I love a lazy afternoon with a Bloody Mary.  I can remember my grandmother making me virgin Bloody Mary’s at family get-togethers when I would ask what she was drinking.  She taught me a few important details for the drink — lots of olives, lots of celery and serve it in a McCarty glass.  Today I’m making my favorite Bloody Mary in a Mason jar so you can see the ingredients better, but trust that I still love drinking them in McCarty glasses!

I shared this recipe a few years ago, but honestly the pictures were so frightening that I wanted to start fresh, so here’s my favorite recipe, and it makes two drinks.

Ingredients:

1 tsp Old Bay, plus extra for the rim

Garnish with:

Mix the top ingredients together (without the vodka — that comes later), shaking well to make sure the horseradish is blended properly.  Run the lemon peel from the juiced lemon along the rim of your drinking glass.  Pour some Old Bay seasoning on a flat dish or your cutting board and dab the glass rim in the seasoning.  Fill glass with ice, pour the vodka and fill the rest of the glass with Bloody Mary mix. Toss some olives, a pickle and celery in that baby and add a lemon slice if you’re feeling fancy.

And there you have it!  If you have a recipe you love I would love to hear it!  Thanks so much for reading y’all and thank you to my fabulous 87-year-old Grammy for teaching me how it’s done. XO –