Robb Wolf (author of the Paleo Solution) provided advice as well as recipes for a Paleo-centric nutrition plan. One thing I enjoyed the most about this book and Robb, I call him Robb...he's down with that....is how he addressed the fact that a majority of people who embark on this lifestyle will not necessarily give up those things that are a mainstay in our everyday living...like, alcohol. And here is where I just fell completely head over heels for him...he even provided a recipe for his favorite drink, the NorCal Margarita. Be warned, it is waaaayyyy strong.
I did make this for myself and my friends one evening. And while we all have to start shaving our chest now, I adore the fact that Robb tried his level best to get us all drunk that night through his recipe suggestion. No, I mean, he was pragmatic in his approach to this plan throughout his book. This guy just got me. I know I've mentioned this before, but I wasn't about to give up my coffee or wine. Since stating that, I have reconsidered the amount of sugars in wine and embarked on finding a drink that wouldn't require me to wax my chest every two weeks and tasted great too.
As luck would have it, I happened to read about Bethenney Frankel's marketing disaster with Skinny Girl Margarita and Whole Foods. (The short story: she's all holier than thou with her chefism's and marketed this concoction to a corporation like Whole Foods claiming it was "all natural" when in fact it actually contained a ever-so-slight "hint"of preservative for it to be shelved and sold in stores. WF's was indignant when they figured this all out. BF was like, whatever, go eff yourself in Macy's window, I'm not selling it to you anyway. The end. And all the lawyers got paid!)
Naturally, I'm intrigued. Not only because of the legal scraping going on, but because, itty bitty preservative aside, I may have found the Holy Grail of drinks for my Paleo plan. Enter: Skinny Girl Margarita.....
It's not at all sweet and the lime flavor comes through completely without causing you to smack your lips together in reaction to the first sip. It's tequila is Blue Agave Tequila and I can't say enough great things about this little powerhouse cocktail. It's a keeper. You can purchase your bottle at (likely) your local wine/liquor store. Ours up the street was selling it for $13.99 plus that ridiculous f'in sales tax of 9%. (That ginormous 9% tax on alcohol? Yeah, I hate you O'Malley. You are a wanka.) I imagine as it's popularity grows, the price will go down too.
Oh, and don't be fooled by the lil 4 oz serving. It packs a total punch.
2 comments:
Not a huge fan of skinny girl margarita. Maybe cause I can't get past the fact that Frankel's head is Area 51-alien big and her skinny ass body. Anyway, I'm staying with my Vodka and club, splash of cranberry.
Agreed, and totally funny...I too thought her mother mated with E.T. because she just has the such a strange pie hole. Hats off to you for coloring it so perfectly..."Area 51 alien head" - I got such a laugh outta that.
Booble head aside, it's a good product. With the Paleo NorCal recipe, I couldn't get the lime/seltzer ratio to tequila right. The drinks all wound up coming up way to strong; way to limey; or way too watered down. This bottle is easy to grab and go and it's balanced perfectly. On the uptick, Mama doesn't have to fuss with mixing and blending. Mama just gets to press the crushed ice button, drop the ice into the glass and pour. I'm surprised you don't like it. But, if you are doing Vodka, club and cran...that's equally good. You may want to switch out club for seltzer. Area 51 Alien Head....now that's funny right there.
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