#MargaritaMonday

You know a great way to celebrate #MargaritaMonday? With friends! Invite everyone over or invite yourself over and have everyone pitch in on a Margarita Bar. Heck, throw in some cupcakes while you are at it!

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INGREDIENTS TO SET OUT:

-tequila, Cointreau, maybe mezcal if you’re cool

-sparkling water

-fresh berries like raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries

-fresh squeezed juice like grapefruit, lime, mango, and orange

-hot sauce or chili sauce

-sliced limes

-simple syrup (simmer equal parts water and sugar 2 minutes then cool)

-kosher salt, Lucas salt, or chili salt on a plate for rimming glasses

-ice

TOOLS TO SET OUT

-muddler

-drink stirrers

-jigger or measuring cups

-glasses

SUGGESTED RECIPES TO POST ON THE BAR (write these on cards or on butcher paper taped to the wall. You may need to simplify them to serve one drink):

muddled fruit + 2 oz tequila + 1 oz Cointreau + 3 oz juice (or 2 oz juice and 1 oz sparkling water)

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But watch out when you make and drink margaritas...you never know what you will say or how you will act!

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