Strawberry Margaritas are incredibly easy to make at home. This recipe includes a boozy version, as well as a virgin version. Whip one up today!
Strawberry Margaritas are perfect for National Margarita Day! Hope you were celebrating with a nice chilly margarita. That's exactly what we did.
Although I'll readily admit mine was a virgin margarita. After being sick recently it's all I could handle. You can surely add booze to yours though. I'll give you both recipes, the full on boozy one, and the wimpy Kim version.
I was so excited to delve into this project today. Making margaritas is always a blast. I'm one of those messy cooks, and this applies to making drinks as well. My kitchen looked like gremlins got in there by the time I was done.
Honestly, I think stuff just tastes better when you make a mess. I have no proof this is true other than the fact that my recipe always come out great. When I try to be all "careful" and "clean" my recipes inevitably fail.
So here's your chance to tell your significant other that an expert is saying making a mess is important to the flow. That making a mess is the mark of a great cook, or drink maker. I'm sure this person will buy it.
It's funny because every time I head into the kitchen I tell myself to clean up as I go along. Then I get in the zone and all hell breaks loose. I just can't help myself. I get so into what I'm doing everything else just fades away.
When I finish I look around and have a brief moment of panic. Then I remember hubs does the dishes and I laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more. Okay, I don't laugh, that would be mean. But I do giggle.
It feels a little like payback for being a stay at home mom for over 20 years, all that cleaning stacks up. Now that we're both working we struck an agreement regarding housework. Guess what chore I delegated to hubs? You betcha.
So, hubs got the short straw, he does my crazy stacks of dishes. I do all the cooking, and the laundry. The laundry I actually like doing. I find it cathartic somehow.
There's a cherry red laundry set that has nothing to do with my decision. Nor the fact that I crazy ocd about laundry. Or the fact that the one time hubs did laundry he ruined all my clothes. Nope, nothing to do with any of that.
It totally works for us. It's nice to get some help around the house. Even more fun knowing I'm the one making the mess for a change. We keep our sense of humour about all things in life, including housework. It's the key to happiness.
Plus it makes him super happy to go out for dinner from time to time. A night out means our kitchen isn't being trashed. I don't have to cook, he gets a night off of doing dishes. As we say in Canada...score!
Now head into the kitchen and whip up these Strawberry Margaritas immediately!
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Virgin Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen strawberries
- 4 cups ice
- ½ cup frozen limeade concentrate
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 cup sprite
- optional for garnish:
- coarse sugar from rims
- fresh strawberries
- fresh lime sliced
Instructions
- To line the rims with sugar all you need to do is grab two shallow dishes or containers that fit the width of the glass rim. Pour a little water into one, then pour a little sugar in the other. About ¼ cup of each is more than enough for 6 to 8 glasses. Turn each glass upside down then dunk in the water first, then in the sugar. Roll the rim around so the sugar coats the rim to you liking. Set glasses aside. You can also chill your glasses in the fridge or freezer if you like prior to pouring the margaritas.
- Now place the ice in the blender first and give it a few good pulses till the ice crushes, then add the frozen strawberries, frozen limeade concentrate, sugar, and about half the sprite. Pulse till smooth. You can add more sprite until you get the consistency you like. We like ours almost like a slushie.
- Pour into glasses, top each with a strawberry and lime wedge.
- Serve with a big old Virgin Margarita smile!
Notes
Nutrition
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Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen whole strawberries
- 6 tablespoons tequila
- ¼ cup frozen limeade concentrate
- 2 tablespoons triple sec
- 2 cups crushed ice
Instructions
- To line the rims with sugar all you need to do is grab two shallow dishes or containers that fit the width of the glass rim. Pour a little water into one, then pour a little sugar in the other. About ¼ cup of each is more than enough for 6 to 8 glasses. Turn each glass upside down then dunk in the water first, then in the sugar. Roll the rim around so the sugar coats the rim to you liking. Set glasses aside. You can also chill your glasses in the fridge or freezer if you like prior to pouring the margaritas.
- Crush you ice in the blender first. Then add strawberries, tequila, limeade concentrate, and triple sec and give the blender a whir until the mixture is smooth and the consistency is how you like it. If you want it more slushie like add more ice, if you want it thinner you can add some sprite or 7up.
- Pour into chilled glasses.
- Serve with a big old Boozy Margarita smile!
Notes
Nutrition
Hope you love whichever version you use. We love frozen drinks in this house, it's like drinking a slushie, but on occasion a nice boozy slushie. Nothing wrong with that.
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Carol at Wild Goose Tea
I love margaritas. This one looks SPECIAL like slurpee. Yum!!!
Adriana Martin
what a wonderful recipe love the looks of the margarita looks so refreshing a perfect drink!
Rachel Cooks
This looks like the perfect strawberry marg!
Jan Elmore
The best line from 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' movie is...'Why is the rum always gone?' I think that applies to tequila as well!! I love a pretty drink.
The Food Hunter
This has to be the most beautiful margarita ever!
Stephanie @ Back for Seconds
Man, I wish my hubby did the dishes!! Also? I wish I had one of these margaritas in front of me. Let's just pretend it's NOT 9:30 am.... 😉
Mary Happymommy
I plan to check out the festival on my husband's birthday.
Elena
After the week I've had I would kill for a margarita! Anything with tequila would hit the spot, but these look excellent!
pam (Sidewalk Shoes)
Love frozen strawberry margaritas!! I would love it if you link this up to Tipsy Tuesday at Grey is the New Black!
Elena
My favorite is strawberry margarita
Brenda@Sugar-Free Mom
What a gorgeous red color!! I love you made a non alcoholic version as well!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes
Oh how fun!! Great giveaway!! I can't wait for warmer weather so I can make these margaritas. I'm way too cold for them right now (haha). Love the vibrant red color!
Des @ Life's Ambrosia
That is the prettiest margarita that I've ever seen! I am nursing so I stay away fro the hard stuff so thank you for including the virgin version! 🙂
Carolsue
I love Mango Margaritas -- actually, I love ALL kinds of Margaritas!
Paula - bell'alimento
Since it's been snowing FOREVER we've been making a lot of margaritas. A jalapeno version is currently burning up our cocktail shaker.
Karen Glatt
I like the Classic Margaria recipe that is easy to make and with salt on the rim.
Ingredients
1-1/2 oz. silver tequila
1 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
splash simple syrup
salt rim
Hyacinth
Thank you!
Sandra | Sandra's Easy Cooking
This looks fabulous, Kim! I believe every Friday, if possible, should be National Margarita Day hehe
I love your pics
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
The texture on that margarita looks perfect!!!! i wish i could get my husband to help with the dishes. he always says he'll do them, but then they sit there tormenting me for forever until I give up and do them myself.
Annette
No restaurants close to me, but as soon as I'm in a city with one I'll be checking out the #VivaLaRita Festival!
Rose | The Clean Dish
The "wimpy Kim version" LOL!! I get it - when I'm sick, alcohol is the last thing on my mind. So, I've never made margaritas so I have nothing to go by but I absolutely love your recipe! It's clean and simple (but I'll have to go with the non-wimpy version haha!!)