STRAWBERRY BLACKBERRY VODKA MOJITO
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I put a spin on the authentic mojito with my Strawberry Blackberry Vodka Mojito. It’s deceptively delicious. The fruit, mint and lightly sweet flavors making it a refreshing drink on a hot day!
A few weeks ago I wrote a post on how I love to garden. If it’s not a plant that blooms beautiful flowers, my second favorite item to grow is herbs. I love to grow flavorful herbs and use them in my recipes. Fresh herb adds so much more flavor to foods than dried herbs. I also like to use herbs like rosemary, mint, and basil in cocktails.
The mint I purchase at nurseries prefers shade. I like to keep my herbs on the front porch where it’s easy for me to access. I use Miracle-Gro to fertilize my herbs and the job or watering goes to my boys.
Do you grow herbs or vegetables? Or, do you prefer to grow flowers or shrubs? My husband’s most favorite things to grow are grass and tomatoes. I totally don’t understand watching the lawn grow, but he’ll stand at the window and just look at the lawn for hours. Okay, it’s probably just minutes but it feels like hours! I do agree with growing vegetables. I love fresh vine-ripe tomatoes.
What do you like to grow, leave me a comment below?
As I said, I like to grow herbs and one of my favorite herbs is mint. I’ll be honest, I mostly just use it in mojitos. My most favorite cocktail is the mojito. One taste and you’ll understand why. Today I ventured out front the traditional mojito and made a Strawberry Blackberry Vodka Mojito.
STRAWBERRY BLACKBERRY VODKA MOJITO
This Strawberry Blackberry Mojito is as tasty as it is beautiful! I don’t know if you’ll be the life of the party, but I sure know it will be a hit!
I made this batch on a hot, sunny day, sat on the patio and drank them like they were my job. Actually, they kind of are…I mean, I blog. I made them for the blog. Logical.
Drinking mojitos is my job.
With the onset of warmer weather, I’ve been thinking about putting my toes in the sand and kicking back with a cold one. Even kicking back on the porch, which is where I’ll more-than-likely be, but, yeah, that’s better than holed up in the house in 3 layers of clothes!!
Strawberries are in season and I’ve been buying some every week! In the last couple of weeks, they’ve also had great looking blackberries, so I loaded up on them too! I love to pack the boys’ lunch with fresh fruit. However, Friday arrived and I knew the berries wouldn’t keep until Monday. I had to act fast!
So they went from being a nutritious snack for the boys to a cocktail for me! A logical transition, right?
I substituted vodka for the traditional rum in this mojito version, but you could use rum if you prefer.
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Strawberry Blackberry Vodka Mojito
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ ounces vodka
- ¼ cup strawberries
- ¼ cup blackberries
- 5 large mint leaves
- 1 tablepoons lime
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
- diet tonic
Instructions
- Add strawberries, blackberries mint, and 5 cubes of ice to a cocktail shaker.
- Muddle to release flavors.
- Add vodka, lime, simple syrup, and shake.
- Pour ingredients over a glass full of ice.
- Fill remaining with tonic and stir. Garnish as desired and serve.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Paula–this looks so refreshing and perfect for summer! I’ve been saying that I am going to start an herb garden…maybe this will be the year it finally happens. We’ll see. Either way, I can’t wait to try out this cocktail!
Thanks so much! You should, I love having fresh herbs
This looks so good Paula!! I love the berries, what a perfect summer drink! I grow kids. I cannot grow anything else, I have a total black thumb.
lol, I like that.. the kid part, not the black thumb part 🙂
Paula, this is my kind of cocktail – well, almost any kind are but this one is over the top with flavors 🙂
lol, I agree!
What a fun drink, Paula! I keep vanilla vodka stocked at my house. I bet this would be good with the vanilla vodka too. Gonna have to give it a try! Pinned. 🙂
It’s likes a salad and cocktail in one! 🙂
Yummm! I love mojitos. This flavor combination is amazing!
This may be my new fav, Zainab! Thanks for stopping by!
Paula, What a refreshing spring drink. I’m just getting into growing fresh herbs but I too like a nice lawn and shrubs to complement the house. Happy Spring and pinning this!
Thanks for much Joan.
Mojitos are about one of the only times I like to eat mint. Loving this version with blackberries.
Thank you! I am the same way about mint! Love your blog btw, starting following on G+
I can’t wait to get my mint plants started just for the purpose of making fresh mojitos in the summer! 🙂 I love this fruity version! Definitely pinning this one to try soon.
I just got some and they’re growing like crazy! Love this time of year! Thanks for stopping by!
What a great summer drink. I have just started the year or two making cocktails. I am still a bit intimidated, but so far I have success every time. Dang I wish I hadn’t written that. Probably jinxed myself. I find that I am a very popular person, when I change it serving a cocktail instead of merely wine. Of course being popular is very very important to me—–I said with my tongue in my cheek.
I don’t feel confident making cocktails either. I have to experiment and perfect it and make 3 or 4 in the process.