Strawberry Basil Margarita |Cooking With Amanda

Homemade margaritas are always the best! This strawberry basil margarita is full of fresh strawberries, fresh basil and lots of tequila.

We have a few places by our house that we can go and pick fresh strawberries in the summer. It seems like a lot of work and it's way more expensive than buying strawberries at the grocery store, but they are so much sweeter than anything you could buy in a ready package.

Sometimes when we go, the picking seems to get out of control. The boys each have a basket, I have one and my wife has one. So by the time we're done picking – usually 15 minutes from the time we start – the baskets are full. Big family outing that takes 15 minutes and sets you back about $100 bucks… for strawberries!

But again, it's once a year and you'll never taste anything better. But you do have to get through the strawberries pretty quickly. A few days is all you really have after they've been picked. Most just get eaten by the bowlful, a couple of desserts get made, some go over sundaes, smoothies and then of course – the cocktails.

One of my wife's favorite drinks is a margarita. She has perfected making them - it's a very simple recipe - but it's perfect and everyone loves them. So with all these fresh strawberries around we decided to make a fresh strawberry basil margarita.

It's very simple to do – nothing fancy – just grab about four large strawberries and six or seven leaves of fresh basil. Add them to a blender with a cup of crushed ice, tequila and agave. If you don't have agave, you can use simple syrup or just add a little sugar to your liking.