If the name of this blog didn’t already give it away, OF COURSE I have a drawer in my fridge that’s always filled with lemons.

They’re cheap and plentiful and are as perfect for making something sweet like lemon curd cake as they are for making something savory like creamy feta dressing or Greek yogurt mashed potatoes.

My drawer full of lemons always means that homemade margaritas to go along with Sonoran hot dogs don’t have to be a “great, now we have to go buy 20 limes” situation.

It’s more like a “let’s have margaritas because we have a few lemons” situation.

Side note – don’t you hate it when you get those dud limes? Like, the ones that have hardly any juice and are all mealy inside? Seems like I ONLY get those when I want to make margs or basil cocktails and really really need juicy ones instead.

Well, we don’t ever need to worry about dud limes again because we have lemon margaritas!

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Something I was not prepared for when I became a parent is how much kids LOVE berries. The amount of berries that just one toddler can eat in a single week is staggering.

People talk a lot about saving up money to send your kids to college, but shoot, I should have been saving up money years ago for my toddler’s berry consumption.

Blueberries and raspberries are the most eaten around here, with strawberries making an appearance when they’re at their peak in the summer (in fruit crisp bars for the kids as well as strawberry Moscow mules for the adults).

But blackberries are a special treat in our house, for both the toddler and the adults. My daughter can gobble down a half carton in a single sitting (probably a whole carton if I don’t put them in blackberry muffins first).

But I think I’ll save a few of these gems for something a little more sophisticated, like an easy tequila cocktail recipe. So parents, after all the berry-grubbin’ kids are in bed, raise a glass with this blackberry tequila mojito recipe (and maybe snack on some spicy potato chips, too).

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When a party goes on for 10 hours, you can technically throw two parties in that time span. That’s just what I did for my annual sangria party earlier this month.

Not only did we sip delicious sangria, but we also enjoyed a California Avocado BBQ party. Oh, and it was also my neighborhood’s block party that night.

So yeah, there was all kinds of partying going on! Hey, Michigan has such brutal winters that you have to live it up while you can.

It was a perfect August evening, so we certainly did live it up.

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