Yay! Welcome to another Celebrate Southern Soiree! I’m really beginning to LOVE Thursdays because it’s all about the party! If you’ve been following along, you know that J and I opened up this linkup, asking for other gals (and any guys out there too) to be party hostesses!
I’m super excited to introduce you to Brita this week! She has opened up her blog for the Soiree today!
If you haven’t heard of her or checked out her blog B.Britnell before, let me just say that I was extremely flattered she wanted to join this fun. Brita’s blog is one that I oogle over every day. Her recipes are amazing and her photography is outstanding. So go show her some love on her blog or on instagram! Then link up for today’s Celebrate Southern Soiree - because you will be visible on not just one, but three blogs today!
Now on to the show! Last night I went out with my sister and my BlogFriend-turned-RealFriend, Heather, for our photography class and margaritas. You know, I’ve been trying to cut bad things out of my life (I’m not currently on a Whole30, just trying to live the paleo life to it’s fullest) and honestly, I’ve kinda decided that if I am going to be drinking - it better be something that I really love. And while I used to love a good margarita… after a night of full of margs, wine and cigars with J a couple years ago, margaritas have just never been the same.
So when I was pondering our dinner and how I kinda wanted a margarita but not really… I decided I wanted to create a Margarita Mocktail to get me through.
I pulled some “ingredients” out and decided to play. And now I’m obsessed with this drink. It was a trillion times more refreshing than a real, sugary margarita.
- 1.5 small limes
- ½ medium lemon
- 1 tsp light agave
- a glass full of sparkling water
- ice
- Squeeze the juice of 1-2 small limes into the glass, then pull out the pulp and add it to the glass.
- Add half a lemon and it's pulp to help balance out the sweet/sour ratio.
- Add your light agave.
- Use a spoon to smash the pulp and mix the juice with agave.
- Add your sparkling water, to taste. If you want it less sweet, add more.
- Pop a few ice cubes in there and watch the beverage froth up!
- Enjoy!
I was really surprised at how frothy this Paleo Mocktail became. It was a great twist to my normal sparkling water. When I totally forgot I was just sipping on water I decided that this would be perfect for a summer soiree!
While I normally prefer cocktails to mocktails… sometimes a girl just needs a break. Before my Whole30 followers jump on board with this, let me say that this IS NOT Whole30 compliant. Because of the agave. But, if you want to leave out that teaspoon of sweetener, this mocktail does become Whole30 approved! Try adding some mint or other fruit to this beverage to mix it up even more!
And for those of you who want to make it “stronger” and more adult? Add some Agave Tequila to keep it clean and paleo!
I cannot wait for my mid-afternoon pick me up later today so that I have an excuse to make another paleo margarita mocktail!
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Yes! I love mocktails. I crave margaritas on an abnormally regular basis and it’ll be helpful to have a non-alcoholic recipe around for the times that I maybe just should drink (like at 10am or something) 🙂 Thanks for including me in the party!!
I love this, especially because I’m currently pregnant and can’t have a real margarita:) yum!
why a mocktail?? ha…love it but I’d have to let a few drops of something fall into it! 🙂
Liz Thomson says
Yum!! That margarita sounds awesome! I’d definitely add a little splash of tequila in there but either way I’m sure it’s way better than a standard sugary mix!