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Three Olives Loopy-Rita

April 20, 2012

Having a Cinco de Mayo get-together? You’ve heard of or have tried a Vojito, and liked it. Looking for an alternative to the traditional Margarita? You’re feeling a little Loopy… Sharing is cool! Tweet

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Tagged as: Hi Time Wine Cellers, Loopy Vodka, margarita, Three Olives

Orange Salted Caramel Margarita

November 11, 2011

The first thing I saw when I got home and walked into the kitchen yesterday evening, were two huge bags plopped on the kitchen counter. Upon closer inspection I identified them as 2 – 25 lbs bags of oranges. Yes, 50 pounds of oranges sitting on my kitchen counter! As soon as my husband saw [...]

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Tagged as: cocktail, margarita, orange, orange juice, salted caramel, tequila, triple sec

Not your everyday Ice Pop – Mexican Mango & Chili Ice Pops

May 4, 2011

I know the fruit and chili combo is definitely more of an acquired taste and not as common to encounter here in the US as it is in Mexico, where you add chili to practically everything. The way I see it, Mexicans enjoy pushing the the culinary envelope. From the timeless Mole, to a “Ranchero” [...]

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Tagged as: agave syrup, limes, mango, tajin, tapatio

Berrylicious Margarita

April 21, 2011

As I was flipping through my April edition of Orange Coast magazine, which happened to be featuring the Top 10 best new restaurants in the OC, I landed on page 79 where restaurant #3 of the top 10 happens to be mentioned. I’m not sure if it was the image of their Just-fried ricotta dessert [...]

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Tagged as: Canyon Restaurant OC, cranberry juice, framboise liqueur, lime juice, Orange Coast Magazine, silver tequila

When the cat’s away…

April 6, 2011

This past week my husband and I took a quick trip to Cancun, it was a belated birthday gift. The boys were on Spring Break, and Grandma was left in charge, or so she thought. You see, before we left we had a chat with Grandma and gave her a run-down of the weeks activities, [...]

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Tagged as: alfajor, belated birthday, cancun, cenote azul, cochinita pibil, happy hour, hummus, mayan ruins, panera, panuchos, playa del carmen, steak tacos, tulum

Aztec Chocolate Biscotti

March 16, 2011

Today I’ll be sharing just a few slightly shallow highs and lows, so just humor me. High Looking forward to celebrating my 39th birthday is in a few days. Low This will be the last year I can check the 35-39 age group box. (Guess that’s not really a low [Insert good bottle [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, almonds, baking soda, cayenne red pepper, chocolate chips, cinnamon, dark brown sugar, dutch processed cocoa, eggs, granulated sugar, heavy cream

Big Game Michelada

February 6, 2011

The title pretty much says it all… Happy Sunday and enjoy the big game! Sharing is cool! Tweet

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Tagged as: jugo maggie seasoning sauce, limes, mexican beer, soarse sea salt, super bowl, tajin, worcestershire sauce

Mexican Orange Cookies

December 21, 2010

I recently came across an old article posted on the New York Times website which talks about the Psychology of Gift Giving. With Christmas only a few days away I thought it would be appropriate to share it with you today. The main point of the article basically helped reiterate something we’ve known all along… [...]

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