One of my summer goals was to keep going on “dates” with my new husband. We certainly achieved that with a busy day on Saturday, but I decided not to wait until the weekend for another date. I e-mailed Alex a calendar invite (because that’s what we do) to warn him that there would be a fiesta happening at our apartment. Then I got to work.
I put on a Spanish music playlist on Spotify, grabbed chips and guacamole, roasted some chickpeas, and whipped up some margaritas. I wanted to keep this lower in sugar (since I had a dessert plan in mind) so I used frozen mango chunks and orange juice rather than a high-fructose-corn-syrup laden margarita mix. Even if tequila isn’t your thing, these would be delicious mock-tails sans liquor.
Here’s what you need for some delicious “skinny margaritas”:
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Do not use fine sea salt crystals. The finer the crystals, the saltier it tastes so make sure you use coarse sea salt. Not that we would know this from experience or anything.
Ingredients
Frozen Mango Skinny Margaritas
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- 1 cup ice
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 shots of tequila
- Salt for the rim!
Instructions
Blend it up and serve it cold!
After eating dinner at the homemade “nacho bar” I put together in the kitchen, and forcing Alex to learn how to salsa dance with me from a YouTube video, I whipped up a single-serving Mexican brownie. I’ll share the recipe for this decadent dessert soon!
You can find the recipe for the single servicing Mexican brownie here.
Jessie
You two are so stinkin cute. I love the idea of having a fiesta night w/ your man @ home. I may have to steal this idea from you :). It’s awesome to hear this drink is just as good even w/o the tequila since alcohol is illegal here in Kuwait. I could sip on glasses of this all day! So refreshing 🙂
Fav mexican dish: Chimichangas (chicken) & of course baskets of chips & salsa!
jennifer prod
love this as a fun and simple date night – definitely about to copy you!
GiGi Eats
FROZEN margaritas! GAH! I would drink these so fast I wouldn’t be able to re-coup from the brain freeze! LOL!
Christy@SweetandSavoring
This sounds like such a fun night and I love your attitude about dating your husband- I’m going on three years married and could take some cues from you 🙂 And I agree with the above commenter that peeling mangoes is a pain. I’m totally looking for them in the frozen section!
Penny
I love mangos but don’t like peeling them. Love that this uses frozen. Looks delicious!