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Idea-Generating Margaritas

Careful! Drinking more than two of these can make your ideas seem better than they actually are.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 2 servings

Ingredients

Lime wedge
Sea salt
3 ounces premium silver tequila
3 ounces fresh lime juice
3 ounces fresh orange juice
1 ounce Triple Sec

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Run the lime wedge around the rim of a margarita glass, and then roll the rim in the sea salt. Add fresh crushed ice to glass and set aside.

    Step 2

    Fill a cocktail shaker with crushed ice. Add tequila, lime juice, orange juice, and Triple Sec. Shake vigorously, then pour over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. Let the ideas roll!

From The Casserole Queens Cookbook by Crystal Cook & Sandy Pollock. Copyright © 2011 by Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock; Food photographs copyright © 2011 by Ben Fink. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers. Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock, the Casserole Queens, have been delivering casseroles in Austin, Texas, since 2006; they also teach cooking classes at Whole Foods stores in the area. They have been featured on Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay and Bobby Flay Radio on Sirius XM, as well as on television news and radio talk shows.
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