I’ve found my go-to Happy Hour cocktail for summer!  One of my favorite Mexican restaurants turned me on to the Fresca Margarita, and they are awesome!  Finally, a Skinny Margarita that tastes like a real margarita and is easy to make at home.

This light and fruity drink is a refreshing alternative to the average margarita.  I use a premium blanco Tequila in mine. The little plastic lime shaped container of lime juice works fine if I don’t have fresh limes on hand.  If you are averse to Fresca, sub in grapefruit juice and splash of club soda instead.

Here’s my recipe:

Get yourself a festive 16 oz glass and add:

1 1/2 oz of premium blanco tequila (or to taste, depending on how hard your day has been )

1/2 oz of lime juice (fresh, lime shaped container or bottled)

Fill glass with fresca

Stir!

If you are feeling especially festive  add a “drunken lime” floater made from a cored-out half lime filled with a shot of tequila or Grand Marnier.

Sure, you can add the contents to a shaker first, then shake them and pour over ice, but truthfully I can’t taste the difference.  If you like salt with your margarita you can also wet the rim of the glass w/lime juice and cover with Margarita salt or Kosher salt.

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