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TUCSON - News 4 Tucson's food contributor, Jennifer English, stopped by with three recipes she found to help celebrate Valentine's Day and Arizona's Centennial.

Here they are:

Valentina Margarita
In a cocktail shaker or mixing glass combine
2 oz Silver Patron Tequila ( but Hornitos is also delicious and quite risque)
1 oz Passionfruit Nectar
1 oz. Cointreau
juice of 1 freshly squeezed lime

Shake well, then pour into 2 rocks glasses filled with good ice cubes.

French 65

3 oz Champagne
1 oz Cointreau
6 drops Angostura bitters
1 orange peel

In a mixing glass, combine Cointreau and
bitters with ice and stir. Strain into a frozen Champagne glass and add Champagne.
Spritz the cocktail with an orange twist.

Easy Guacamole Recipe

• 2 ripe avocados

• 1 small onion

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 small tomato

• Freshly squeezed juice of 1 lime

• salt and pepper to taste

Peel avocados and remove the pit (see below for a neat idea on how to use the pits)
Peel and mince the onion and the garlic
Chop the tomato.
Mash the avocado in a large bowl until equally smooth & chunky. Combine in the onion, garlic, cilantro, tomato, chilies and freshly squeezed lime juice. Serve immediately with freshly warmed tortilla chips.