Club Med, Ixtapa Mexico and Pina Colada Recipe
This pina colada recipe story was originally shared in 2008 that was inspired from our Club Med Mexico Trip.
Easy Pina Colada Recipe
I’m baaaack, nicely tanned, ten pounds heavier and three bottles of Tequila richer! I just returned from 6 glorious days with Jaden of Steamy Kitchen at the luxurious Club Med resort in beautiful Ixtapa, Mexico. This trip has me spoiled, lazy and yearning for taco’s and spicy habanero chili’s. For a “roughing it” type of traveler gal like me, this trip to a magnificent, all inclusive, resort was like being Cinderella in Mexico. Why was I such the lucky ducky to attend the Food and Wine Event at Club Med? Well, it was like winning the lottery. But when you have famous, talented, and generous blog friends like Jaden, the odds of winning are better! Jaden was invited to a press event at Club Med in Ixtapa, Mexico and Jaden asked me to be her videographer for her cooking video’s. The answer was quite obvious when she asked me (Yes!!!) and before I knew it, I was drinking mojito’s all day long (while trying to keep the video camera still) and eating five course meals every night in a surreal setting that looked like what I always dreamed of in magazines.
Club Med Resort in Ixtapa, Mexico
Club Med in Ixtapa was just phenomenally beautiful, peaceful and extraordinary! What an amazing place of beach, sand, sun, great food, free food, great drinks, free drinks, great activities, free activities and wonderful people! With many locations throughout the world, Club Med has put so much time, money and effort to making themselves the King of all inclusive, family focused, resorts. I was just amazed at the detail in service, the variety of activities and the professionalism and friendliness of the of the staff. I really got to know the fantastic, worldly and multi-talented staff who not only entertained me, but guided me in all my Club Med activities. Leaving there was like leaving family and paradise.
Attending the Food and Wine Festival was an added BONUS. With informative food and mixology demonstrations every day and five course dinners paired with wine in an insanely gorgeous tropical restaurant setting. The whole event was non stop food paradise. Each of the meals were prepared by talented Chefs who were flown in specifically for the event. The diversity in culinary backgrounds of each Chef made every meal unique, interesting and exciting.
It’s impossible for me to get into detail all that we ate, visited, explored and experienced at Club Med. There will be plenty of follow up posts about this super work/vacation trip. At an all inclusive resort like this, everything and anything offered at the resort is at my disposal, so I indulged in as much as I could. But one of the things that I thoroughly enjoyed were the delicious offering of cocktails all day long. One of those many cocktails that I loved was the refreshing ( and very, beach side appropriate) pina colada. Infused with lots of fresh pineapple juice, this cocktail is something that I can drink lots of and never feel it hit me till later!
Best Pina Colada Cocktail
So tonight, Todd and I whipped up a few glasses of this pina colada recipe to celebrate my homecoming. This is just the start to my many stories of my Mexico adventures with Jaden. I hope you all stay tuned (and patient) for the future series of food and wine event posts. Until then, thank you to Jaden, Morgan, Kim H., Jay, Kim S., Kate, Hugo and everyone at Club Med, Ixtapa for making this a marvelous and memorable trip! Hope you enjoy this pina colada recipe as much as i do. – Diane
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Pina Colada Cocktail
Ingredients
- 3 ounces (90ml) light Rum
- 6 ounces (180ml) pineapple juice (fresh or canned)
- 2 ounces (60ml) coconut cream
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice (optional)
- 2 cups (475ml) ice
- garnish: pineapple spears
Instructions
- If you’re using fresh pineapples: core, chop and blend. Strain the pineapple to extract the fresh juice.
- In blender combine rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream, fresh lime juice and ice. Blend until all ingredients combined. Serve in tornado or highball glass. Add straw. Garnish with pineapple spears or triangle wedges.
good grief what an amazing blog, why havn’t i seen this before….
i will be back! but now i gotta finish some homeworks…. 🙂
Talk about jealous! It must suck to be you! *pouts*
Welcome back. Jaden must have been a scream.
i’m very jealous… i mean hello! i would love to have my feet in the sand sipping on a pina colada… oh well, i guess i’ll live vicariously through you two!
Now this sounds like my idea of a fun getaway! It sounds like you and Jaden had a fabulous time. 🙂
I’m not jealous, but next time you go, TAKE ME! 😉
Love the pina colada recipe…is one of my favorite summertime drinks, and that hammock looks perfect for relaxing!
You have made all of us so so jealous hehe … luckily you took back some great photos and recipes for us, so you shall be forgiven ;p can’t wait for more updates =)
glad to hear that you are back. (did you get that 3rd bottle in the country?)
Definitely jealous reading all the tweets & now this fantastic post. Nothing like being in Mexico, on a beach with cold cocktails in hand! Beginning to see a pattern here; did you two even doing anything remotely related to cooking or was this the story told to the men! 😉 Okay … time to stop reading your blog!
(kidding) .. can’t wait to hear rest of the capers!
You globetrotter! This sounds like a fabulous time. Even your feet look happy in the hammock! 🙂 Can’t wait for more.
Note to self: buy video camera, make famous food blogger friends, get invited to exotic locals!…If I offer myself up as a bag carrier to you, does that count? Can’t wait to read (and hear!) more about all these amazing trips! xoxxo
Yep, jealous! 🙂 That is so great and I’m glad you had a good time. A week on the beach with all day cocktails is a little slice of heaven if you ask me.
So wonderful to hear about your great Mexican adventure.
It does sound like you had a marvelous time, but it seems that is true wherever you two go.
:o)
I’m not usually a fan of the beach, but when you wave fresh seafood and cold, frosty drinks in front of my face, I can’t help but wish to port myself over there! I’m glad you’re back safe and you had an (obviously) wonderful time!
All I needed was a Mexican boyfriend Prince Charming to complete the experience
Arrh, you’re making me nervous with those comments, hahaha! You guys are like the Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins of the food blogging world! (I wanted to say Jolie-Pitt but there’s a bit of baggage implied with that one, lol)
I was indeed very, very jealous following your and Jaden’s tweets. Man! Living the good life for one week would be so nice!
Welcome back! Mexico is really amazing, the people are so friendly, and the food….sooooo good!
Can’t wait to read more on it.
I am indeed very jealous, but I wouldn’t stop reading this blog;) Can’t wait to here more about you and Jaden’s adventures. And I always assumed Pina Colada meant “Pineapple Coconut” not “strained pineapple”. I should’ve paid more attention in spanish class.