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Sometimes, getting five servings of fruits and vegetables is difficult. Sometimes it feels like a chore to eat that many. When I start feeling like that, I break out the Bloody Mary glasses and make myself a Virgin Bloody Mary.

Ingredients:

• Margarita Salt
• Ice
• 1 small can of V-8 juice
• 2-10 drops of Tabasco Sauce
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• Ground pepper to taste

Directions:

• Wet the lip of the glass and dip it into the margarita salt.
• Add ice, V-8, Tabasco sauce and lime juice to the glass and mix well.
• Grind some pepper on the top of the liquid.

You can also add olives and celery, but I usually don’t have those sitting around my house when I’m in this situation, so I just drink it with a straw. For some reason, dressing tomato juice up like this makes drinking my serving of vegetables a little easier. It makes me feel like I am having a treat.