My Own Margaritaville

I’m not exaggerating when I tell you my husband makes the BEST margaritas. But like so many of my favorite foodie items, he’s ruined me for order margaritas at restaurants, which is probably a good thing I suppose.

Many restaurant margaritas would give me heartburn, which I thought was related to the tequila. But then I discovered that the margarita mix that many places use contains high fructose corn syrup, yellow dye #5 and blue dye #1. Yuck. I don’t eat that garbage, so why should I drink it?

So hubby began searching for a margarita mix without high fructose corn syrup and food coloring and he found Stirrings cocktail mixers. Stirrings margarita mix had a nice taste, but it was a bit pricey and we were going through the mix like mad. With two margaritas between us, the bottle would empty rapidly.

So Iron Chef Allan decided to create his own concoction. With a little tweaking here and there, he soon made the best margarita mix, minus the high fructose corn syrup and food coloring, of course.

Iron Chef Allan’s Margarita Mix

1 container Nellie’s Key Lime Juice

7 cups filtered water

1 cup sugar

Bring to a boil. Let cool and refrigerate.

Once mix cools, fill a 16oz glass with ice. Add 1 ¾ oz Camarna tequila. Add ¾ oz Patrόn Citrόnge. Squeeze ¼ lime into cup. Fill with margarita mix. Pour all ingredients into a shaker and shake well. Salt rim of glass (optional). Pour mix back into glass. Add a wedge of lime for presentation.

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Denise

From start to finish, Denise is Run DMT, a Tampa Bay homeschooling mom on the run trying to maintain an easy pace through it all between races and raising three beautiful, brilliant adultish kids (ages 23, 19, 14). In 2007, I discovered a passion for running and in February 2015, I completed my tenth marathon. I continue to train for a variety of races and even host annual 5K. In 2023, I became a certified group fitness instructor and teach P.E. in my homeschool co-op.

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Gone Bananas says: 12 August, 2011 at 11:26 am

LOVE the pics you took of the glasses! Very cool! I know hubby liked it! Especially when he had a second glass! ;0)

Nicole Feliciano says: 12 August, 2011 at 5:27 pm

Thanks so much for sharing with Momtrends for our Friday Food Linky. You are so right on. I only drink Margaritas with fresh lime juice. The rest is junk and not worth the calories and headache. Great post. Have a great weekend.

Heather @girlichef says: 13 August, 2011 at 9:54 am

Yeah, once we started making them at home, I could never order them from “certain” restaurants again. Wish I had one now…your cold glasses are making my mouth water 😉

Lorie Shewbridge says: 13 August, 2011 at 9:54 pm

OH, my, I have a friend who would totally LOVE that.
I can’t drink tequilla; had a real bad experience with it once – UGH!!

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