Drinking the Farmer’s Market: Thai Colada

August 10th, 2013 - filed under: The Food » Recipes

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A few months ago I was enjoying a leisurely stroll (read: madly trying to track my rambunctious 3-year-old) through my local Farmer’s Market. There’s all these booths, this time of year, that sell garden starts – herbs and veggies and flowers and such. I was looking over one such stand when I came across something I didn’t recognize. When I asked the farmer what it was, he just smiled and squawked, “That’s lemongrass!

Um, sold!

So now I’m the proud keeper of a big beautiful lemongrass plant. And although my dreams of homemade Tom Kha Gai have not yet become a reality, this incredible cocktail is keeping me smiling in the mean time.


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This blended beauty is rich and delicious, with coconut and pineapple like a traditional piña colada, but drawing on Thai flavors like ginger and lemongrass to take the whole thing in a very different, decidedly decadent direction.


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To make 2 Thai Coladas, you’ll need:

2 cups frozen pineapple chunks
2 cups ice
1 cup coconut milk
2 ounces ginger-infused vodka (see infusion instructions here; ginger takes about 2 weeks)
2 ounces lemongrass-infused vodka (see infusion instructions here; lemongrass takes about a week)
1 ounce Triple sec
1 ounce agave syrup
juice of 1 lime


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Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor, and blend to a thick slushy consistency.


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Garnish with a lemon slice, a silly umbrella, or a big tropical flower. I guarantee, one taste and you’ll feel instantly transported to some super-sunny, azure-oceaned, white sanded exotic paradise. So sit back, sip, and relax!


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Cheers!

  • Krysta

    I haven’t been here for about three years, but after re-finding your blog, I am so happy you are still posting. A lot of dietary changes has me pouring over old blogs to help encourage this new way of eating (no eggs, no dairy, no gluten, no grains, no fun!) and I am so glad you are still here to help provide me with that inspiration I need. (I also love being a voyeur into your life, and surprised myself a few weeks ago when I was talking about how you used to grow potatoes in an old tire…!)

    All the best.

  • Olivia Jean

    oh my science! that looks so yummy!