I don't know about you but I love to celebrate holidays!  This week I have two goodies for you to celebrate the holidays this week that I think you will love:
  • Mother's Day Gift Shopping Guide (which is the BOMB!)
  • My Perfect Semi-Skinny Margarita recipe (which is a Cinco de Mayo party HIT)

Mother's Day Gift Shopping Guide

I have a friend that is the best gift giver in the world and she curates my gift guides by finding things that people love...

You are going to LOVE this Mother's Day Gift Guide and one of the things I'm super excited about is the instant photo printer for under $70 that I'm going to keep in my RV so people can print photos on the fly and post on a bulletin board...fun right?

Simply answer the quick question about yourself so we can serve you better and download the 24-page shopping guide:

Perfect Semi-Skinny Margarita Recipe

I love margaritas on a hot summer day but the sweetness and calories can be a bummer!  There is a restaurant in San Diego called Casa De Bandini's and it serves the perfect skinny margarita.   Last night I tried to mimic their recipe for a luncheon I'm hosting today and I think I did it even better...woot!

Perfect Skinny Margarita Recipe

As you can see, I tried LOTS of ingredients and used the best taste-tester I know (my hubby) as the judge:).  Let me know in the comments what you think?

List of Perfect Skinny Margarita Steps

step 1

Cut a lime to wet the rim of your glass and dip in tray of course salt or Tahine (which is my favorite)

step 2

Pour 1/4 cup white tequila, squeeze a whole lime and a whole orange in the glass

Use a big squeezer and get all the juice from a lime and orange in your glass.

step 3

Pour in a teaspoon of agave nectar to sweeten and cut lime flavor

I like the Herradura brand which you can find in the alcohol section of your store.

step 4

Secret Sauce = Serve with shot of Grand Marnier for guest to pour in themselves... Cheers!

This is what makes this margarita "semi-skinny" but gives it GREAT flavor and is a hit with your guests, so enjoy.

Seriously, the Food Network did not even have a skinny margarita recipe so I had to do a ton of research and tasting to get it just...PERFECT!  I promise you will love it, as well as the gift guide above.  Much love to all Mothers!

Happy Mother's Day and Cinco De Mayo!

I hope you enjoyed the gift guide and margarita.

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