Cayman Jack Strawberry Margarita

The only time we drink margaritas is when we have a Mexican dinner. We used to walk to Tortilla Coast when we lived on Capitol Hill. We haven’t been to a Mexican restaurant for quite some time. Luckily my husband is really good at making chicken fajitas and we always order salsa, tortillas, refried beans and Spanish rice to have on hand when groceries are delivered just for this reason. After searching around for margarita mixes, I found Cayman Jack bottles that would serve our purpose better. The first time we had the margarita we just poured the contents over ice. It was okay. The second time we crushed ice and the drink in a blender - a good reason to use the blender! It was better. Yesterday we put frozen strawberries in the blender and added in the Cayman Jack. What we ended up with was a “smoothie” of sorts that was more in line with what we used to always drink at the restaurant. It was the best - except my husband needed to add a couple of ice cubes to keep it cool. I think the next time I’ll put in more strawberries to make it even thicker. So the drink yesterday replaced our usual half glass of red wine. It went really well with the scrumptious food. 

A Margarita and Fajita Feast

Mexican food is really good. We used to go to Tortilla Coast about every six weeks when we lived on Capitol Hill. It was barely two blocks from our house. We haven’t been to a restaurant since March 13. But we lately have had Italian, Greek, and Persian food delivered from our favorite restaurants. Sometimes you need a break from home cooking and support the businesses in the community. Since we haven’t yet found a Mexican restaurant in our new neighborhood, we decided to make our own - including a margarita. This time we crushed ice to the bottled Cayman Jack margarita to make more of a smoothie rather than just pour it over ice cubes. It was good, but next time we’re going to add in frozen strawberries. We had salsa and chips as an appetizer. Then my husband went to work on making the chicken fajitas. Along with that was rice, refried beans, and corn. One of these days we will need to try a restaurant, but this home cooked meal was a real treat. 

Cayman Jack Margarita

I like Mexican food more than my husband. He will eat fajitas and tortilla soup, but doesn’t like anything all mixed up - unless he makes it himself. Since we moved from Capitol Hill, we no longer get to walk to Tortilla Coast for a Mexican feast. We have driven in to town, but it seems the chef changed because it wasn’t as good. But lately we haven’t gone to any restaurants. The one thing missing from the Mexican feast my husband made last week was a margarita - actually two things - chips! Anyway, that lead me on a search for a margarita drink - not mix- that might do the trick. So I searched on the Total Wine app to see what might be available. They had Cayman Jack Margarita in small bottles. The reviews were very positive almost everywhere I looked. So I ordered a few bottles of wine and the Cayman Jack for delivery. I had to actually show my ID in the lobby of our building which was quite annoying. Luckily we had a bottle opener on the wine opener corkscrew. Anyway, we just poured a bottle over ice and tried it out. We could actually use the blender to make a smoothie, but didn’t want the fuss. So now we have five more bottles to share the next time we have Mexican food. We might try ordering from El Tio in the neighborhood one of these days. Cayman Jack would make for a perfect combination. It’s not something we would want all the time. But it was something different to try. We don’t get to do that much these days.