These margaritas are beautiful to look at as well as delicious!

Blue Margarita Recipe Recipe Type: Beverage & Cocktails, Strawberries Yields: 2 to 3 servings Prep time: 10 min

Ingredients: 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 teaspoon coarse salt ounces Tequilla ounces Triple Sec ounces freshly-squeezed lime juice ounces blue Curacaco teaspoons superfine sugar (1/4-inch) slices star fruit for garnish (optional) lime, cut into wedges

Preparation: Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Place Tequilla, Triple Sec, lime juice, blue Curacaco, and sugar in the shaker; shake hard for 30 seconds. Serve in Margarita Glasses with coarse salt or Margarita Salt on the rims of the glasses. Strain the Blue Margarita into the glasses. Garnish each with a slice of star fruit or a lime wedge. NOTE: To create a salt-rimmed glass, take a lemon or lime wedge and rub the drinking surface of the glass so it is barely moist. Dip the edge of the glass into coarse or Kosher salt. Makes 2 serving. The modern definition of a Classic Martini uses either gin or vodka. Gin is the more traditional choice, but vodka has had a huge surge in popularity. My husband and I really enjoyed our martinis!

Classic Martini Recipe Recipe Type: Beverage & Cocktails Yields: 1 serving Prep time: 5 min

Ingredients: 2 ounces good-quality gin or vodka (your choice)* Splash or 1/2 ounce dry vermouth Ice Cubes Pimento-stuffed green olives (large ones are best) Lemon Twist * 1 ounce = 2 tablespoons and 1 shot glass = 1 1/2 ounces.

Preparation:Chill martini glasses by placing in the freezer. Pour gin or vodka and vermouth into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Either shake or stir until cold (your choice) at least 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini cocktail glass. Serve straight up (no ice in the glass). Garnish with either a couple of olives or a lemon twist. Makes 1 Classic Martini.

Martini Terms - How To Order A Martini: Martini - Gin is used in a traditional martini. Vodka Martini - Replace gin with vodka. Dry Martini - Traditionally the term meant using more dry vermouth. Today the trend defines it as using little or no vermouth. Wet Martini - Using extra dry vermouth. Gibson Martini - Garnish with a cocktail onion instead of olives or lemon twist. Perfect Martini - Using equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth. 50-50 Martini - Use equal parts of gin and dry vermouth. Dirty Martini - Make using some olive juice makes this martini cloudy and saltier. Martini on the Rocks - Served with ice. Martini Up or Straight Up - Served without ice.