A few years back I found this recipe and thought it would be perfect for Super Bowl Sunday. It was. It’s also great for a hot summer day. Some friends affectionately call these White Trash Margaritas, that works too.

Beergaritas

1 12 oz can frozen limeade concentrate
6-12 oz tequila
3 12 oz Mexican style beers (Corona, etc. — For the “white-trashier” version, cheap beer works great: MGD, Old Milwaukee, etc.)
ice
lime slices for garnish (omit for white trash version, garnish would be an oxymoron)

In a pitcher, stir together the limeade and tequila until well-combined. Add the beers. Pour into individual glasses over ice; garnish with lime slices. To make frozen beergarita, reduce the total amount of beers to two, and combine the limeade concentrate and tequila in a blender with ice.

Cheers! Go Saints! (No particular reason, I love New Orleans, I’ve been to New Orleans, my sister used to live in New Orleans, I like that they haven’t been there yet, that city deserves some good mojo ...)

181 calories, 26 grams carbs., trace fiber, trace protein, trace fat (no saturated), no cholesterol, 7 milligrams sodium**

(Don’t forget about the car bomb cupcakes from last year’s Super Bowl Virtual Dinner Group post.)

** Like we really care about this information with all that we’ll be consuming on Sunday!
 

Summertime sippin' (for the grown ups)

I was introduced to the Purcell sisters when my next-door neighbor, Ellen, showed me their book, Straight Up! Cocktail Parties. It was another one of those "How did my sister and I not think of this?! How did we miss that party train?" moments. But since we didn't do it, I'm glad that the Purcell sisters did, their recipes and entertaining tips are fabulous, and their writing style is so entertaining, I actually read the book cover-to-cover. Their mom's margarita recipe is foolproof, it calls for 3/4 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice, 1 1/4 oz triple sec, and 2 oz tequila, I'm not good at remembering exact quantities, so I converted it all to 1/4 ounces so I could remember the proportions instead: It's a 3-5-8 Margarita, starting with the least potent and moving to the most potent, that I can remember. My friends Tom & Dawn always add a little orange juice to their margaritas, and it gives them a little something extra, I'll be honest, I haven't that with these, because they do seem perfect as they are. The sisters caution to use plain ole Jose Cuervo Gold, that an expensive sipping tequila just doesn't work in this recipe. On a final note, Ellen's promised me an introduction to, even a night on the town with, one of the sisters when she visits next weekend, I can't wait!