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.
Beautiful pictures–looks like a fun trip!
Looks like a wonderful time, especially that hammock pic! Pina colada on a beach would be perfect! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
wonderful pictures! and looks like such a nice trip. it’s getting grey and cold here, but i could so do with than pina colada. x
sigh. i am so jealous. but at least i can live vicariously through you and experience club med with those beautiful photos! amazing post, as always. =)
Oh, how I love Mexico….and tequila! Curious, what three kinds did you bring home?
The trip looked fantastic!
Oh you brat! Not only did you go to Mexico but you went with Jaden! OMG! She is one of my idols, along with you of course. I want to grow up and be just like her, just a lot a bit rounder version. Very cool! Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing the shows.
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What a fantastic trip! Pina Coladas are my favorite cocktail and I am a huge fan of cocktails all day long ๐ Club Med, here I come!
You are too funny! I can see you walking about Mexico with two cocktails – one in each hand ๐ with the camera… oh, I don’t know where that camera is anymore – but lookee – more drinks!! ha ha ha. Okay beach lady, don’t be telling me that you want Colorado snow in the middle of January, now that we know what truly makes your heart go pitter patter (the drinks, right?! hee hee!). I think it’s awesome that Jaden asked you. I hope you guys had a great time. It looks like it. And Todd was such a good man to stay home and take care of Dante and Sierra. Miss you guys mucho!
I am so jealous I’ve used up all my foundation trying to cover my green! But I could never hate you. Glad you had a great time!
Was following yours and Jaden’s tweets about Mexico too. Love the photos that came out of the trip!
I have a question!! Did you try the trapeze??? My ex-roommate quit her job to be a trapeze instructor. She was working at Club Med Ixtapa until earlier this year!
Another jealous here. Beautiful pics! This must have been so nice to be spoiled all day long.
Welcome back, Diane! Your trip sounds intoxicatingly wonderful (wonderfully intoxicating? lol) Can’t wait to hear all about it! ๐
Hi Diane,
I’m still craving those tacos and salsa picante. Did you have a noodle fix when you got home? I still want to try the devil pepper lurking in your garden. I’ve posted some images from our trip the market in Zihuatanejo on my site http://www.kimsunee.com/blog as well as more on the food and wine festival at http://www.frontburner.cottageliving.com.
Hope to share mojitos and chile martinis with you again soon.
Best,
Kim
Like everyone else, I’m properly jealous. I’m a regular beach bum so I’ll have to plot my own little getaway. Sadly, I’ll have to say no to any Prince Charmings drunk enough to look my way.
Can’t wait to hear more. And thank you for the Pina Colada. I shall perch on my little balcony in the sky, and have a sip and pretend the traffic below is the sound of lapping waves.
so so so jealous! It sounds absolutely idyllic – especially to a suffering UK resident like me! Brrrr!