be in the high seventies/low eighties all weekend long in orange county and i am foot loose and catering free. so i will be enjoying this glorious weekend with an easy drinking, warm weather cocktail. and what says sunny weather more than a margarita?

nothing.

cooling cucumber makes this margarita go down really SMOOTH. be careful, the first one will practically drink itself, so you may just need to make two.

cucumber & cilantro margarita

serves: 1 cocktail

pre time: 3 minutes

active time: 2 minutes

total time: 5 minutes

ingredients: 2 oz tequila. 2 oz cucumber juice (i juiced 1 cucumber and got about 6 oz of cucumber juice. if you do not have a juicer, you can purée the cucumber and strain the juice with a mesh strainer. it took me about 2 minutes). 1 oz triple sec. .5 oz orange juice, small orange wedge for garnish optional. .5 oz lime juice. 15 cilantro leaves + an extra sprig for garnish. 2 cups of ice. shaker. muddler.

in the base of your shaker, combine the tequila and the cilantro leaves.

muddle until the cilantro is smashed to bits and the tequila is green in color.

pour in the triple sec, the juices and pour in half the ice. shake well till everything is well combined and chilled.

fill your serving glass with ice and strain in the contents of the shaker. into the glass.

garnish with orange and cilantro.

serve and enjoy.

xo, a